Cyprus

The safety of Famagusta residents is a priority, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said during his emergency visit to the district on Saturday after heavy rain flooded houses and businesses in ...

The family of a murdered national guardsman has asked the 2023 presidential candidates to give their position on revising procedures and legislation that could prevent similar crimes in the future. The ...

A fire that broke out on five national guard vehicles in Polemidia this week was caused due to a short circuit, police said on Saturday. Limassol CID said that following ...

Wanting to make culture accessible to all, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation has launched the programme Aisthiseis which is made up of multi-sensory experiences taking place until the end ...

Heavy rains battered the island on Saturday with police warning drivers to be careful citing limited visibility on several roads. Adverse weather conditions affected mainly the Larnaca and Famagusta districts ...

Former Foreign Minister Giorgos Lillikas, was awarded with the highest honour of the French Republic on Wednesday. In a reception held at the residence of the French Ambassador, Lillikas was ...

In her latest novel, a British-Cypriot author looks at what constitutes ‘home’ for Cypriots brought up abroad In her latest novel, London-based author Soulla Christodoulou, who has written about the 1950...

Hellenic Bank CEO Oliver Gatzke on Friday said that the bank’s performance in 2022 was very good, amidst difficult conditions, while also outlining the challenges and goals for the new ...

The producer price index in Cyprus’ construction sector increased by 11 per cent in the third quarter of 2022, compared to the corresponding quarter of 2021, reaching 129.53 units, according to a report released ...

The number of job vacancies in hotels in 2022 was almost three times the monthly average of the number of registered unemployed in the same year, according to the labour minister. “...

By Ioannis Tirkides In a previous article published last week, we examined the political landscape in Cyprus since 2011 against a backdrop of rising right-populism in advanced liberal democracies over the ...

The Green Party expressed strong concern on Friday about construction projects currently underway in Akamas. The works being carried out under the pretext of improving the road network involve deep ...

Financing to political parties has increased by 33 per cent since 2018, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Friday, throwing in his two cents on a discussion over the consolidated annual funds ...

Additional complaints regarding elder neglect by hospital staff have been brought to light by the care-home owners association on Friday including the case of woman discharged without her clothes. A ...

Police on Friday said they had searched the home of the non-commissioned officer (NCO) who said in a TikTok video that being gay was not natural. The video has since ...

Protestors are set to demonstrate outside the Limassol zoo on Saturday, calling for it to be shut down. The protest will begin at 12pm and is prompted by a series ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Friday said it was unacceptable that “subjective views” had been included in two UN reports by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that went “beyond objective facts”. “We ...

The scheduled inauguration of the Cetinkaya football club in the UN-controlled buffer zone did not go ahead as planned due to ongoing works, reports from the north said on Friday. ...

Nicosia district court renewed the remand of the seven suspects in the brutal murder of 61-year-old Dorotheos Demetriades in Latsia last week. The court accepted the request of the investigator ...

The Cyprus Economy and Competitiveness Council on Friday published a report outlining a number of recommendations that seek to provide both medium and long-term solutions to the ongoing issue of ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Friday said the state’s goal is to ensure that every citizen can benefit from a good level of healthcare. Speaking after a visit to ...

Four five-star resorts in Cyprus have reduced the consumption and disposal of single-use plastics in the past two years through the SUPMed European project, Cyprus hotels association (Pasyxe) announced on ...

A meeting between all sides in the electricity authority’s (EAC) dispute has been postponed on Friday due to an illness of the Labour minister Kyriacos Koushos. The meeting that ...

Disy presidential candidate, Averof Neophytou, underlined his commitment to a settlement of the Cyprus issue in meetings he had with Cyprus-based ambassadors this week, telling them that a settlement would ...