Jonathan Shkurko

A total of 77 beaches out of a total of 123 in Cyprus, as well as two marinas, received a Blue Flag award on Tuesday, a certification that shows they meet the ...

Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos on Tuesday warned of the dangers that plastic pollution poses for Cyprus and the world. Speaking a day after World Environment Day, celebrated annually on June 5 ...

Two men in Paphos have been arrested in connection with a case of unauthorised dissemination of private content filmed on a mobile device. According to police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, on ...

Stench of raw sewage returns just a few days after cesspit is emptied A British man living in Oroklini has exhausted all his resources in trying to find a solution ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Friday said that greater efforts must be promoted to upgrade the national health scheme Gesy. Speaking after a meeting with Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos, Kanari ...

Water sport concession holders on Friday raised the alarm over the proliferation of unlicenced and unqualified operations on Cypriot beaches. In a statement released by the Pancypriot Association of Water ...

The agriculture ministry on Wednesday informed the cabinet that it would be allocating funds exceeding €70 million, part of which will be used to attract young people to farming. The decision ...

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved the establishment of a National Security Council, as confirmed by government spokesperson Constantinos Letymbiotis. Members of the National Security Council will be tasked ...

Police in Limassol are investigating an incident that took place on Tuesday night involving around 30 young individuals who allegedly attacked two people after asking them what team they supported. According ...

A day after he presented evidence of match fixing to the sports ethics committee, former member Haris Savvides slammed the Cyprus Football Association (Kop) for allegedly lying about not receiving ...

The head of the school teachers’ union Oelmek Constantinos Constantinopoulos on Tuesday called the inclusion of a passage in a modern Greek exam for gymnasium students, which had been previously ...

Convictions imposed on football fans for recent incidents both inside and outside sports venues are “utterly futile”, the independent union of Cyprus’ public employees (ASDYK) and its police branch said ...

The sports ethics committee appointed four investigators on Tuesday, tasked with looking into four top-flight matches, which were played in the last fortnight following claims of suspicious betting activity. Vice ...

An international aeronautical exercise, named “Cyp-Fra-02/2023”, took place on Sunday off the coast of Limassol, in the presence of French Navy frigate “Languedoc”. The exercise was planned by the Navy ...

Gender equality commissioner Josie Christodoulou on Monday updated Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos on the programme advocating for a greater presence of women in governmental jobs. Christodoulou said the programme’s ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Monday met the leaders of the Pancyprian Multiple Sclerosis Association to listen to their requests regarding the provision of medication to chronic patients from public ...

Airport operator Hermes on Monday announced the donation unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the forestry department as a contribution to the latter’s efforts in protecting the environment in Cyprus. ...

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation will this year hold its first-ever Young Entrepreneurs Award in Cyprus, it announced on Monday. The award has been organised every year since 2008 exclusively in Greece ...

The high dust levels affecting Cyprus over the weekend are set to decrease in the days to come, Met office director Kleanthis Nicolaides said on Monday. Speaking to the Alpha ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday called on football fans in Cyprus to put an end to the violence in stadiums and on officials to avoid getting mixed up in cases ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has congratulated Turkey’s president Recep Tayyp Erdogan following his victory in the presidential elections on Sunday. Erdogan ended up with just over 52 per cent ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday approved a vacation subsidy scheme for low-income pensioners in Cyprus, allowing them to take discounted holidays in resorts and hotels located in rural areas of ...

Police in Paphos are looking for two men who stole nude photos from a phone belonging to a female acquaintance. According to police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, on Thursday two women ...

The defence ministry on Friday opened up to the possibility of exempting race car driver Vladimiros Tziortzis from his compulsory military service. In a statement released to the Cyprus News ...