Jonathan Shkurko

Green party leader says EU biodiversity strategy is unachievable for the island The EU’s goal for Cyprus to plant three million new trees by 2030 – about 1,000 saplings a day – is ...

Anna Gubareva, founder of environmental NGO City Friends Club, which strives to keep Limassol clean, was awarded by the city’s municipality on Friday for her efforts. Limassol mayor Nicos ...

Police in Limassol said they are set to intensify checks to clampdown on bonfires in the run up to Easter. An announcement released on Thursday said that, from April 15, police ...

Police arrested 15 people for suspected of illegally residing in the Republic, according to authorities on Thursday. The arrests took place during a raid on Wednesday night carried out by officers ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar called the two-state solution to the Cyprus problem “crucial” for Turkish Cypriots. Speaking to LBC Radio on Thursday during his five-day visit to the UK, ...

Police have arrested another man, a 29-year-old, in connection to the incidents involving fans at the Anorthosis-Apollon basketball semi-finals, who fought with police officers last Sunday. The arrest took place ...

A 58-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday night in connection to several cases of illegal stay in the Republic and document forgery, the same for which a further 17 people are ...

Three people were arrested in Limassol on Tuesday believed to be involved in cases of illegal stay in the Republic and document forgery, while a further 17 are being sought. On ...

Doctors working at the Paphos general hospital A&E department will hold a three-hour work stoppage on Thursday, state doctors’ union Pasyki said on Tuesday. The work-stoppage will last ...

The relationship between parliament and the foreign ministry has always been excellent and respected the separation of powers, House President Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday expressing confidence that the cooperation ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday called on lawmakers across the political spectrum in Cyprus to be more involved in European affairs, after he received the annual European Parliament report from ...

An attempted scam against an elderly woman in Dasoupoli was foiled on Monday, after unknown perpetrators tried to extort €20,000 from her for a medical operation she was told her granddaughter ...

The new online tax payment system Tax For All went live on Monday, replacing the old Taxisnet system. To allow users to familiarise with the new system, the tax department ...

A 33-year-old permanent resident of Cyprus is being investigated by the police for allegedly causing harassment and psychological violence to his former partner, a 38-year-old woman. According to Paphos police ...

Nicosia has been treated unfairly in terms of tourism for years, according to Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis, who stressed the need to better promote the capital, despite the task “...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Friday filed an appeal in connection with a sentence imposed for a triple fatal road traffic accident in May 2017 in Pano Polemidia. Last month, the Limassol ...

Kurdish people living in Cyprus staged a demonstration in front of the interior ministry on Friday condemning the killing of four Kurds in northwest Syria earlier this week. Turkey-backed fighters ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday held separate phone conversations with his counterparts from Ukraine and Saudi Arabia. On Twitter, he said he reiterated to Ukriane’s Dmytro Kuleba Cyprus’ ...

A 26-year-old from Bangladesh, resident of Nicosia, Sunny Hossen, has died in a fatal traffic accident, police said on Friday morning. The accident occurred at 9.50pm on Thursday on Salaminos ...

Larnaca and Limassol have recorded the highest methamphetamine use in Cyprus, according to a European wastewater analysis report on drug use that included over 100 cities. Limassol also recorded an increase ...

Cyprus is set to reopen its High Commission in Kenya and its embassy in Indonesia in 2023, while plans are also being drawn up for inaugurating embassies in Argentina and Bahrain. ...

A 21-year-old motorcyclist was arrested on Tuesday at around 4pm after failing to stop for a police check in Limassol and attempting to escape the authorities. He appeared in front ...

Police in Paphos arrested two people on Tuesday night for having allegedly stolen several A/C units from a hotel located in central Poseidonos Avenue. According to a statement released ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 32-year-old man for illegal possession of burglary tools. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou, the man was stopped for a routine check while driving ...