Cyprus

The government’s latest bill aimed at regulating traditional Easter bonfires, known as “lambriadjies”, will not be voted on by parliament before Easter. Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis’ final attempt to ...

The desalination unit in Mandria area, destroyed when a fire ripped through it on December 6, will be up and running in early August, Paphos district governor Charalambos Pittokopitis said on ...

A 24-year-old man was stabbed multiple times at the construction site of Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s new official residence on Wednesday, the Turkish Cypriot police said. The police ...

It’s Lent, and I’m fasting, so I decided to visit a fully vegan restaurant instead of settling for a traditional eatery where plant-based options are an afterthought. Despite ...

Veteran photojournalist Stelios Papastylianou died on Tuesday afternoon after suffering a heart attack. He was 73. The Union of Cyprus Journalists said Papastylianou was “a well-known and respected colleague who was ...

Greek Cypriot political parties Disy and Akel on Wednesday hailed the gathering of 13,000 Turkish Cypriots on Tuesday night to protest against the legalisation of hijabs in public schools in the ...

The 17-year-old being treated for bacterial meningitis at Nicosia general hospital died on Wednesday in intensive care, Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said. The teen had been intubated in the ICU ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s wife Sibel Tatar on Wednesday came out against the north’s ruling coalition’s legalisation of the wearing of hijabs at schools, and said ...

The annual Christodoula March at the British bases has raised €15,000 for the Cyprus Anti-Cancer Association, in an event attended by hundreds of participants from 47 communities. The bases announced on Wednesday ...

An air traffic control strike in Greece has affected 31 flights to and from Cyprus’ airports to and from those in Athens and Salonica, Hermes Airports said on Wednesday. Due to ...

By Konstantinos KaousliadisIn an increasingly interconnected world, families with ties to the Republic of Cyprus – through marriage to a Cypriot citizen, for instance – have a unique opportunity to secure Cypriot ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will move into his new official residence in Ayios Dhometios on May 3, he said on Tuesday night. Speaking at the opening of a new museum, ...

Greece’s permanent representative to the United Nations Evangelos Sekeris on Tuesday praised the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unfcyp)’s “invaluable contribution to maintaining peace and security” on the ...

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The north’s ruling coalition on Tuesday night for the second time legalised the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools in the north. Following a cabinet meeting, ‘government’ ...

Wednesday’s weather is expected to be partly cloudy across most of the island, with light rain possible in the morning and elevated levels of dust suspended in the atmosphere. ...

By Martin ClarkSome people think of mosaic making as a craft but really good mosaicists can introduce perspective, depth of field, movement and ‘life’ into mosaic. Of course, in Cyprus, ...

Over 800 civil weddings – mostly of foreigners – were celebrated in the Akamas municipality last year, with a higher number expected in 2025, civil marriage officer Maria Yiangou told the Cyprus Mail on ...

Tenstorrent’s intention to establish an office and operate in Cyprus was announced by the company’s CEO Jim Keller on Tuesday, during a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides. Government ...

A high-level Cypriot delegation held a number of strategic meetings in Silicon Valley with leading technology companies including Amazon (Zoox), Oracle, ServiceNow and Microsoft, as well as academic institutions such ...

The deputy welfare ministry is “committed to the implementation of the project for restructuring the social welfare services,” it said on Tuesday. It added that over the past two years, ...

An estimated 13,000 Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of northern Nicosia on Tuesday evening to protest against the ruling coalition’s attempts to legalise the wearing of hijabs and other ...

Cyprus will “immediately repatriate” three people arrested after an attempted eviction of a group of third-country nationals from a block of flats in the Larnaca suburb of Oroklini where they ...

Fake messages are being sent out asking people to settle unpaid electricity bills. The messages are supposedly sent from the electricity authority (EAC) by sms, urging consumers to follow the ...