Two Paphos men arrested for stealing cables from manholes
Two men from Paphos were remanded in custody for five days on Saturday after having been arrested for having stolen copper cables from manholes.
The pair, aged 42 and 24 years old, ...
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Number of prisoners in north falls to 840
The number of people in prison in the north has fallen to 840, ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Friday night.
Addressing the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee, where his ‘ministry’s’ budget ...
North to begin importing potatoes after local price shoots to €3.89
The north is to import 200 tonnes of potatoes on Monday or Tuesday as the price of local potatoes soars to 140TL (€3.89) per kilogram.
‘Agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus announced the planned ...
UK ‘looks forward’ to enlarged Cyprus problem meeting
The United Kingdom “looks forward to participating” in a planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, the country’s new High Commissioner in Nicosia Michael Tatham said while presenting his ...
Christmas villages open their doors
Christmas villages across Cyprus opened their doors as the season begins, with villages open in the villages of Agros, Dherynia, Fikardou, Kalopanayiotis, Kiti, and Kyperounta, and in Nicosia’s old ...
Three arrested after 5kg cocaine bust
Three people were arrested in Limassol after police found a suitcase containing over 5.7 kilogrammes of cocaine and 5.6 kilogrammes of cannabis in a suitcase in the owned by one of the ...
Reformed local govt ‘better than the old regime’, Ioannou says
Cyprus’ reformed system of local government is “better than the previous regime”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Saturday.
Addressing a seminar on the matter in Lefkara, he said the ...
Cyprus’ credit rating restored to ‘A’ grade by Moody’s
Ratings agency Moody’s on Saturday restored Cyprus’ credit rating to its ‘A’, specifically giving the island a score of ‘A3’, restoring the island to the ‘A’ grade for the ...
Paphos man arrested for illegally driving with a gun
A 33-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning after having been found to be illegally transporting a shotgun and ammunition in his vehicle, among other crimes.
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Paphos man arrested for printing fake money
A 43-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on suspicion of having counterfeited money, the police announced on Saturday.
The man was arrested on Friday night after police in Nicosia had ...
Opposition furious as north ‘govt’ tries to give itself new power over labour agreements
Turkish Cypriot opposition figures and trade union leaders on Friday reacted with fury after the north’s ‘government’ submitted a new bill to ‘parliament’ which would give itself new powers ...
EU funding for Cyprus up 70% compared to last programming period
European Commission funding for Cyprus for the programming period between 2021 and 2027 has increased by over 70 per cent compared to the previous period, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday.
Addressing ...
Limnes migrant centre to ‘contribute significantly’
The migrant centre in Limnes, near the Larnaca district village of Menoyia, is expected to “contribute significantly” to Cyprus’ capabilities regarding the accommodation and processing of undocumented migrants, Migration Deputy ...
Cyprus has ‘no room for growth’ in summer tourism figures
Cyprus has “no room for growth” in terms of its summer tourism figures, Tourism Deputy Minister Costas Koumis said on Friday.
Addressing the House finance committee as it deliberated his ...
Turkey opposition MP: Federal Cyprus cannot be thrown in the bin
Turkish opposition party CHP MP and former ambassador to the United States Namik Tan on Friday said a federal solution to the Cyprus problem cannot be “thrown in the bin”.
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Power lines to be marked to stop killing birds
Markings will be placed on a total of 12.5 kilometres of overhead power lines, with the aim of reducing the number of birds flying into them and being killed, ornithological charity ...
Driver of stolen vehicle which killed teen girl to face court in December
The 16-year-old driver of a stolen vehicle which crashed into a tree, killing an 18-year-old girl who was sat in its back seat, will appear in court on December 29 to ...
Papanastasiou hopes ExxonMobil drilling will ‘open new horizons’
Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Friday expressed his hope that American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil’s decision to begin drilling for natural gas in block 5 of Cyprus’ Exclusive ...
‘We are only asking for what the resolutions contain’
House President Annita Demetriou said on Friday the Greek Cypriot side is “only asking for what the resolutions contain” in its efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem.
The resolutions to ...
Committee hears of crimes committed by children on buses
Road transport department director Andreas Nikiforou on Thursday told the House transport committee about the crimes committed by children on school buses.
One child, he said, had brought a plastic ...
Universities call for laws on foreign language courses ‘immediately’
The rectors of Cyprus’ two public universities, the University of Cyprus’ Tasos Christofides and the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak)’s Panayiotis Zaphiris, on Thursday called for the “immediate passage ...
Govt ‘ready’ to find solution over faulty airbags
The government is “ready” to cooperate with parliament to find a solution to the issue of cars with faulty airbags remaining on Cyprus’ roads, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on ...
‘There is no diversity of voices’ in the north’s media, ‘MP’ says
“There is no diversity of voices” in the north’s media, opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Sami Ozuslu said on Wednesday night.
He was speaking at the north’s ‘parliamentary’ finance ...
Cyprus child emails bomb threat to Greek airports
A child in Cyprus was identified by the Greek police as the person who had sent threatening emails on New Year’s Day regarding bombs at Greek airports, according to ...