Cyprus

Cyprus’ economy may be resilient enough to withstand the fallout from the conflict between Israel and Hamas, however the island may also be classed as a danger zone if the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday attended a ceremony for the beginning of works at the long-awaited Akaki healthcare centre. He said the healthcare centre will be a much-needed boost to ...

TUS Airways announced on Monday that it is adding a “significant number of additional flights” between Tel Aviv and Larnaca, while also continuing its normal flight schedule. It stated that ...

The assignment of army conscripts to ‘easy’ posts appears to be based not on merit, but rather on a soldier’s family background and connections, the auditor-general said in a ...

The Tax Commissioner said on Monday his department has received a complaint from a member of the public – a disabled person – claiming to have suffered ‘abuse’ from an employee there. ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) is looking to cut a deal with private insurers on how to divvy up hospital treatment costs, it emerged in parliament on Monday. HIO director ...

The state and its government must offer equal opportunities in health care, education and public safety, President Nikos Christodoulides said at a Limassol primary school. The president on Monday welcomed ...

The government is attempting to mitigate the consequences of crises caused by climate change, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday at a press conference on the grant scheme for ...

Four months after the implementation of an electronic patient satisfaction survey, beneficiaries of the national health service Gesy rated inpatient healthcare services at an impressive 8.8 out of 10. According to a ...

An 82-year-old man in the north died of the West Nile virus last week, according to the ‘health ministry’. The man was one of three confirmed cases of the disease ...

Local authorities said on Monday they will be able to step in to tackle listed buildings that are in a dangerous state if an interior ministry bill is passed into ...

President Nikos Christodoulides highlighted the significant role of the shipping industry in Cyprus’ economy during his address on Monday at the opening of the international Maritime Cyprus 2023 conference held in ...

The size of the illegal betting market has become “a nightmare”, the president of the National Betting Authority Ioanna Fiakkou said on Monday, stressing the need for a revised regulatory ...

ALIX NORMAN meets a second-generation refugee who’s helping those without tangible mementoes of their past reclaim their heritage When Christina Sokratous’ father fled Famagusta in 1974 he left behind all ...

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Most Cypriots in Israel have returned safely to the island, ambassador Kornelios Korneliou said on Monday, following the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, which led to a retaliation by ...

Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Monday raised the Israeli flag outside its building as a show of solidarity after the neighbouring country suffered a major attack from Hamas. In a post ...

Construction on the road between the villages of Pyla and Arsos is set to begin later this month after a “mutual understanding” was found to solve the buffer zone dispute ...

Cyprus remains committed to improving the state of fish stocks, Director of the Environment Department Kostas Hadjipanayiotou said on Monday. It is important to achieve sustainability of the fishing sector ...

An anonymous Turkish businessman who has taken ownership of a number of hotels in Varosha is to hold a tender for their reconstruction and structural reinforcement within the next six ...

Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Monday issued a travel warning to avoid all non-essential to Israel and Palestine. The ministry said to avoid all travel to Gaza and the West Bank, ...

All non-Israeli players of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team, along with their families, have arrived in Cyprus, president of the Cyprus Basketball Federation Andreas Mouzourides said on Monday. Mouzourides ...

Paphos beaches are facing a huge problem of seaweed accumulation, Yeroskipou Mayor Kyriakos Hadjivasilis said on Monday. A solution for a place to deposit the seaweed, which is removed, must ...

On Saturday, the world’s strongest men descended on Limassol to pull municipal buses, hoist 200kg stones, and lift diplocambinos clean off the ground! In a historic moment for the ...