Cyprus

A new bill approved by the council of ministers on Friday will aim to strengthen the public’s trust in tap water, Health Minister Popi Kanari said. Speaking after the ...

The cabinet on Friday approved an interior ministry proposal to review the criteria for the naturalisation of third country nationals. According to Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou, the proposal is mainly ...

Deputy Minister for Culture Michalis Hatzigiannis on Friday attempted to give some kind of closure to a recent blunder by his office after an official post was made by his ...

The first week of May brings back the island’s favourite street food fiesta. On May 5, Fork Food Market returns for another season of tasty events in Nicosia. Taking place ...

Sanctions imposed on Russia and Russian citizens so far will not significantly impact the Cypriot economy as its banks have very satisfactory levels of capital and one of the best ...

The Open University of Cyprus said on Friday it was continuing to cooperate with authorities on the hack of its database, even after a first tranche of files were made ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said Cyprus needed to follow the examples of other European countries and that both sides of the divide need to learn and respect each other’...

Larnaca shoppers will have a new and green parking area at the entrance to the town’s main shopping district from December 2023. The new municipal parking lot located on Grigoris ...

The Union of Cypriot Pensioners (Ekysy) has called on the state to assist with the cost of medicines which are not covered by the national health care system (Gesy). The ...

Two people were arrested in Paphos after a 63-year-old man who spent over €30,000 at an illegal makeshift casino reported the place to the police. Paphos police spokesman and CID chief ...

Diabetes type 2 injectable, Ozempic, a drug not regulated by the national health scheme (Gesy) is in general shortage in Cyprus, as people rush to take part in an international weight ...

As part of the We Can Only Begin To Notice exhibition currently on at NiMAC in Nicosia, come two parallel activities. While the exhibition presents a curated selection of non-fiction ...

A 37-year-old construction worker was arrested on Friday after he apparently tried to steal company property. A day earlier, a 66-year-old man reported he saw the construction worker loading company ...

The health ministry announced four Covid-19 deaths this week including a 19-year-old who suffered from underlying health conditions. The ministry’s bi-weekly update detailed that three men – aged 19, 79 and 88 – and ...

Police on Friday said they were searching for a woman, aged 34 who is believed to have stolen a 61-year-old’s car and subsequently sold it off. Paphos CID chief and ...

The fire services carried out a major training exercise near Polis in Paphos which focused on rescuing an injured person on sloping terrain following a car crash. Fire services spokesman ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides met with President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday at the presidential palace where he confirmed her reappointment as commissioner for the protection of human rights. He stressed the ...

Cyprus’ Composite Leading Economic Index (CPI) saw an annual increase of 1.4 per cent in March 2023, according to the Economics Research Centre (CypERC) of the University of Cyprus. This positive growth ...

An elderly woman and two dogs were rescued by the fire services from a ravine in Lefkara, after she had tried to rescue the pets that had fallen in earlier, ...

Take us to the Water is a digital interactive map which makes up the Cyprus participation in Goethe-Institut’s project Atlas of Mediterranean Liquidity. The map consists of artworks by ...

In today’s episode, the government said it is gearing into action to tackle the migration crisis, with funding aimed at expanding reception centres, speeding up asylum seeker applications, and ...

Police arrested a 57-year-old permanent resident who tried to scam an elderly woman into paying €90,000 for a fake surgery for daughter. Many have fallen victim to the ‘fake doctor’ scam ...

The Cyprus tourism exhibition is aiming to become an important regional exhibition for both Europe and neighbouring countries, with the exhibition undergoing a revamp in order to achieve this. According ...

Harmonised inflation in Cyprus rose by 6.1 per cent in March 2023 compared to the same period last year, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...