Cyprus

Eight private colleges are suing the government for “tens of millions of euros” over a cabinet decision to crackdown on third country nationals who come to Cyprus to study but ...

“Larnaca, we miss you!” says the Cinebur team as they prepare for their first screening event of the summer in the coastal town. Cinebur is a fairly new concept that ...

The Paphos faction of the Green Party on Wednesday denounced the recent works undertaken at a designated green area near Tala, speaking of “irreversible environmental damage”. In a written statement, ...

Smugglers facilitating irregular entries into Cyprus are adapting their operations which has in turn prompted the government to alter its approach, setting up a special task force. Interior Minister Constantinos ...

The government aims for ‘photovoltaics on every roof’ with a proposal providing free installation of solar panels to vulnerable people in exchange for a small bimonthly tariff to the electricity ...

The harmonised inflation rate in Cyprus experienced a significant decline in June 2023 compared to the same period last year, reaching its lowest level in nearly two years, according to a ...

A coastal road connecting Paphos airport with the Paphos-Geroskipou tourist area was not granted an environmental permit, it emerged on Wednesday, with environmental NGO BirdLife Cyprus hailing the move as ...

PAUL LAMBIS meets one woman determined to develop strong, balanced and confident individuals through her yoga programme Nicole Joannides is not your average individual. Aside from the incredible energy she ...

Results of the Pancyprian exams for university entrants were announced on Wednesday, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said, noting that over 5000 students participated this year. Students taking the exams were seeking ...

Cypriot Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Wednesday stated that the economy is on a solid path, with the government closely monitoring developments to ensure its sustained progress in the coming ...

The nursery and primary school in Kormakitis, the Maronite village in the north, will reopen in September for the beginning of the academic year, Education Minister Athina Michaelidou said on ...

A number of human traffickers will be jailed for a combined total of three years for attempting to smuggle Middle Eastern and African nationals into Cyprus through the Sovereign Base ...

Cabinet on Wednesday cemented the makeup of the government’s Advisory Council, which is set to be chaired by the former Supreme Court judge George Arestis. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

Excavators and fire engines might be able to start working on dealing with flare-ups and burning recyclable material on Thursday, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said, four days after a ...

Three pottery vessels from the Bronze Age (about 1600‒1400 BC) have been returned to Cyprus from Italy after a request from the antiquities department. The objects had been seized by the ...

Limassol police on Wednesday said they were investigating the death of a 29-year-old man, whose body was found floating in the sea near Enaerios the previous day. The body was ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou is traveling to Logrono, Spain where he is set to discuss the migration crisis along with procedures surrounding asylum, with his EU counterparts. In a statement ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told British MPs and lords that “we are ready to return to the negotiating table tomorrow and we are waiting for the other side [the north] ...

Paphos police on Tuesday arrested a 38-year-old domestic helper wanted for theft. According to the police, the woman’s employer reported that she had left her post on December 24, 2019 having ...

Three people were caught driving under the influence of drugs in Paphos on Tuesday. According to the police, the offenders were aged 22, 23 and 40. Two of the drivers arrested had also ...

Two people were arrested on Wednesday at Paphos airport for presenting forged travel documents. According to police spokesman and head of Paphos CID Michalis Nikolaou, the two suspects, aged 22 and 30, ...

Born to Limassol ‘aristocracy’, former ambassador to the UK Alexandros Zenon came of age during the Turkish invasion. THEO PANAYIDES meets him as he reflects on his affection for Churchill, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday is cautiously optimistic over the prospects of a joint visit with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, to the committee of missing persons (CMP). Director of ...

In between the summer festivals, open-air cinema nights and the beach fiestas are the humble live music nights that continue to bring collaborations between the island’s musicians. This week, ...