Cyprus

Everything is ready for Sunday’s archbishop elections, the general commissioner for them Ioannis Charilaou said on Friday. Earlier in the day, ballot boxes were turned over those in charge ...

Cyprus’ GDP is estimated to have reached a growth rate of 5.8 per cent for 2022, according to a report released on Friday by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). However, in ...

A 31-year-old who turned himself in to police following after a car was shot at in Oroklini on December 4 resulting in a 42-year-old man and a six-year-old boy getting severely ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouis on Friday signed a memorandum of cooperation with the rector of the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) Panayiotis Zaphiris, after the latter established a collaboration protocol ...

Larnaca on Friday joined the 200 Wolt drivers striking in Nicosia and Limassol, upping the pressure against the delivery company to change its working conditions. Drivers across three of the island’...

By Gina Agapiou and Jonathan Shkurko Cypriots will celebrate Christmas and New Year without Covid-19 restrictions for the first time since the pandemic outbreak on the island. Health ministry spokesman ...

Cyprus and the US conducted an all-day joint search and rescue exercise at sea, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) said on Friday. According to JRCC, the joint search and ...

Registration for public primary schools and kindergartens for the 2023-2024 school year will be delayed, the education ministry announced on Friday. Registration will not be available during the first week ...

Doctors at Paphos A&E went on a three-hour strike on Friday morning calling for “humane working conditions” saying they are short staffed. The department’s chief Neophyta Chrysanthou, ...

Picture this. You go to a pop-up market and you are encouraged to buy absolutely nothing. Sounds crazy? It may seem contradictory at first yet the Buy Nothing Bazaar at ...

In today’s episode, the EU Council yesterday called on Ankara to stop all actions that could potentially upgrade the breakaway state in the north of the island, a development ...

Police have arrested a 41-year-old man in Limassol wanted for six break-ins and burglaries, authorities said on Friday. According to police, an arrest warrant had been issued for the man ...

The leaders of the European Council bid farewell to President Nicos Anastasiades as well as Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Thursday night with a gift that is traditionally given ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Police have arrested a 27-year-old suspect for the abduction of 23-year-old two days ago in Paphos, authorities announced on Friday. According to police, the 27-year-old was found after 4pm on ...

The board of directors of the state-owned Cyprus Asset Management Company (Kedipes) on Thursday announced that they have decided on a new payment to the state to the tune of €80 ...

Capital Intelligence Ratings (CI Ratings) this week announced that it has upgraded the Long-Term Foreign Currency Rating (LT FCR) of Hellenic Bank (HB) to ‘BB’ from ‘BB-‘ and affirmed the ...

Peyia has hosted over 800 civil weddings this year which has netted the municipality about half a million euros, with bookings made up until 2025. Marinos Lambrou, the seaside community’s mayor, ...

Candidacies for the February 2023 presidential elections will be formally submitted on January 5, the interior ministry said on Thursday, while December 27 is the cutoff for registering in voter rolls. The ministry ...

Larnaca criminal court on Thursday sentenced two men to three-and-half-years in prison having found them guilty of people smuggling. The defendants, aged 42 and 47, will begin serving their sentence immediately. The ...

Cyprus in 2020 ranked seventh highest in the EU in terms of the per capita production of municipal solid waste, according to just-released data. The Statistical Service said that in 2020, the ...

If it is rock and its sister genres you are craving, Savino Live in old-town Larnaca has weekly live music shows. In December it is celebrating the festive season with ...

A bicommunal children’s choir on Thursday entertained the German ambassador Anke Schlimm with a medley of songs at concert in the framework of the ‘Imagine’ project. ‘Imagine’ is supported ...

The debacle over the theatre production Around the World in 80 days continued on Thursday, with the education ministry questioning why an LGBTI+ message would be fit for children. The original ...