Cyprus

The middle of the week has plenty of exciting events to look forward to and all vastly different from each other. A poetry book presentation, a drumming circle, a women’...

Paphos municipality announced on Tuesday the start of construction works to improve Eleftherios Venizelos Avenue. According to the announcement, the project includes demolition and reconstruction of pavements, earthworks, and the ...

Police on Monday arrested a 42-year-old suspect wanted for a case of fraud under investigation since December last year. Following the suspect’s arrest, police confiscated a quantity of cannabis, ...

A sum of money found by police in the possession of a 31-year-old man stopped for traffic violations was identified as being stolen on January 16 from the vehicle of a 67...

Minister of Transport Yiannis Karousos on Moday will inspect the completion of the repair works on a segment the old Paphos-Limassol road, near popular tourist destination Aphrodite’s Rock (Petra ...

Police on Monday night made yet another arrest for the violent incidents which erupted over the weekend in Limassol, bringing the total number of arrests up to seven. Two members ...

On Tuesday the weather will be mostly clear. Winds will be north-easterly, light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort and the sea will be calm to a little rough. Temperatures will ...

Applications can be made to the consumer protection association to buy modern, more energy efficient air conditioning units. Marios Drousiotis, president of the association, said that applications can be made ...

A TWO-HOUR work stoppage at hospitals last week was all that was needed for the government to surrender to the unions of hospital workers who were in dispute with state ...

Akel-backed presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis will focus reuniting the island and combating corruption in his first 100 days in office if he succeeds in the February elections. Other key points include ...

A large group of Peloponnese producers will return to Limassol to bring present their unique wines to Cypriot professionals and oenophiles during the latest edition of the Peloponnese Wine Festival. ...

Presidential candidate Averof Neophytou on Monday unveiled his income tax proposal, dubbing it “the most radical reform ever in Cyprus” and claiming it would generate major savings for nearly 130,000 families. ...

Calls for a two-state solution from Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar are nothing new, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday, responding to an interview in which Tatar highlighted Anastasiades had ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) on Monday decried trade unions’ decision to go ahead with strikes this week over a dispute over the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), at ...

Education and Sports Minister Prodromos Prodromou took a curtain call on Monday as he offered a sparkling review of the government’s past five years in boosting sports. Prodromou, who ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday laid the foundation stone for the new €144 million Cyprus museum in Nicosia on a “truly historic day” for the country. The construction is the state’...

A 17-year-old Turkish Cypriot boy, who was hit by a bus in the north a few days ago, is in a critical but stable condition, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said ...

A record €21,000 fine has been imposed for the killing of wild birds using poison baits, BirdLife Cyprus said on Monday. The fine represents a big step forward that will hopefully ...

The autopsy on the two-month infant whose mother found it dead in the crib at their home in Larnaca over the weekend was inconclusive, police said on Monday. State examiner ...

A section of the Limassol-Paphos motorway will be closed on Tuesday morning due to a protest by quarry workers to demand new quarrying permits. Employees in the concrete production sector ...

Saturday was Own Your Own Home Day. But with escalating living costs and rocketing rents, ALIX NORMAN finds home-ownership has become an impossible dream for many on the island Owning ...

The Audit Office on Monday said it would report the finance ministry to the EU Commission over the way it handled two contracts related to the Hermes airports concession agreements. ...

Cans for Kids charity has donated essential respiratory medical equipment for newborns to the Makarios children’s hospital, the health ministry said on Monday. After raising funds through the recycling ...

A green comet which approaches Earth once in 50,000 years may be visible to the naked eye for those intrepid enough to travel to areas of the island unaffected by light ...