Cyprus

Excess mortality rates stood at 19 per cent above the expected average in Cyprus for December 2022, according to data released by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, on Friday. The death ...

“There are no winners and losers” in the presidential elections, president-elect Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, reiterating that his administration would govern “for all our fellow citizens, for all our ...

In the third quarter of 2022, 3.5 million people in the EU aged 25 to 54 left their jobs, data released on Friday showed. More than two-thirds (68.9 per cent) left their job for labour ...

Roads will be closed in parts of Strovolos in Nicosia on Sunday due to a road race the department of public works has announced. The roads affected are: -Strovolos Avenue ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) has announced that contact details for on-call doctors are available through the Gesy website as well as on the agency’s official social media accounts. ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus amounted to 90,549 visitors in January 2023, compared with 43,944 during the same month of 2022, marking an increase of 106.1 per cent year-on-year, according to a report released on Friday ...

A phone line with direct access to Green Point staff has been put into operation for residents with the aim of improving services, the Nicosia waste disposal council announced on ...

One more person has been arrested in Turkey on Friday, for the collapse of the Isias hotel, which collapsed during the devastating earthquakes, killing 35 members of a Turkish Cypriot school ...

After weeks of being in recess, plenum is most likely set to reconvene on March 9, parliament’s secretary general Tasoula Ieronymidou said on Friday. Parliament had temporarily paused its operations ...

The Cypriot National Guard and US forces wrapped up a four-day training exercise on Friday at the Stavrou Stylianidi camp in Kornos, the ministry of defence announced. The 173rd Airborne ...

Thousand of dollars were withdrawn from the bank account of the manager of a Limassol-based company, after he fell prey to a message from scammers on his phone. According to ...

Sustainable coastal tourism was the topic of discussion on Friday at a workshop organised by the Ineia community council in neighbouring Droushia. The workshop, a cross-border initiative with Greece, came ...

A tree planting event is to be held at the fire-stricken village of Melini, in Larnaca, to mark the 27th anniversary of the movement, the Green party announced on Friday.. ...

Cyprus’ university of technology (Tepak) signed a memorandum of understanding with the foreign ministry on Friday, offering scholarships for master’s programmes for third-country nationals. There will be €45,000 available for ...

The government facilitated 1,172 returns of people to their country of origin in January, according to Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. The 1,172 returns is a huge boost of 469 per cent compared to ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Friday emphasised the importance of organ donation in creating a more just and equal society during the inauguration of Nicosia general hospital’s revamped transplant ...

A 46-year-old was imprisoned for 60 days on Friday after a drunken rage led to him being found guilty by the Famagusta court of disturbing the peace, public insults, illegal entry, ...

A 32-year-old man accused of the attempted kidnap of a minor was freed on a €4,000 bail on Friday and is due to next appear in court on April 11. The incident ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (‘CBC’) on Friday released a statement informing the public, businesses and depositors that an entity under the name ‘Turkish International Investment Bank’, to which reference ...

Limassol port management company DP World Limassol on Friday announced that it has completed six years as operator of the multi-purpose and cruise terminal, stating that it remains committed to ...

Environmental groups will hold a third protest outside the Limassol Zoo on Sunday calling for the state to shut it down following multiple deaths of animals kept there. The Animal ...

President Nicos Anastasiades met primary school student Themia Paparidou at the presidential palace on Friday after she apparently sent him a letter praising his ten-year tenure. Paparidou had written the ...

A 32-year-old man was found guilty on Thursday of causing a triple fatal car accident in 2017 that ended the lives of Andreas Yasemi, 32, Dimitris Savva, also 32, and Panayiotis Stefanou, 26. After ...

One of the best ways to learn a language is to speak it. And the best way to practice is to chat with others who speak that language. Language exchange ...