Cyprus

Cyprus societies at universities overseas can help students feel more at home. PAUL LAMBIS meets the leaders of one that is an example for all It can be a struggle ...

The European Commission has approved a €7.75 million Cypriot scheme to support workers in the agriculture sector who have been affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine. According to a statement ...

A three-day conference aiming to explore the conservation, management and governance of protected areas and its application in the Akamas peninsula began on Wednesday. Some of the core themes being ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Wednesday described the recent decision by the House of Parliament to suspend the foreclosure bill as “shooting ourselves in the foot”, noting that the only ...

The 300 contract officers’ posts for the policing of the buffer zone to stem illegal migration have not been filled yet and the deadline has been extended, police spokesman Christos Andreou ...

Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou vowed on Wednesday to improve the conditions at the centre for children with neurodevelopmental disorders at the Nicosia general hospital, as well as ...

Paphos police investigated two separate car arson cases on Wednesday. The first car arson in Simou took place at 1.50am where the owner of the vehicle put out the flames ...

The upgrades and improvement works made to the existing beach volley and beach tennis courts at Finikoudes (Palm Tree) Beach have been completed. The works were undertaken by Larnaca Municipality ...

Exercise equipment has been installed along the coastal walkway in Latchi to promote healthy habits to young people. The four pieces of exercise equipment amounting to €10,000 were funded by the ...

People with disabilities in Cyprus are not treated with dignity but instead ignored and looked upon with pity, Cyprus’ confederation of organisations of the disabled (Kysoa) said on Wednesday, announcing ...

In an animal welfare activist who featured in a local film, THEO PANAYIDES meets a forensic neuropsychologist who was born fearless and now takes the same approach to abused pets ...

A 22-year-old man found drink driving and speeding in Paralamni was arrested in the early morning hours on Wednesday. The young man was stopped by officers shortly after midnight on ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the tourism sector showed ‘tangible growth’ in 2022, which was on Tuesday put down to increased air connectivity and policies introduced by the government ...

A new group exhibition opens in Nicosia this week featuring artists from Cyprus, Canada and the UK. Titled I Miss The Land But Does The Land Miss Me?, the exhibition ...

The finance ministry denounced Wednesday’s 12-hour strike by electricity authority workers which kept customer service centres closed resulting in “unnecessary inconvenience”. Despite efforts by the EAC board of directors ...

Collectible gold and silver coins worth €26,000 as well as cash were stolen from a villa in Paphos, police said on Wednesday. A 47-year-old man reported that unknown persons broke into ...

Police on Wednesday said they have arrested a person on suspicion of stealing personal belongings of guests at a Paphos hotel. The arrest was made after customers of the hotel ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is set to meet the political leadership of Germany on Wednesday during his working visit in Berlin. According to a statement issued by the presidency, at 11 am (...

State-owned asset management company Kedipes chairman Lambros Papadopoulos on Tuesday said that frequent interventions in the foreclosure framework will negatively affect the company’s ability to generate cash inflows. The ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (Kne) this week released a statement in which it welcomes the publication of a review of Cyprus’ economic policy by the Centre for Economic Research of ...

And companies need to do more about packaging By Charalampos Theopemptou Among the business world, I often hear the discussions and worries about the new Environment, Sustainability, Governance (ESG) criteria ...

The latest poll for the 2023 presidential elections shows Nicos Christodoulides has a clear lead ahead of the other contenders, with Disy’s Averof Neophytou and Akel-backed Andreas Mavroyiannis neck and ...

President Nicos Anastasiades arrived in Berlin on Tuesday, where he is set to hold meetings with political leaders in Germany. According to a statement issued by the presidency, upon his ...

An electricity authority (EAC) trade union which initially said it would abstain from the scheduled strike on Thursday, said it would demonstrate outside parliament. The independent union of technical and ...