Cyprus

A fire that broke out in a single house between Arediou and Malounta villages in the Nicosia district on Wednesday has been brought under control, leaving five metal buildings destroyed. “...

A drop in unemployment figures, overall joblessness and youth unemployment was announced on Wednesday by President Nikos Christodoulides and Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou. “In absolute numbers, we had a decrease ...

A senior European commission official on Wednesday called on Cyprus to boost its involvement in wildfire prevention programmes, warning of growing risks as the Mediterranean braces for another scorching summer. ...

The Slovak Republic donated €10,000 to support the committee on missing persons (CMP), the United Nations Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) announced on Wednesday. The funds will support the CMP in its ...

Former transport minister Marios Demetriades on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges he faces in relation to “suspicious” naturalisations of new Cypriot citizens under Cyprus’ citizenship through investment scheme, commonly ...

Cyprus will develop a National Civil Protection Mechanism, while Civil Defence will be turned into a Civil Protection general administration, the cabinet decided on Wednesday. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said ...

The Limassol district government on Wednesday called on people living in the district to “demonstrate responsibility” in their water use over the Kataklysmos weekend. The Kataklysmos (flood festival) weekend, one ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced the reactivation of the housing plan for families enclaved in the north after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. The plan provides for grants reaching €15,000 to build ...

Detailed discussions began at the House education committee on Wednesday over two government bills that would allow Cyprus’ public universities to offer undergraduate courses in languages other than Greek and ...

There are meals that fill your stomach and then there are meals that wrap around you like a nostalgic hug. Fish and chips, that deeply British institution, is one of ...

A 25-year-old Austrian national was arrested at Larnaca airport on Wednesday after 23kg of cannabis was found in his luggage. During a customs and police drug squad Ykan search, an ...

The House legal committee and Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou agreed on Wednesday to prepare a final bill that would address problems faced by around 8,000 trapped property buyers. Ioannou said provisions ...

Students sitting Pancyprian exams will be doing so in air-conditioned classrooms, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Speaking before a cabinet meeting, Christodoulides also referred to changes in the education ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday said she is “looking after every last taxpayer euro” following an audit office report revealed she had claimed almost €19,000 in expenses for a three-night ...

The criminal case against a policeman who was found to be leaking information to murdered gang member Demetris Andronikou was dropped on Wednesday, with the policeman returning to work. According ...

The three dogs that attacked a 25-year-old woman and two children, aged six and three, in the Moni industrial area on Sunday are to be euthanised, sources said on Wednesday — ...

Low-income pensioners can as of Wednesday apply for holiday grants covering full accommodation in mountain resorts and hotels in Pyrgos Tyllirias, the labour ministry announced. The scheme, approved by the ...

Serdar Denktash, the son of influential late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, on Wednesday said that every time incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar speaks, he feels ashamed. “Every time ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested for illegally transporting eight lambs through the buffer zone around midnight on Wednesday. According to police, surveillance spotted a truck moving suspiciously along the buffer ...

A weekend full of nature, tradition and fruit awaits at Kampos tis Tsakistras as the annual Cherry Festival is on. Returning for another edition this summer, the two-day festival on ...

The Larnaca municipality has announced the signing of a contract worth around €600,000 to create a “smart parking system” in the town. The contract was signed by the town’s mayor ...

A 48-year-old man has been arrested after a hoard of smuggled tobacco products were found at his house, the police said on Wednesday. The man was arrested at his house ...

A bill has been tabled in the United Kingdom’s parliament with the aim of allowing direct flights between the country and northern Cyprus. The bill, an “early day motion”, ...

Temperatures are set to hit a maximum of 35 degrees Celsius inland on Wednesday as summer beckons. On the west coast, temperatures will reach 28 degrees Celsius, while temperatures will reach 30 degrees ...