Cyprus

Authorities in the north arrested two people as part of a large anti-drug operation on Tuesday. Quoting Turkish Cypriot media, the Cyprus News Agency reported that authorities arrested a 52-year-old ...

Cyprus is “one of the weakest links” in international efforts to seize the assets of sanctioned Russian nationals, while the island hosts dozens of active shell companies that can be ...

Seventy one per cent of the average amount of rainfall for January had fallen by Tuesday morning, with Athalassa in the capital recording the highest downpour of 22.4mm, the Met ...

Local start-ups are getting the opportunity to develop their original ideas through mentoring and training by participating in the second cycle of the Microsoft programme. Microsoft for start-ups Cyprus has ...

The share of renewable energy in Cyprus in the period of 2015 – 2021 has increased at a faster pace compared with the EU average according to the energy ministry. Data showed the ...

Klirou dam has been overflowing due to the recent excess rainfall, a fact that has delighted community leader Nikos Alexandrikis. “It’s incredibly important to see and for this happen ...

The Greens party reported on Monday that a large area in Lakatamia has become an illegal rubbish dump which poses health and safety risks to the community. The party explained ...

Three Cypriot athletes are set to take part in this year’s European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), which will take place in the northern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia ...

The excess mortality rate in Cyprus in November 2022 was much higher than other EU countries, a Eurostat report published on Tuesday showed. Excess mortality refers to the number of deaths ...

A 26-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder and robbery, police said. A report said that around 2.45pm the previous day, police received information that a ...

Over 200 children with serious orthopaedic problems will receive a free examination by doctors from the USA-based Shriners hospitals who are due to visit the island for the 40th time later ...

The new exit on the highway from Nicosia towards the old Nicosia-Limassol road and Dali industrial area will be closed next Saturday as work continues on the Nicosia ring road. ...

Calls were made on Tuesday for President Nicos Anastasiades to see Famagusta hospital turned a university hospital, a request residents say would benefit both the town and the country’s ...

One of the first people to arrive on the scene after a Paphos-based Briton killed his wife, an ambulance driver said when he arrived at the house in December 2021 she ...

Forget about the body and the mind, the latest form of yoga is all about the face. ELENI PHILIPPOU gives it a try Yoga has always been a practice for ...

The education ministry said on Tuesday it will find an alternative solution for the 250 students who failed to take the Modern Greek exam on Monday after the initial exam was ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is to visit Cyprus in mid-February following the presidential elections, according to reports. It is understood that he will first visit Nicosia and then ...

Past planning in areas affected by flooding over the weekend had not taken into account city sprawl, Green Party MP Charalambos Theopemptou said on Tuesday. However, proven sustainable drainage systems ...

Nicolas Skourides, the first Greek Cypriot to settle in the north after 1974, passed away according to an announcement on Tuesday, in Turkish-Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen. In 2018, the then 78-year-old Skourides, ...

The Cyprus Economy and Competitiveness Council on Monday said that Cypriot businesses can become better equipped to offer more value to their customers by exploring the possibility of mergers and ...

Lanes of Makarios Avenue will be closed from January 22 to January 29 as the municipality carries out its annual tree pruning works. After Makarios Avenue reopened, following its renovation, the only ...

Doctors and nurses at state hospitals threatened to intensify strike action as they held a two-hour work stoppage on Tuesday demanding the state health services organisation (Okypy) renew their collective ...

Limassol police on Tuesday arrested a 47-year-old suspect in an investigated case of burglary and theft at a meat warehouse. The meat trader had filed a complaint with police, stating ...

Police in Limassol arrested a 40-year-old and a 21-year-old, in relation to two investigated cases of burglary and theft. The first case concerns burglary of a residence, committed on December 15 ...