Staff Reporter

By Robert Morgan Around 1,400 Cypriot patients are estimated to have haemoglobin disorders, the International Thalassemia Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday. In a statement released to coincide with World Thalassemia Day, ...

A 79-year-old prisoner died on Wednesday. The man had been in hospital since April 24 with what the prisons department described as “chronic serious medical problems”. The prisons department expressed its “...

By Robert Morgan A 10-year-old, allegedly involved in the vandalism of Livadia primary school on Easter Saturday, is expected to appear at the Voroklini police station to give a statement ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 52-year-old resident of Limassol for a case of extorting money with false representations. An 83-year-old resident of a village in the Limassol district reported the ...

Wednesday will be mainly clear with some afternoon clouds bringing a chance of mountain rains. Temperatures will rise to 29C in the interior, 26C on the southeast, east and north ...

Cyprus has successfully qualified for the Eurovision final on Saturday, following Silia Kapsis’ performance of ‘Liar’ during the first semi-final in Malmo, Sweden. The 17-year-old Australian-Cypriot kicked off the event ...

Paphos police arrested two people and is searching for a third over a warehouse and vehicle theft, it emerged on Tuesday. Deputy Paphos police operations chief Michalis Nicolaou said on ...

Livadia primary school in Larnaca was vandalised, with windows smashed and items set on fire, it emerged on Tuesday. A ten-year-old student is believed to be responsible for the attack, ...

By Richard Boxall Sri Lanka Lions won the inaugural Cyprus National Championships on Monday, with fairly comfortable victories over Moufflons and New Limassol Moufflons. In the first game Moufflons beat ...

Bowls Cyprus held their National Finals at the Aliathlon Bowls Club, Paphos, on 2-3rd May. It was two days of great bowling by all players, who had gone through ...

Police on Tuesday said a 21-year-old man was arrested for setting fire to a police vehicle on Easter Saturday in Ypsonas. The Limassol man is suspected of rioting, arson of ...

By Barry Bruce Cyprus v Malta always provides an exciting game of rugby and Saturday’s match at the Tsirio Stadium in Limassol, was no different in their Rugby Europe ...

Tuesday will be mainly clear with increased clouds and a chance of isolated rains in the afternoon, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 27C in the interior, 25C ...

Shots were fired at a parked car in Zakaki on Monday, police said. The shots were fired shortly after 3pm, with police currently believing they were fired from a small ...

Easter Monday’s weather will be mostly clear and sunny but tempered by the possibility of isolated rain and even isolated storms in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 25 degrees ...

The fire brigade were called out to a whopping 120 fires across Cyprus on Easter Saturday night. A large proportion of the 120 fires were linked to the Easter “lambradjia” bonfire tradition, ...

A factory in Nicosia’s Dali and Latsia has purchased €1 million in equipment before receiving the necessary permits, residents from the area alleged on Saturday, calling on the state to ...

Accepting Turkey’s conditions to resume talks for the Cyprus problem would be a mistake, Archbishop Georgios said in his Easter message on Saturday. He sent an “anguished appeal to ...

The met office issued a yellow weather warning for Easter Sunday, warning of isolated and powerful storms. The warning comes into effect at 5am until 7pm. Bad weather is expected ...

Police on Saturday were searching for three people who fled the scene after a car accident that left one man injured. The accident took place in Paphos in the morning ...

Police and fire services were on high alert in Limassol on Saturday, after a number of tyres were set on fire on a main road. Officers believe two minors were ...

By Robert Morgan China has launched a mission to the dark side of the moon to collect lunar soil samples and return them to Earth, it was announced Friday. The ...

Dozens of people gathered to watch the re-enactment of Jesus’ walk to Calvary in Kathikas village on Friday. The tradition has been ongoing for over 40 years, which is attracting locals ...

By Robert Morgan A 24-year-old man was arrested in Larnaca early on Friday morning for illegal possession and transportation of dangerous goods and explosive materials, said Spyros Chrysostomou, representative of ...