A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
The federation of environmental NGOs (Opok) has urged the town planning department to finalise the Akamas plan, stating that significant human and financial resources have been exerted on the process.
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President Nicos Anastasiades met his Slovakian counterpart Zuzana Caputova on Monday, who is on a one-day visit to Cyprus.
Caputova is in Cyprus to also visit with the Slovakian regiment ...
Live music, art and pop-ups at the popular venue. By ELENI PHILIPPOU
One could easily visit Nicosia’s centre without exploring the gems that are the local cafes and bars ...
In a shocking story, one Nicosia-based instructor tells ALIX NORMAN that yoga brought her from the very brink of death. It’s a journey that inspired her to write the ...
The vision of the startup and innovation ecosystem in Cyprus should be about changing the ‘DNA’ of the people living in Cyprus.
People should start to think differently and find ...
Writer, poet, journalist and actor Leonidas Malenis, best known for his poem that later became a song ‘Chrysoprasino Fyllo’, died at age 85 on Monday.
Malenis was born in 1937 in Nicosia. ...
Two women aged 67 and 43 years were arrested in Paphos on Monday for a case of shoplifting.
According to the police, the two women who allegedly stole clothes from a Paphos ...
President Nicos Anastasiades has signed the legislation on sex education in schools which was passed by parliament, despite the attorney general claiming it is unconstitutional.
The bill soon became engulfed ...
Nothing marks the arrival of Christmas more than the annual festive concerts of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. For years now, the Orchestra has been dedicating its December shows to the ...
The Limassol municipality has expressed its deepest regrets after a deer housed at the municipal zoo was found dead on December 9.
In a statement, the municipality said that an autopsy ...
The interior ministry on Monday said that it has taken them two years to get the approval for hiring hourly workers at the checkpoints, condemning an article over the weekend ...
The Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc) on Monday slammed the education ministry for its special committee that approves theatrical productions for schools, calling it ‘backwards’ and an ‘instrument of censorship,’ following ...
The 33-year-old who admitted to murdering two Russian women in late 2021 was handed a 25-year prison sentence on Monday morning.
Limassol criminal court handed down the sentence and described the ...
A man was arrested at Paphos airport on Sunday for impersonation after attempting to leave the country with a forged passport.
According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, the man ...
Paphos bishop Georgios said on Monday that it’s unacceptable that students are renting cheaper accommodation in the north, stating that the church should do more to help.
The bishop ...
By Richard Boxall
The last four matches in the group stage of the CCA BAO Financial Autumn 2022 T20 Cup were played over the weekend, and the results confirmed the last ...
In today’s episode, the interior minister is disappointed that no agreement has been reached in Brussels with regard to a proposed regulation to address situations of weaponising migration and ...
Cyprus has on several occasions expressed its readiness to engage in negotiations with any relevant country, with a view to reaching a peaceful settlement in good faith of any maritime ...
With the aim of making culture accessible to all, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation launches the new multi-sensory project Aisthiseis. The cultural foundation, in full alignment with the Bank ...
The police cybercrime unit has issued a warning that suspicious password hacking messages continue on social media, particularly Instagram.
Specifically, users receive a message from a person they know on ...
Police have identified two suspects wanted for incidents of football violence and vandalism last Sunday at Limassol’s Tsirio Stadium, which resulted in the cancellation of the scheduled Apollon-AEK match.
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Thirteen fines were issued in Paphos over the last three days in a coordinated operation to crack down on noise pollution, according to police spokesperson, Michalis Nikolaou.
The fines were ...
On Monday, the weather will be mostly cloudy and isolated showers are expected, while an isolated thunderstorm is possible. Winds will be mainly easterly to south-easterly, light to moderate, up ...
Police in Paphos are investigating a case of arson of a vehicle in Peyia and a suspect is wanted in connection with the case.
According to a police statement, the ...