Cyprus

The met office issued a further yellow weather warning for high temperatures on Wednesday as the heatwave is set to continue. The warning will be in effect from 11.30am until 4.30...

Akel MP Irini Charalambidou on Tuesday slammed the attorney-general’s office for its handling of the prosecution of former Volunteerism Commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, accused of forging his academic qualifications. In ...

The government on Tuesday remained tight-lipped over mounting criticism on its handling of 27 migrants stranded in the buffer zone, with President Nikos Christodoulides stressing a new influx of arrivals will ...

Six additional aircraft rented by Cyprus to help combat forest fires are set to arrive in the next few weeks, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBC ...

A new app called Myth of Aphrodite, which delves into the history of the goddess using audiovisual media, was unveiled by the Paphos Regional Tourism Board (Etap) on Tuesday. Available ...

Two drivers were stopped by police Monday night for driving at up to 22 times the legal limit, it emerged on Tuesday. Police pulled over a 64-year-old driver in Paphos during ...

A fire in Gerasa, Limassol that broke out in the afternoon was extinguished five hours later on Tuesday. According to the forestry department, 70 of its officers with 14 fire engines, six ...

Cypriot driver Vladimiros Tziortzis said on Tuesday he is hoping for a “fresh start” at the coming weekend’s EuroNascar race after a calamitous start to the season. Tziortzis crashed ...

The governments of Cyprus and Egypt on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding which will facilitate Egyptian nationals wanting to work in Cyprus. The agreement was signed by Cyprus Foreign ...

Unemployment in Cyprus has reached its lowest levels in the past 15 years, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday. In the first quarter of 2024, unemployment was at 6 per cent, which ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday called for the highest possible turnout from Cypriot citizens in the upcoming European Parliament elections on Sunday, stating that it would send a strong message ...

Cypriot airline Tus Airways on Tuesday announced it has become a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA is the trade association for the world’s airlines and ...

Soldiers mounted on horses are to be stationed outside Ersin Tatar’s new official residence in Ayios Dhometios when it opens, according to reports circulating on Tuesday. Turkish Cypriot news ...

The national guard on Tuesday celebrated 60 sixty years since its establishment in 1964. Sixty years ago, on June 4, the council of ministers decided by decree to establish the military force under ...

Self-care and emotional connection are seen as an essential part of a balanced, modern life, but stereotypically given more focus by women. So how do men gather meaningfully? Two practitioners ...

The bankruptcy of German tourism group FTI is a negative development for Cyprus tourism, Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis said on Tuesday, while hoteliers described it as another blow in ...

The owners of a hotel in the north on Tuesday denied rumours that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy owns the property. It had been rumoured that Zelenskiy owned the Vuni Palace ...

Tensions have reached boiling point over the planned construction works at Makarios children’s hospital, with paediatricians joining parents of children in the oncology department in voicing their strong opposition ...

Construction of two new desalination plants in Limassol and Famagusta was under review on Tuesday spurred on by the prevailing drought conditions and water shortage fears. The state is under ...

A 58-year-old permanent resident of Cyprus was arrested on Monday night for a hit-and-run incident involving a disabled woman in Paphos, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place at ...

Nicosia’s municipal swimming pool will not be open to the public until next year, municipality spokeswoman Petrina Kakoulli said on Tuesday. It has now been closed to the public ...

Current electoral legislation does not prohibit conducting exit polls outside polling stations to predict final results on election day, a statement released by the chief returning officer said on Tuesday. ...

Water being pumped into the north from Turkey was cut off on Tuesday due to a fault at the pumping station near Panagra. The water supply was cut off entirely ...

Local stakeholders appear to have thrown in their lot with a proposal of the ports authority (CPA) after the latter expressed its readiness to undertake the development of the Larnaca ...