Cyprus

With the Cleon heatwave hitting Cyprus from Thursday, the labour inspection department sought to remind employers of their safety obligations in hot weather. Temperatures are set to rise into the 40...

The small-scale special operations exercise TAMS ‘ZEUS – 2023’ took place between July 4 and 6 with the participation of the national guard and the British armed forces. According to a statement by the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is set to speak with senior EU member state leaders on Thursday for a briefing on their talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Government spokesman Konstantinos ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday welcomed the UN security council’s commitment to a sustainable and just solution to the Cyprus problem, along with its move to support appointing ...

The north’s minimum wage determination commission met on Wednesday, adjusting its monthly minimum wage for the first time since January to a net figure of 15,750TL. The new minimum ...

National investment promotion agency, commonly known as Invest Cyprus, on Thursday, announced that its vice chairman Spyros Vassiliou presented Cyprus’ investment attraction strategy at The Economist conference in New York. ...

Over the past few years I came to realise that I have a real soft spot for family-run restaurants. Perhaps it’s a sign of my advancing old age or ...

The ongoing issue of foreclosures will be raised again Thursday before the House plenum in the last legislative session before the summer recess, with the postponement of the debate presented ...

In today’s episode, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the attorney-general’s office in Nicosia on Wednesday night as they decried a “corrupt government [and] corrupt attorney general” over the ...

The busiest summer season is here. As the events calendar unfolds, back-to-back music and arts festivals keep our weekends full. Although the majority of the festivals are happening in July, ...

The fires services responded to 21 fires over 24 hours the service announced on Thursday and issued an urgent warning to the public of extremely heightened fire risk due to the prevailing ...

Reports on the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and the office of good services made by Secretary General Antonio Guterres were released as official documents on Thursday. The ...

Members of the Paphos traffic police on Wednesday night chased and arrested a driver on the coastal road of Geroskipou. According to police, the 25-year-old driver, suspected of involvement in ...

The Paphos Water Board announced scheduled water cuts on Thursday in areas of the municipality. According to the announcement the interruptions to supply will happen from 7am until midday for ...

The coast guard on Thursday morning escorted a new boat of irregular migrants to the safety of the Golden Coast fishing shelter in Protaras. The boat, which had set off ...

A 32-year-old man was remanded for eight-days on Thursday under suspicions he was involved in seven explosives cases, which Limassol police have been examining. According to police, the man, who ...

Employment in the government decreased by 2 per cent in June, mainly driven by the transfer of hourly-paid personnel from the Ministry of Health to the State Health Services Organisation (OKYPY), ...

On Thursday a yellow weather warning is in place from 11am until 6pm, as the “Cleon” heatwave affects the island. Temperatures will rise to 40C in the interior, 38C on ...

The 1480 helpline for cyber safety addressed nearly 50 per cent more incidents in the second quarter of 2023 than it did in the same period in 2022, the education ministry said on Wednesday. ...

The UN security council expressed its full support for the UN secretary general’s proposal to appoint an envoy for the Cyprus problem to lead further engagement as soon as ...

“Bold reforms” of the constitution as regards the rule of law will be debated in the autumn, according to the House institutions committee which met on Wednesday. Head of the ...

By Nicholas Theodoulou and Nikolaos Prakas Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the attorney-general’s office in Nicosia on Wednesday night as they decried a “corrupt government [and] corrupt attorney general” ...

The illegal poaching and trapping of migratory birds earns criminals around 11 million euros, according to Justice minister Anna Procopiou. Procopiou produced the figure after the signing of a memorandum of ...

Investigations are underway at the land registry over the procedures followed by Afik Group, which has been selling Greek Cypriot property in the north, and whose CEO has a company ...