Cyprus

Turkish Parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus visited the north on Tuesday and met with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, ‘Prime Minister’ Unal Ustel, and the north’s ‘Parliamentary’ speaker Zorlu Tore. ...

A few dozen Peo union members gathered near Limassol’s casino resort ahead of Tuesday’s grand opening, to demonstrate against the company’s refusal to allow unionisation on the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said he is ready to discuss almost any issue to resolve the Cyprus problem but ruled out any solution other than a federation. In an interview with ...

Demand for loans from businesses and individuals alike declined during the first quarter of the year as banks tightened up their lending criteria and raised interest rates, according to a ...

Four advisors working for the government were unlawfully employed and procedures to end their employment should begin immediately, the Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides has said. Neither the two advisors to ...

The procedure for examining unemployment benefit applications needs to be reviewed, deputies said on Tuesday after social insurance department officials asked the neighbours of an applicant whether she was employed. ...

City of Dreams Mediterranean, Europe’s first integrated casino resort, officially opened its doors this week, with high hopes that it would usher in a new era for tourism. The ...

A 33-year-old tourist was rescued by helicopter after falling down a 50 metre cliff in Akamas on Tuesday while riding a quadbike. The accident happened in the Akamas area of Kakoskali ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou discussed ways to expedite the examination of asylum applications with officials during a visit to the Pournara migrants’ reception centre on Tuesday. At the camp in ...

A forest fire that flared up in Kofinou and resulted in the evacuation of asylum seekers from the nearby reception centre, was placed under partial control by firemen on Tuesday. ...

A 21-year old man was arrested at Ercan airport on Tuesday in connection with the shooting of Turkish Cypriot lawyer, Seyhan Yildirim in his office in Kyrenia on Tuesday morning. ...

Blending the old and the new, an expanding radio station hopes to appeal to audiences both local and international finds PAUL LAMBIS It was the summer of 2020 when new waves ...

The north’s first single-use plastic regulation came into force on Tuesday, with the aim of reducing the amount of plastic waste produced. According to the new law, it is ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he fully supports the efforts of the Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Colin Stewart who is expected to brief the UN ...

The government’s goal is to bring the social insurance system into the 21st century, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency (...

A year and a half since traffic cameras were introduced not a single unpaid fine has been registered in court. According to police information, the proportion of unpaid notices, known ...

The 3+1 Mechanism is the key to expanding the agenda and ensuring the acceleration of the cooperation process, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said at the Eastern Mediterranean Business Summit in New ...

By Richard Boxall The match of the weekend – and the one with the most riding on it – was the meeting between Epi Lions and Sri Lankans at Happy Valley in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides accepted Michalis Hadjiyiannis’ resignation from the post of deputy culture minister, which was immediately reappointed to academic Vasiliki (Lina) Kassianidou. The president thanked Hadjiyiannis for the work ...

The President of the Paphos Hoteliers’ Association Evripides Loizides this week expressed satisfaction with the outlook of the tourism sector in Paphos, saying that hotel occupancy rates in the district ...

Electric scooters are causing problems in Paphos, police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou said on Tuesday, since local authorities have not made provision for their conditions of use. In the past year, ...

Festival fever is on as the island’s highly-anticipated summer happenings return. One of the exciting experiences of the summer is Fengaros Festival and with a rich line-up, its eleventh ...

In this episode, buying petrol in the north will not be penalised provided it is not for commercial purposes, the customs department said yesterday as they attempted to clarify confusions ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday attended the annual memorial service held for the thirteen people who died in explosions at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari twelve years ago. “...