Cyprus

A Nicosia district court on Tuesday cleared Morphou Bishop Neofytos of all charges of violating coronavirus-related decrees by holding a church service on Epiphany Day in January 2021 during lockdown. The ...

Wargaming on Tuesday announced the sale of a 13.4 per cent holding in Hellenic Bank to Eurobank for a consideration of €70m. The company still remains Hellenic Bank’s fourth-largest shareholder, ...

A 52-year-old man was jailed on Tuesday for two years for assisting third-country nationals with illegally entering the country. The case emerged last February when a small boat with 21 people – 13 ...

Another suspect – aged 21 – was arrested on Tuesday after police secured an arrest warrant for his alleged link to violence at a basketball match last month. Police said the suspect turned ...

Fuel prices at the pump should remain stable in the near term but will likely creep up in the coming weeks following Opec’s decision to cut oil production, an ...

Public servants working on an hourly basis will strike if the collective agreement on their salaries is not renewed at the end of April, labour unions Peo and Sek warned ...

Spain stands by Cyprus in its search for a just and viable solution to the island’s political problem, while its prime minister on Tuesday said it would take the ...

The north was hit by severe electricity blackouts – lasting for over 12 hours in some areas into the early hours of Tuesday – which the ‘electricity authority’ claimed may have been caused ...

January’s twice-yearly exam grades may have cost final year students their futures, parents said on Tuesday, demanding the education ministry take responsibility for what happened and act accordingly. Speaking ...

Lidl Cyprus, for over a decade, has made a significant contribution to the support of the Cyprus Red Cross through numerous fundraising activities. This long-lasting support has benefitted the Cyprus ...

A total of 3.796 million overnight stays were booked in Cyprus in 2022 through online platforms such as Airbnb, Booking, Expedia or TripAdvisor, Eurostat figures released on Tuesday showed. However, the number ...

Cypriot novelist Eva Koursoumba was on Tuesday shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2023. Her story, The Fisherwoman, was selected along with 27 other stories written by people from 19 different countries ...

The 14-year-old receiving treatment at Athalassa psychiatric hospital will be transferred to the Makarios hospital on Wednesday, Okypy announced after intense criticism. Earlier in the day, the Pasydy union described ...

Curfews have been imposed on three people following football violence in Achna, SBA police announced on Tuesday. The three men appeared in Dhekelia Court on Monday following their arrest for ...

By Yiannis Kourtoglou High school students and teachers on the island have developed a prototype robot powered with ChatGPT artificial intelligence technology to harness and improve teaching experiences in the ...

The body of a dead cow was spotted floating in the sea in Kissonerga, near Paphos, on Tuesday morning. No information regarding how the animal ended up on the shore ...

New facility to create the hospitality workers of the future is a game-changer for the industry in Cyprus finds PAUL LAMBIS Great things are expected from the Swiss traditional quality ...

Disy members on Tuesday submitted candidacies for the party leadership positions set to go to the vote in May, as party leader Annita Demetriou heralded the increased interest for the ...

Akamas landowners called on the ministers of agriculture, interior and finance on Tuesday to determine levels of compensation over the introduction of the Akamas local plan. The matter had been ...

French marines in the last days carried out a military exercise named Ariadni-23 along with several units of the Cypriot National Guard. According to a post released on Tuesday by ...

The conclusive results of a scientific study lend credence to residents’ protests against the operation of an asphalt plant in their area, Dali mayor Leontios Kallenos said on Tuesday. The ...

Consolidation into larger municipalities will handicap village communities, ex-mayor of Kritou Terra, Dervis Charalambous said on Tuesday. The mayor and three of the four members of the village community council ...

Storied Cypriot soft drinks company KEAN on Tuesday released a statement notifying the public that its board has reached an agreement in principle to sell the company’s shares to ...