Cyprus

Storm Barbara is on its way to Cyprus and is expected to make landfall on Tuesday evening. Before it arrives, the skies will be partly cloudy, with isolated showers possible ...

MPs on Monday began discussions on new regulations giving civil servants the option to work fewer hours, with a commensurate reduction in wages. The regulations aim to allow civil servants ...

The north’s ‘parliamentary’ legal affairs committee on Monday discussed a draft resolution demanding a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem. The draft resolution was signed by various members of ...

A debate in parliament about a controversial law regulating public gatherings quickly turned chaotic on Monday, as politicians also bickered about last week’s pro-Palestinian protest while also arguing about ...

All signs point to an imminent agreement on the cost of living allowance (CoLa) between trade unions and employer organisations, with further meetings of Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou and Finance ...

Five vehicles were involved in a traffic crash early on Monday evening on Larnaca’s Eleftheria avenue, which left three drivers hospitalised. “Three of the five drivers of the vehicles ...

The Miracle Babies association on Monday called for the urgent intervention by the auditor-general and deputy minister to the President over the expansion and upgrade of the neonatal intensive care ...

A spike in liver cancer cases was recorded in Cyprus in the last year, the Association of Liver Patients Promitheas said on Monday, urging people to take regular medical checks. “...

Car sharing is proving to be more of a problem than a solution in Paphos, with vehicles taking up parking places for long periods of time, Akel’s municipal group ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday called for clarity after the governments of Greece and Cyprus issued terse statements in each other’s direction over the Great Sea Interconnector. “We ...

An investigation into whether offences were committed by officers during last Thursday’s protest for Gaza at the foreign ministry is to be launched by the independent authority for the ...

Television and social media continued to be the main source of information for 72 per cent of the public, with 44 per cent stressing that misinformation and fake news were a major ...

The unannounced inspections carried out by audit service officials at the accident and emergency departments of Limassol and Nicosia general hospital on October 1 marked a “flagrant abuse of power”, doctors’ ...

Extradition proceedings against 47-year-old Israeli citizen Alexei Karzhgor began on Monday at Larnaca District Court, following his arrest at the port on Saturday. Karzhgor, of Russian origin, faces charges of ...

Katie Clerides, daughter of former President Glafcos Clerides, had died at the age of 76, Disy, the party her father founded, announced on Monday. Disy said flags at party premises were ...

An institution to acknowledge the physical and mental struggles of members of the army, named Fighters of Life was established by the defence ministry on Monday. “The institution honours people ...

Belonging is a fundamental human need. Sometimes it is as simple as joining a book club, a knitting group, or a cosplay party. Other times, it stems from a deeper ...

The Cyprus energy regulatory authority (Cera) did receive a letter from Greece’s independent transmission system operator (Admie) about the Great Sea Interconnector, its office director Panayiotis Keliris said on ...

Greco-Cyprus relations are “stronger than ever”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, after saying on Sunday he would not be blackmailed by Greece’s independent power transmission operator Admie and ...

Limassol will host a pétanque tournament on October 19, organised by the Alliance Française Limassol. The tournament will take place on the city’s Dasoudi beach, and will begin ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday travelled to Azerbaijan ahead of this week’s Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) summit, which is to be held in the town of ...

A woman was hospitalised after the scooter on which she was riding was hit by a car in Paphos, the police said on Monday. The police said the incident took ...

The Cyprus ADHD Association on Monday appealed to the education ministry to adopt inclusive education in public schools instead of building special schools which foster isolation.   Expressing disappointment, the association ...

Greek Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou on Monday decried what he described as “constantly conflicting messages from the Cypriot side” over the matter of the Great Sea Interconnector, which, if completed, ...