Cyprus

The official nomination procedure for presidential candidates took place on Thursday where a record 14 hopefuls threw their name in for the top position in the country as each pledged to ...

Police arrested three people for allegedly plotting a murder, after a 61-year-old man was found dead outside his apartment building, the authorities said on Thursday. According to police, the man, ...

The Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat) on Wednesday released a statement calling on the government to draw up and implement immediate relief measures for consumers, households, businesses and ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Wednesday published a report detailing interest rate statistics concerning Cypriot banks, including for deposits and loans of eurozone residents in euros, as well ...

Plans are being set in motion to create a national suicide prevention scheme the health ministry said on Wednesday as records show a spike in suicides during the 2013 financial crisis, ...

A 40-year-old man who drunkenly drove into a takeaway shop in Peyia and injured the owner was sentenced to two months in prison on Wednesday. Paphos district court found the ...

Three persons were remanded in custody on Thursday in connection with the death of a 61-year-old man, found dead outside an apartment building in Latsia on Wednesday evening. The deceased ...

The government on Wednesday sought to inform the public that driving using an e-scooter is only permitted in designated spaces. Only those aged 14 and older are allowed to ride an ...

Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan are ready to carry out direct flights to the north, transport ‘minister’ Erhan Arıklı said on Wednesday. According to Turkish Cypriot press reports, the north ...

Islamic organisations are attempting to proselytise in north seeking the Islamification of the Turkish Cypriot community, reports said on Wednesday, pointing to some organisations that have been approaching minors to ...

The north is set to put an end to the use of plastic bags starting June, with an eye on banning all plastic items in the near future, it emerged ...

Efforts to upgrade the ancient port of Kyrenia are underway in the north, it was reported on Wednesday. According to an announcement by the ‘deputy prime minister’ and tourism ‘minister’, ...

Important information about the Middle and Late Chalcolithic period in Cyprus has been brought to light by 2022 excavations at the Chlorakas Palloures settlement, the antiquities department said on Wednesday. The ...

Household and business schemes estimated to be worth over €48 million will be announced in the first quarter of 2023 as part of the Cyprus Tomorrow plan, Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos said ...

The health ministry of Wednesday called on the public and vulnerable groups in particular to get the flu vaccine. Administered by GPs, the vaccine is available for free. Individuals above ...

The UN secretary general’s mission of good offices report detailed a bleak review of and outlook for the Cyprus problem, despite a poll finding that a majority hope for ...

A 33-year-old man was remanded for eight days by the Famagusta district court on Wednesday to facilitate police investigations into a string of burglary and shoplifting cases in Ayia Napa. ...

After feeling isolated in his youth a now island-based English Cypriot took to comedy to bridge the gap. PAUL LAMBIS meets him Stevie Georgiou was just a child years old ...

A third candidate has withdrawn his name from the presidential elections, a day before the official nomination procedure, chief returning officer Costas Constantinou said on Wednesday. Constantinos Panayi has pulled ...

An antiflooding project will start this June in the Larnaca area of Kamares-Vergina, over eight years after floods caused €2 million worth of damage in the region. The Larnaca sewerage and ...

The world is slowly resuming after the mayhem that is Christmas and with one more holiday coming up on January 6, the first week of the year is a bit of ...

Work for the completion of the first phase of the Paphos-Polis highway has been stepped, local officials said on Wednesday, but Polis is awaiting news on when work will begin ...

Nightlife is thriving once again and people in the industry are upbeat after a festive period in which clubs and bars were working at full capacity. “Occupancy rates across all ...

The United Nations Security Council is to meet on January 30 to renew Unficyp’s mandate, according to the presidency of the council. The announcement comes within the context of the ...