Cyprus

Larnaca district court issued an eight-day remand on Saturday for a 34-year-old man suspected of being involved in an attempted murder in Oroklini last week which injured a six-year-old boy. ...

As a finalist for BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020, winner of the Rising Star category in the 2019 British Jazz Awards and nominee in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2021 and 2022, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday he is leaving the post carrying the weight of not having solved the Cyprus issue, which he said had been his goal. In an ...

Paphos police received eleven complaints about family violence in November, authorities said on Saturday. According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, out of the eleven complaints made, police arrested ten ...

Cycle police in Paphos issued 96 tickets last month for various offences, authorities said on Saturday. According to police, in November the cycle squad issued 96 tickets, helped 18 members of the public, ...

This healthful beverage soared in popularity during Covid. Now, for the first time, it’s being brewed on the island – and sells out every month! Cyprus definitely has more than ...

Exhibit8 Gallery’s next exhibition is a special one, one with a cause. The Hope Within exhibition, running on Sunday 11 and Monday 12 at the Limassol Gallery features photos by Philip ...

Chief Banking Officer at Hellenic Bank Phivos Stasopoulos on Friday addressed the tenth Banking Forum and Fintech Expo, touching on a number of issues, including the challenges facing the banking ...

Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Constantinos Herodotou this week told the Bloomberg Global Regulatory Forum 2022, which was held in London on December 6, that any recession is expected to ...

The price of basic consumer goods fluctuated up and down this month according to average retail price levels on December 7, 2022, compared with the previous month with the largest decreases recorded ...

Parking at the old Nicosia hospital ends on Monday, December 12 as construction of the new Cyprus Museum begins. “On Monday 12 December 2022 the department of public works will proceed to close ...

The island’s Justice Minister Stefi Drakou on Friday stressed the importance of granting Cyprus access to the Schengen Information Exchange System in 2023, in a bid to strengthen public security, ...

The European Commission on Friday announced that the EU Scholarships programme for the Turkish Cypriot community is offering scholarships for postgraduate European studies at the College of Europe, which is ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said it was a necessary condition to strengthen the cooperation of the nine Mediterranean states, in order to turn the region into an area of ...

The island’s central bank governor Constantinos Herodotou on Friday stressed the need for a prudent provisioning policy for bad loans in the midst of negative macroeconomic developments. Herodotou made ...

Civil society should be involved in the dialogue on the political future of the country, the moderator of a bi-communal group of Cypriots who formulated a detailed solution to the ...

The Cyprus Planetarium in Tamasos is expected to open its doors to the Cypriot public, school students and tourists in the middle of the new year. According to information released ...

Strengthening the operational capacity and deterrence capability of the National Guard is a “key priority”, said the Minister of Defence, Charalambos Petrides, on Friday. Speaking at the passing out ceremony ...

The Akamas Landowners Association on Friday said it expects the auditor-general to call them to hand over evidence it has in its possession of what it says is a “scandal” ...

Remember the days when people used to avidly send Christmas cards and postcards to friends and relatives? Pen on paper, stamps from the post office and wishes from the heart – ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides told an anti-corruption conference on Friday that there was too much tolerance for corruption in Cyprus, a phenomenon that is a “monster which cripples societies”. He said ...

Turkey was forced to fold over strong reactions it faced from members of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) after Ankara attempted to gain membership or observer status for the ...

The energy minister on Friday characterised measures by electricity authority (EAC) workers as “primarily political”, saying their measures were extortionate and would hurt ordinary citizens, who will be asked to ...

Following a public vote among 32 nominees, a young Cypriot entrepreneur emerged victorious at the prestigious Noonies international awards. Demetrios Zamboglou was named ‘Fintech Contributor of the Year’ for 2022 by online ...