Cyprus News

Innovation in the tourism sector and strategies for promoting tourism in the digital age and digital marketing took centre stage in discussions at a workshop organised by the Association of ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) discussed the impact of EU policies, with a focus on the challenges of decarbonising ships, during its monthly board meeting which took place in Limassol ...

The Cyprus disabled persons confederation reacted negatively to a proposed state housing project saying it contradicts the ethos of integration. The council of ministers on Tuesday, gave the green light ...

Theodosis Tsolias, the finance ministry’s directorate of growth head and former cabinet secretary, has rubbished claims he should quit after taking leave to work in Luxembourg. Tsiolas took leave ...

Eight people were rescued off the coast of Mari on Friday evening after their boat capsized. According to the Joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC), a radio call was received at ...

Cyprus is ‘considering’ hosting ethnic Armenians displaced following the announcement of the dissolution of Armenian authorities in the Karabakh region, according to the foreign ministry They said, “given the traditionally ...

Library membership in the north has increased by 25 per cent since last year, according to the north’s culture department director Sirin Zaimagaoglu. There are now a total of 2,950 members ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli has doubled down on controversial comments made on social media website Facebook on Friday, wherein he accused other users of being “mentally ill.” ...

El-Sen, the trade union of employees of the north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek), has announced that it has sued the authority over the hiring of workers who had not sat ...

The north’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 13.3 per cent in 2022, according to the north’s statistics agency. The total GDP stood just shy of 73.9 billion TL (€2.6 billion), which ...

Employees from the Morphou district water committee will go on strike on Monday, saying their employer has not made social insurance contributions for two years. They also claim the cost ...

The legal service is dealing with one of its biggest ever caseloads surrounding the ‘golden passport’ scandal, with over 110 box files of data to be processed, it emerged on Friday. ...

The transport ministry has cancelled a tender for a new building for the legal service due to “proper management of public finances” it announced on Friday. As a result, plans ...

SBA personnel and other volunteers, including students, collected some 295 kilogrammes of trash during a cleanup operation along a six-kilometre stretch of beach in Larnaca on Friday. The cleanup occurred at ...

Diko leader Nikolas Papadopoulos on Friday expressed his “satisfaction” with the government’s defence spending target and with the progress being made to reach it. The government has set a ...

There are signs that there is movement regarding the appointment of UN envoy on the Cyprus problem, Unficyp Chief Colin Stewart said on Friday at the fourth Cyprus Forum in ...

Some 228 public schools will start operating in the afternoon as of Monday despite challenges that arose, the education ministry has announced. The optional afternoon schools will be implemented for the 2023...

The interior ministry said on Friday it has the “clear intention to proceed” with the construction of housing for 600 low-income families in Limassol. They added, “for this reason, the project ...

House President Annita Demetriou called for the creation of an “environment which encourages women” to participate in public life on Friday. She was peaking on the issue of equality and ...

Police made another arrest centred on the anti-migration riot in Limassol earlier in September, with the suspect linked to a vandalised barber shop. The police announced on Friday that the ...

Giorgos Lakkotrypis on Friday was announced as the Consul of Kazakhstan in Cyprus, with the confirmation taking place in the presence of the Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Deputy ...

The interior ministry is seeking repatriation of some Syrians as it says it is approaching the immigration issue comprehensively, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday. Speaking against the backdrop ...

Cyprus requires a brave change of mindset regarding transparency and tackling corruption, House President Annita Demetriou said on Friday at the 4th Cyprus Forum. That, she said, can be achieved ...

Paphos police arrested a 25 and 42-year-old just after midnight on Friday on suspicion of stealing construction materials and tools. Kouklia police station received a call that there was suspicious activity ...