Jonathan Shkurko

An important decision regarding the extension of maternity leaves in Cyprus was taken on Thursday at a meeting of the Council of Ministers. Specifically, for the second child, maternity leave ...

By Jonathan Shkurko Before I start, I need to make a very important point. I am not a pizza fundamentalist. The world is big and varied and so is pizza. ...

The Limassol district court on Thursday issued an eight-day remand against two men, one aged 29 and the other, his stepfather, aged 41, who were arrested on Wednesday after they were allegedly ...

Despite the uncertainty concerning the arrival of tourists this summer, the deputy ministry of tourism remains optimistic that this year will turn out to be better than the last one ...

The roadworks taking place in Nicosia at the Markos Drakos roundabout close to the Paphos gate are part of a bigger project aiming to connect universities in the capital to ...

Nicosia municipality said on Tuesday that it has received seven tenders for a makeover of the old GSP stadium area that will enhance efforts to upgrade the historical centre. Tenders ...

The health ministry decided to move the location of a rapid test site in Paphos from a multipurpose room at the Ayios Theodoros gymnasium to the parking lot near the ...

In recent weeks reports of motorists witnessing migrants crossing the busy highway on foot outside the Pournara reception camp for refugees near Kokkinotrimithia have increased at an alarming speed. In ...

One out of four people in Cyprus suffers from hypertension, with the number increasing to one out of two for those aged over 60, the Cyprus Cardiology Society and the Cyprus ...

Students at the Ayios Theodoros gymnasium in Paphos did not go to class for two hours on Monday morning, with the backing of the parents’ association, in protest over the ...

Bird trapper has been fined €9,200 after the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) filmed him setting up traps for songbirds in the Famagusta area and reported him to the authorities. According ...

The government is keen to attract young farmers to the island’s villages. Jonathan Shkurko visits Odou, where a young community is turning the land into a thriving trade Starting ...

Potato farmers in Cyprus are increasingly concerned about the difficulties they face selling their product, especially as regards exports which have been heavily affected by the coronavirus pandemic. With potatoes ...

The environment department has approved the construction of a four-lane highway from Akaki to Astromeritis, after suspending a project regarding another highway from Astromeritis to Evrychou. The Akaki-Astromeritis highway will ...

The 64 irregular migrants, including 21 children, who arrived in a large wooden boat at the fishing harbour area in Larnaca at around 3.50pm on Tuesday afternoon, were transferred to the Pournara ...

The increased flow of migrants and asylum seekers into Europe, which has become an issue especially relevant for Cyprus, was discussed by the bloc’s interior ministers on Tuesday, including ...

An Italian fishing boat was attacked by at least ten Turkish boats in the north on Tuesday morning, according to Italian newspaper La Republica. The boat, Michele Giacalone, was located ...

Air traffic showed a significant acceleration in the first few days of May, sending optimistic signals ahead of the summer season, according to Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos. The minister, in ...

Firefighters had to rush to Kaimakli in Nicosia on Tuesday morning to extinguish a fire that broke out at an outbuilding. After receiving several calls from concerned citizens who reported ...

The collection and recycling of plastic covers and similar materials used in greenhouses is a big problem for Dherynia, as underlined by its mayor Andros Karayiannis, who sent a letter ...

The next few weeks will be decisive for the tourism sector for the remainder of 2021, even though indications so far suggest that both May and June will see limited business, ...

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for people aged 12 to 15 is expected to be used in Cyprus when and if approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the deputy director of pharmaceutical ...

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will be temporarily unloaded at the Vasilikos port, Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras told the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday, adding that within a few months the ...

The fire service responded to 61 calls for assistance, 45 fire alerts, and four false calls in the past 24 hours, including a fire at a Limassol warehouse believed to have been the ...