Cyprus

There has been no evidence to support corruption claims against the drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos, after he was accused of colluding with a convict in the central prisons, the ...

Over €1 billion has been spent in the past decade to improve Nicosia’s development and business drive, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday during a tour of the capital. Between 2013 – 2022 ...

The plan to construct breakwaters in coastal tourist areas of Paphos and Yeroskipou will cause significant destruction of the south-west coast and marine environment, the federation of environmental organisations (Opok) ...

Protesters with Russian flags gathered outside Larnaca district court on Wednesday which held the latest hearing against the 55-year-old Ukrainian woman who is facing charges of carrying a weapon to ...

Limassol municipality will provide 450 “packages of love” so that no family goes without the essentials for Christmas. Limassol mayor Nikos Nikolaides said that in collaboration with the district’s food ...

After more than a week of strikes, Wolt delivery drivers agreed to put a halt to their protests and resume work. The agreement was made after a timeline was set ...

A construction company was fined €8,000 on Wednesday by the Nicosia district court after it found that a worker was seriously injured due to poor health and safety standards. The labour ...

The police on Wednesday warned that heightened road safety checks will be carried out from December 23 through to January 6, as they also issued safety advice for the holidays. The bolstered ...

A new information and training centre opened in Nicosia aims to offer networking and employment opportunities, particularly for vulnerable groups, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday. Speaking from the opening ...

The creation of a new mental health centre, based on modern psychiatric care principles will improve the lives of patients as well as health workers, President Nicos Anastasiades said laying ...

Between two and three trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas has been uncovered in exploratory drilling in block six of Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the energy ministry ...

Three objections have been filed over the archbishop elections, it emerged on Wednesday, after Paralimni mayor Theodoros Pyrillis strongly hinted that certain bishops may have muddied the waters. Pyrillis did ...

The 4-year-old girl intubated at Makarios hospital for strep A is to be transferred to Israel on Wednesday evening in “one of the health ministry’s biggest ever operations”. Christina ...

Experts on Wednesday expressed concern as hospitals remain at high occupancy rates with many patients being admitted for respiratory illnesses. Admissions are rising in the pulmonology, pathology, and paediatric wards – ...

In the only luthier on the island, THEO PANAYIDES finds a man who loves to talk who labours over custom-made instruments but will listen to ‘anything beautiful’ himself The sign ...

A meeting due to be held between the ministry of labour and representatives of labour unions Sek, Peo and Deok to reach an agreement over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), was ...

In today’s episode, in an unexpected turn of events, the charges faced by the 74-year-old Briton accused of the murder of his terminally ill wife in Tremithousa last December ...

As soon as 2023 arrives, the island’s cultural agenda will resume entertaining the crowds. Two local artists will come together on January 3 to present a unique event, filled with folk-noir ...

On Wednesday the weather will be partly cloudy with localised rain or an isolated thunderstorm expected in the morning hours. Snow or sleet is likely to fall in the higher ...

Police are investigating a car fire that broke out after midnight on Wednesday in Paphos. According to the police, at 1am on Wednesday police received a call about a fire ...

The Kofinou fire service responded to a call shortly after 1am on Wednesday involving a fire that broke out in a residence in Mazotos. According to an official statement, the ...

Following a car chase on a main road in Paphos, police late on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old driver. According to a police statement, on Tuesday night on Mesogi Avenue, traffic ...

Cypriot businesses spend approximately one third of their total advertising budget on digital channels, with seven out of ten businesses estimating that they spend up to €100,000 on digital advertising, according ...

Hourly labour costs, which take into account the total cost incurred per hour, increased by 5.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2022, compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous ...