Cyprus

Cypriot doctor Constantinos Simillis who lives and works in the UK will feature in an episode of the BBC2 documentary Surgeons: At The Edge Of Life. The fifth season, episode ...

The overall solvency ratio of the Cypriot banking sector stood at 21.2 per cent at the end of September 2022, its highest level since the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) began collecting ...

Nicosia-based software developer company ASCANIO has received follow-on funding of €300,000 from Kinisis Venture Fund I, the first CySEC-registered venture capital fund focusing primarily on Cypriot startups. ASCANIO joined the portfolio ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Wednesday said €443 million euros in grants and subsidies had been allocated to the agricultural sector between 2018 to 2022, marking significant progress. Presenting his assessment of recent ...

Cypriot airline TUS Airways announced on Wednesday a record number of passengers in 2022, with an increase of more than 1,100 per cent across the entire network compared to 2021. In its announcement, ...

The four-year-old girl being treated for strep A in Israel is no longer intubated and is in a better condition, the health ministry confirmed on Wednesday. She has been Israel ...

A conversation with the Cypriots of Western Australia usually involved halloumi finds PAUL LAMBIS Australia, home to the second largest Cypriot community outside of Cyprus, first welcomed Cypriot migrants in ...

Paphos district court remanded a 32-year-old woman on Wednesday for two days in connection with the theft of a bronze statue. The ‘girl with the hula hoop’, installed at the ...

Cyclists now face a €50 spot fine for not wearing a helmet but this can rise to €500 if the issue ends up in court. The police and supporters of the law ...

Transparency has become a buzzword in the upcoming presidential elections – but some of the candidates are failing to adhere to it fully, while others are simply going for the stony ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for projects to be built in Mati, near Athens, where severe and repeated wildfires in 2018 left hundreds of people homeless. The ...

The ministries of justice, labour and social welfare on Wednesday signed memorandums of cooperation for combatting human trafficking and the protection of victims. The first memorandum, signed between Labour Minister ...

The Road Transport Department (TOM) on Wednesday announced the launch of another grant scheme for the purchase of protective motorcycle airbag vests, after its success in 2022. Those interested can apply ...

Giorgos Frangos was re-elected as the president of the journalists union on Wednesday for the next three years after winning the internal election for which he was the sole candidate. ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) on Wednesday urged employers to make all necessary arrangements to ensure that all employees on the day of the presidential election, set to take ...

Advertisements about the presidential elections outside polling stations are not permitted on the day of the elections or the day before, the general elections commissioner warned on Wednesday. No one ...

Installed only eight months ago, AGNIESZKA RAKOCZY speaks to the newest member of the outgoing cabinet, a man who has served in many roles on the island’s arts scene ...

The Larnaca municipality on Wednesday was named “Green City” by the Cyprus Green Cities and Communities Awards for the fifth consecutive year after receiving the highest score for its efforts ...

In today’s episode, AKEL-backed presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis on Tuesday accused his rival Nikos Christodoulides of stealing one of his ideas – for the third time. In other news, the ...

Comedy shows are growing a fanbase on the island as stand-up evenings become more frequent and comedians grow in number. Although 2023 is going to welcome some big names in comedy ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday will lay the foundation stone for projects to be built in the area of Mati, located in Greece’s region of Attica, near Athens. Anastasiades ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested in Paphos on Tuesday for verbally assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, at 6pm a police officer, ...

The met service on Wednesday issued a yellow weather alert warning of isolated heavy thunderstorms. The service urged the public to be careful as isolated heavy thunderstorms are expected to ...