Staff Reporter

Preparations have started for the 2024 Paphos Aphrodite Festival, the city’s municipality announced on Tuesday. According to the announcement expressions of interest are now being sought for the leading cultural ...

On Tuesday partial clouds may bring isolated rains in the afternoon mainly in the mountains and thin dust will be observed from time to time. Temperatures will rise to 22C ...

Police on Monday announced the arrest of a 30-year-old man in connection with an attempted murder which had taken place in March last year. The man was arrested after having ...

Cyprus’ anti-money laundering unit (Mokas) may be roped in to investigate the case of the Ukrainian woman who was remanded after reporting a €420,000 robbery. Police now fear there may be ...

Cypriot diplomat Andrestinos Papadopoulos died on Sunday at the age of 88, following a battle with cancer. Papadopoulos was born in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 1936, and went on to ...

A total of 4,488 new voters have so far registered on the electoral roll, chief returning officer Menelaos Vasiliou said on Monday. Among the new voters, 1,386 are Europeans residing in Cyprus. ...

Thirteen walking trails in Troodos were reopened on Monday after a one-month closure due to extreme erosion, landslides and snowfall in the area. The forestry department said this includes well-known ...

By Richard Boxall Royal CC overcame the loss of 6 overs as a penalty for a late arrival at the ground, and still managed to beat Limassol Zalmi by 21 runs in ...

In today’s episode, Monday marks exactly 60 years since the passage of United Nations Security Council resolution 186, which, among other things, created the UN’s Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp). ...

The Paphos District Court on Sunday issued four-day remand orders against two people for illegal possession of duty-free goods. According to assistant police chief Michalis Nikolaou, the two individuals, aged 26 ...

Monday will see temporarily increased clouds mainly on the west and north coasts with a chance of rain in the north. Showers or a short storm are expected in the ...

A 32-year-old man appeared in court on Sunday accused of causing actual bodily harm and “using a weapon to incite terror” in Xylotymbou. He is being investigated for a total ...

Sunday’s weather is expected to be partly cloudy, with the possibility of isolated rain or storms in the afternoon in the eastern half of the island. Temperatures are expected ...

by Nikolaos Prakas and Tom Cleaver As of 2025, some British retirees living in Cyprus and getting a UK state pension are set to see the amount they receive fall as ...

A 38-year-old man suffered “critical” injuries after being involved in a head-on collision with a lorry on Friday evening. The man was driving a car on the road between Polis ...

Initially bright and sunny weather on Saturday will succumb to cloud cover, rain, and even possible storms as the day goes on. Winds will also strengthen as the day goes ...

A house was almost completely burned down on Friday afternoon in Limassol, with residents managing to get out unharmed. The home in the St Nicolas area suffered extensive damages and ...

Police arrested a 29-year-old man in Larnaca on Thursday night on suspicion of stealing cheques and forging them. The arrest warrant had been pending since last month. During his arrest, ...

Friday’s weather will be mostly clear, with cloud cover increasing as the day goes on. Temperatures are set to rise to 22 degrees Celsius inland and on the coasts, and 15 ...

The justice ministry is forging ahead with the installation of a new system for deactivating mobile phones inside the Nicosia prisons in order to deal with the problem of organised ...

Thursday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear and sunny. Temperatures are set to rise to 22 degrees Celsius inland and on the coasts and 13 degrees in the mountains, while ...

A 16-year-old boy was caught by police in the Paphos district riding a motorcycle with a 15-year-old passenger on Wednesday. The teen was flagged down in the village of Emba ...

A 34-year-old man convicted of smuggling 34 people into Cyprus was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday. The man captained a nine-metre-long boat which was intercepted by police off ...

The electricity authority (EAC) has announced power outages in several areas of Paphos district on Friday. The outages will happen intermittently between 8am and 5pm. The areas impacted are as ...