Nikolaos Prakas

State authorities have been searching for over a month for the director general of state broadcaster CyBC Thanasis Tsokos to serve him with orders to appear before a disciplinary procedure, ...

A study on the cultural heritage of Cyprus has been carried out by The Cyprus Institute and the Louvre Museum in Paris, the former said on Tuesday. The collaboration “opens ...

Fterikoudes mukhtar Modestos Iacovou on Monday broke his silence over the ongoings at the infamous Osiou Avakoum monastery, laying into the Tamassos Bishop Isaias for damaging the community. Several witnesses ...

Nurses’ unions and the state health services organisation (Okypy) decided on Monday that they would reconvene on June 6 to continue their deliberations over understaffing. In statements after the three-hour meeting, ...

A 49-year-old maths teacher was remanded for eight days after two students filed complaints of sexual harassment against him, it was reported on Monday. The two female students are 13 and 16. ...

Part of a large circular walkway around the walls of old Nicosia was inaugurated over the weekend, the municipality said on Monday. Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said the project is ...

By Rebekah Gregoriades and Nikolaos Prakas With a staggering more than 7,000 candidates to choose from, next month’s EU and local government elections are threatening to drown voters in array ...

The agriculture ministry commented on Saturday about the measures adopted to reduce plastics in Cyprus, on the occasion of International Plastic-Free Day. In a statement, the ministry noted that since 2018, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides sent a message on Saturday to companies responsible for implementing strategic projects in Cyprus, emphasising that those failing to meet their obligations will not be tolerated. He ...

UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Holguin, is set to brief Antonio Guterres on the Cyprus issue, probably in the first half of June, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. ...

Rating’s agency Moody’s on Saturday upgraded the outlook on the government of Cyprus to positive from stable. The decision to improve the outlook reflects Moody’s confidence in ...

A difficult summer is expected due to the dry winter, fire services’ spokesman, Andreas Kettis said on Saturday. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) Kettis also said ...

Two women in Paphos filed complaints that they were robbed at gunpoint, police said on Saturday, as they looked for two male assailants. According to the complaint filed by the ...

Four people were arrested on suspicion of stealing from cars, the police announced on Saturday, commenting on two separate instances. One of the incidents occurred in Limassol, while the other ...

Three people arrested on suspicion of committing dozens of burglaries will appear in Paphos criminal court on June 25, police said on Saturday. The trio, a 36-year-old woman and two men ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will on Saturday inaugurate several works in Peyia and Chlorakas that have recently been completed. Christodoulides will officially open the seaside walking path in Peyia at 10.45am. ...

Monks embroiled in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal have said that the investigative committee’s procedures are illegal, according to a statement from their lawyers on Friday. Their lawyers, Adrianna ...

Cyprus is “far ahead” in ensuring the quality and safety of blood provided to patients, according to Head of the Blood Centre, Androulla Panayiotou said on Thursday. She made these ...

The interior ministry on Thursday announced that there is an instructional video uploaded online to help voters cast their ballots in the correct manner for the upcoming elections on June 9. ...

A nurses’ strike was called off on Thursday with unions deciding to meet with state health services organisation (Okypy) to discuss staffing issues. Nurses’ unions, Pasyno and Pasydy, had previously ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday began a two-day official visit to Poland where he held meetings with the country’s leadership. The president, accompanied by his spouse Philippa Karsera Christodoulides, ...

With EU and local elections coming up in less than a month, Cyprus authorities have been moving into high gear to help people know where they will vote and get ...

Two men were remanded in custody on Tuesday on what police described as possibly the largest cache of weapons and explosives ever found in Cyprus. The two, aged 46 and 35, were ...

Motorsport athletes demonstrated on Tuesday outside the Cyprus Sports Organisation (CSO) over disinterest by the latter and the state to find solutions to the issues they face. Announcing the move ...