Cyprus

A new bill aimed at clamping down on poaching and preserving the country’s biodiversity has been put forward for public consultation by the interior ministry. The bill sets out ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou is headed to Jerusalem, where on Thursday he will hold meetings with his counterpart, Israeli Energy and Infrastructure Minister, Israel Katz. The focus of the meeting ...

The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on Wednesday handed down a ten-year prison sentence to a 33-year-old woman, after finding her guilty of smuggling of 16.8 kilograms of cannabis. According to a police ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is set to have a call with UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, to discuss developments over a more active role for the EU in resolving ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou questioned President Nikos Christodoulides handling of the Cyprus problem on Wednesday by focusing all his efforts on securing the so called more active involvement of ...

The Mayor of Dherynia, Andros Karagiannis, has claimed that ‘some EU countries are practically supporting Turkey’. Speaking regarding Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s announcement of the planned construction ...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to five months in jail by the Nicosia district court on Tuesday after he was found guilty of violent conduct during a football match between ...

Turkish Cypriot journalists gathered outside the north’s ‘presidential’ palace on Wednesday morning to protest the alleged ejection of journalist Serhat İncirli from the press pack at the palace on ...

But who is Cyprus’ Pan Dragomir? THEO PANAYIDES finds an exuberant and business-like comedian on a roll after daring to do something Pan Dragomir is having a moment – but who ...

In today’s episode, former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos will be put on a sabbatical until his appeal against a guilty sexual assault verdict concludes, the Holy Synod has decided. In ...

Owners of trademark emerge triumphant in cancellation proceedings By Ramona Livera On May 18, 2023 the Cyprus Registrar of Intellectual Property delivered a reasoned decision on an application for the cancellation of ...

Images and Views of Alternative Cinema Film Festival, the annual event that focusses on the presentation of research-based, avant-garde, and alternative views of international cinema, will take place from June 19 ...

Police in Paphos on Tuesday arrested a 29-year-old man for sending threatening text messages. According to police spokesman, Michalis Nikolaou, a 39-year-old permanent resident of Paphos filed a report, stating ...

Fuel and electricity prices are set to rise as of July 1 following expiration of the relief measures for consumers introduced last year. According to Finance Ministry permanent secretary, George Panteli, ...

Although they are boneless creatures, sea urchins are prickly enough to be feared by those who step on them. This past month though, off the Gulf of Aqaba, Tel Aviv ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit reached €3.11 billion during the period of January to April 2023, according to the latest report released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). According to the available data, this ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 34-year-old based on a court warrant for a case of importation and possession of illegal drugs. The arrest came following inspection by customs officials of ...

On Wednesday the weather will start off mostly clear. During the afternoon increased clouds locally are expected to bring isolated rains and storms in the mountains, the interior and the ...

In a groundbreaking initiative, the Cyprus Institute successfully organised its first networking seminar, titled “Innovation Workshop and Speed Networking Event,” aimed at bridging the gap between research and industry in ...

President of the Cyprus-Greece Business Association Iosif Iosif recently highlighted the importance of robust business cooperation between the two countries, according to an announcement released on Tuesday. Speaking at an ...

What is this new thing with the caps being attached to plastic bottles? By Natasa Ioannou Are tethered caps another way to inconvenience consumers or is there a reason behind ...

Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis, is visiting Dubai and Abu Dhabi to explore tourism prospects from the UAE and the wider region of the Middle East, considered as a promising ...

Cyprus is in favour of the creation of a single market for medicines, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Tuesday during the second day of the Employment, Social Policy, Health ...

Police on Tuesday issued two separate missing person bulletins for Irina Melnikova, 65, and Mariyana Hristova, aged 37. Both have been absent from their Limassol home since Monday and their whereabouts are ...