Cyprus

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 ...

In today’s episode, the modern Greek exam being sat by final year students was cancelled on Monday 30 minutes in, as topics on the paper were reportedly leaked by a ...

Police on Monday arrested two suspects, aged 20 and 21, wanted since December for dangerous driving and causing traffic accidents. According to police statement, the two are facing charges for illegal possession ...

Live music is back and there is something for everyone. Jazz standards, rock tunes and Latin rhythms are coming up this week at bars across the country. On Wednesday, the ...

Police in Famagusta on Monday arrested a 36-year-old man for driving 89 km over the speed limit. According to official statement, traffic police intercepted the driver on the Rizoelia – Ayia Napa ...

Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Colin Stewart, is expected to brief the security council on Tuesday, ahead of the reports on UNFICYP and the UN secretary-general’s good services, ...

Minister of Labour, Kyriacos Koushos, will hold a new meeting withtrade unions and employers’ organisations over CoLA on Tuesday. The meeting is being held in an ongoing an attempt to ...

Police on Tuesday, arrested a man for illegal possession of ammunition, a firearm and burglary tools, in Paphos. According to police statement, shortly after midnight, police on patrol spotted a ...

On Tuesday the weather will be partly cloudy with possible isolated showers, mainly on the south coast. On the highest peaks of Troodos, light snow may fall. The winds will ...

French multinational hospitality company Accor, which owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties, has announced that it will soon open a new hotel in Cyprus. Accor is the ...

Cyprus is upgrading its long-distance hiking experiences by setting up two forest shelters in the Paphos forest. The two shelters, described as historic – they are converted and restored from an ...

A 34-year-old Nicosia resident has been arrested in connection with child pornography following information by Europol, police said on Monday. The information suggested that users of an account on a ...

The education ministry should apologise to students, secondary education teachers’ union Oelmek said on Monday, following the confusion caused after an exam was interrupted because the topics were leaked. A ...

The health ministry is organising a free first aid webinar this weekend in collaboration with the humanitarian organisation Kids Save Lives. Every year, 350,000 people suffer cardiac arrest in Europe. “The ...

A meeting chaired by Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Monday afternoon did not succeed in averting a two-hour strike by doctors and nurses at state hospitals scheduled for Tuesday. The ...