Jonathan Shkurko

Bars and cafes expecting a spike in bookings Twelve years after former Fifa president Sepp Blatter announced Qatar as a host, the World Cup is finally underway. An event that ...

The health ministry on Friday called on the public to start using antibiotics with more prudence in order to avoid developing a resistance to their beneficial effects. According to a ...

The attorney-general’s office has appealed the decision to acquit nine suspects in a case relating to the controversial citizenship-by-investment programme who were cleared of all charges by the Larnaca ...

A 34-year-old man who admitted to charges of rioting and incitement to violence during the football game between Aek and Nea Salamnina was fined €700 and banned from entering sport venues ...

The Cyprus radio television authority (CRTA) on Wednesday announced that it has issued fines to various local media for 43 cases of violations of regulations governing the broadcasting sector. A total ...

The antiquities department announced the completion of a three-month excavation project on Yeronisos Island off the Paphos coast and Cape Drepanum, located right across the island. The project, which was ...

A dog was shot and killed in Ormidia on Tuesday morning, with the owner filing an official complaint to the police. According to what the owner told the police, the ...

The pay gap between men and women in Cyprus is 9 per cent, meaning that women on the island earn 91 cents for every euro earned by men, Commissioner for Gender Equality ...

A motorcyclist was arrested and taken to Nicosia general hospital for drug tests after committing several driving offences on Tuesday on the Nicosia-Limassol highway, culminating in him hitting a car ...

An exercise at Metropolis Mall in Larnaca on Tuesday that simulated a terrorist attack was hailed by police as “a success.” The exercise, Zion 2022, which included two armed men aimed ...

By Jonathan Shkurko With the weather rapidly shifting to rain and lower temperatures, mouflons in Cyprus have entered their mating season, which normally begins in October and lasts until the ...

While unleaded 95 petrol prices on the island have increased by 0.9 cents per litre, heating oil and diesel price registered a sharp reduction of 4.2 and 1.4 cents per litre respectively, according to ...

Paphos and Seville have been chosen by the EU as the 2023 European capitals of smart tourism, recognising the two cities’ outstanding achievements in smart, innovative, sustainable and inclusive tourism. The ...

A 33-year-old man in Larnaca was arrested for stealing from Cyprus’ electricity authority (EAC) after breaking and entering, police said on Thursday. The thefts took place between September and November, ...

The health ministry headquarter will be lit in blue from November 10 to 16 for World Diabetes Day, which falls annually on November 14 and aims to raise awareness on the disease. A ...

A 74-year-old who was arrested on Tuesday after crashing his car into a parked car in Kolossi, Limassol, injuring three people, including two minors, pleaded not guilty to the charge ...

The number of employed people working from home in 2021 in Cyprus amounted to 6.7 per cent of the working population, according to a Eurostat report released on Wednesday. In 2019, before the ...

Three people out of 10 in Cyprus smoke, while half of the smoking population say there is not enough information on how to quit, according to a poll conducted in the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will be decorated by Israeli president Isaac Herzog during an official visit to the country, where he is set to arrive on Tuesday afternoon. Anastasiades will fly ...

Cyprus has become a centre for the export of surveillance software in recent years, a report on the use of Pegasus software presented at the EU parliament on Tuesday by ...

The fifth Radisson Blu International Larnaca Marathon will take place on November 20, with its start scheduled to be at Finikoudes beach. The event is set to attract runners from up ...

A book of condolences opened on Tuesday for the ‘extraodinary’ Archbishop Chrysostomos II at the Archbishopric in Nicosia. It will remain open until noon on Friday. “He was an extraordinary ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said the recently established department of antiquities will make tireless efforts to ensure that Cyprus’ ancient historical relics remain safe and preserved for future generations by ...

The department of fisheries and marine research on Monday announced the opening of a scheme aimed at compensating people working in the fishing sector whose businesses were disrupted by Russia’...