Staff Reporter

As a row over living conditions at Pournara reception centre rumbled on, child commissioner Despo Michaelidou on Tuesday clarified that she had misspoken the previous day when she said that ...

The ministry of health will operate a total of 75 rapid testing sites on Wednesday for eligible groups to have free tests. Eligible groups include minors, the vaccinated and anyone who ...

First Lady Andri Anastasiades recently participated in an event on the repatriation of the stolen Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles at the Museum of Acropolis in Athens. To mark women’s day ...

A hooded individual robbed a Limassol betting agency at gunpoint just before midnight on Tuesday. The perpetrator barged into the agency and threatened the 23-year-old employee with a gun demanding ...

Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) customs officials have revealed regular operations at the Pergamos and Strovilia crossing points have made a significant dent in the illegal smuggling of fuel from the ...

A total of 33 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Monday for eligible groups, the health ministry announced. In addition to any medical certificates exempting them ...

The war in Ukraine has seen hotel occupancy fall, president of the Paphos Hotels Association Thanos Michaelides said on Monday, with those hotels that are open running on an occupancy ...

Road users were on Monday again urged to drive with caution if they were heading up the mountains where many roads were closed to cars without four wheel drive or ...

A car was arsoned in a private car park in Geroskipou on Monday morning, head of Paphos CID Michalis Nicolaou said. The fire broke out at 2am on Evagoras Pallikarides ...

Our minds today turn to the tragedy taking place in the heart of Europe, President of the House Annita Demetriou said on Sunday, repeating that Cyprus stands by the hard-pressed ...

A 32-year-old man has been arrested to help police with enquiries after a dog was killed at a house in the Larnaca district. According to police, a resident in the ...

Four deaths from coronavirus and 2,812 new infections were announced on Saturday. The deaths were two men, aged 59 and 81, and a woman, aged 98, who died on Saturday. Another man, aged 81, died ...

The Logicom Cyprus Marathon will take place on Sunday in Paphos. For the seventh consecutive year, it will be dedicated to the memory of Stelios Kyriakides; the marathon runner who ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Saturday tweeted he has tested positive for coronavirus. “Two years from the outbreak of the pandemic, it was my turn to test positive for Covid,” ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he held “productive and constructive” talks with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan on Saturday as they bid to mend ties after decades of animosity. ...

Rich Russians who received Cypriot citizenship through the now defunct investment programme are facing an asset freeze under the EU and US sanctions push, as are many others with businesses ...

The met office issued a yellow alert for Friday night, warning of extreme low temperature in the mountains. The warning is in force from 9.00 pm on Friday to 8.00 am on ...

Nicosia District court has fined a third division footballer for offences committed under the law combating the manipulation of sporting events for betting on matches in which he participated. The ...

The Karaiskakio Foundation makes Cyprus proud, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said during a visit there speaking about its bone marrow donor record which is, per capita, the largest in the ...

A man’s two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for causing intentional bodily harm after he shot a woman twice with a hunting gun has been reviewed and raised to seven years, it ...

President Nicos Anastasiades continues on Friday to take part in meetings of the informal summit of EU leaders at the palace of Versailles in France to debate the war in ...

One man was remanded in police custody on Friday after police found 265g of cocaine following a raid on the premises of a courier company in Larnaca. Police had received ...

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on the Turkish authorities to abide by their international obligations and pay the “just satisfaction” awarded by the European Court ...

The met service on Thursday issued a yellow weather alert warning of strong winds from 11pm until 8am on Friday. “Near gale to northwesterly winds at force 7 to 8 on the ...