Cyprus

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 ...

A meeting between the energy and finance ministers, and unions representing workers at the Electricity Authority (EAC) has been rescheduled for this coming Friday. The meeting had been set for ...

Lythrodontas primary school had to close on Monday after vandals damaged the property over the weekend. Police said glass and doors of classrooms at the school were damaged, making them ...

The EU Commission has approved Cyprus’ proposal to support citrus producers with €500,000 in state aid following the consequences of the war in Ukraine. Aid will take the form of direct ...

The Hunters party on Monday accused presidential candidate Averof Neophytou outright of having tried to bribe them in exchange for their backing in the upcoming presidential elections. The movement – which ...

Cypriots increased their use of delivery services for post and parcels by the end of 2022, while businesses are turning to the private sector for the same, the Office of Electronic ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition parties, non-governmental organisations, and unions took to the streets on Monday to protest the Islamification of the north, after religious authorities pushed Islamic rhetoric at mosque courses ...

Anastasiades’ government has proceeded with the implementation of all important and long-awaited major road construction projects, including the Astromeritis – Evrychou motorway, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Monday. These projects ...

A 60 and 25-year-old were detained for five days and appeared in court on Monday on allegations of human trafficking and labour exploitation. The two suspects were arrested on January 10 after ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis and Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said that the finalised version of the Akamas local development plan will be discussed at the next Council of Ministers on ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and his wife Andri met King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla at Balmoral Castle on Monday, where the two signed a memorandum of understanding on future civilian ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Monday inaugurated a new trauma unit at Nicosia general hospital, saying it was an important step in upgrading health services in Cyprus. “It is with ...

Although thousands of miles distant, the two nations have long been closely linked. This year, a host of events celebrate the enduring connection between them finds ALIX NORMAN Cypriots first ...

Time to enjoy the Cypriot winter. With temperatures dropping and the occasional rain, Cyprus mountains and snowy hills are coming to life. Rain or shine, for those of us in ...

Cabinet has tweaked the legislation to hire far more judges and court staff to decongest the backlog of asylum seeker applications. The courts are currently facing a backlog of 20,000 cases, ...