Cyprus

The new government has put on hold a request for the release of around €3 million earmarked for the purchase of state vehicles, including 35 limos for officials, it emerged on Monday. ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday filed a police report over what she described a mud-slinging operation against her and her family. She citied there had been fake news articles ...

A 63-year-old man who tried to murder his wife in Tala last year was sentenced to six-month jail time with a three-year suspended sentence. The decision at Paphos criminal court ...

The Housing Finance Corporation (HFC) said on Monday it’s receiving a great deal of applications for home loans, as it can currently offer competitive rates compared to private commercial ...

Despite the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic, Cyprus’ port authority continues to mark a surplus in its budget and has strong development potential, its chairman Antonis Stylianou said ...

The Aradippou industrial zone was the focus of Monday’s House energy committee, as stakeholders vowed to finally resolve long-standing issues which they were told threaten productivity and the quality ...

President Nikos Christodoulides spoke with Charles Michel, president of the European Council, where he pressed the need for the EU play a more active role towards resolving the Cyprus problem. ...

The government aims to improve state health services (Okypy) hospitals, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Monday, stressing that efforts should be focused on improving Gesy. Speaking after a meeting ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos’ office on Monday denied a report that claimed he said the national health scheme (Gesy) was a black hole of funds. According to the finance ministry, ...

A large fire that broke out on Monday morning in a furniture manufacturing company in the industrial area of northern Nicosia has been brought under control, authorities in the north ...

UN Deputy Secretary-General Rose Marie DiCarlo will arrive in next week in Cyprus to meet with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, as part of the aim ...

Hoteliers are upbeat about the new employment regulations, after the cabinet decided to raise the percentage of third country nationals allowed to be employed by businesses from 30 to 50 per cent ...

Paphos district court issued a five-day remand for three suspects accused of breaking and entering buildings in which they stole bicycles. Paphos police announced on Monday that the three men – ...

A well-known Dark Tourism blogger recently visited Cyprus, discovering a wealth of locations. ALIX NORMAN finds out where they were In January, Cyprus had a very unusual visitor. He wasn’...

It debuted off-Broadway some 30 years ago and since then Steel Magnolias has become a hit on stage and screen. Written by American writer Robert Harling, the play is based on ...

With a back story as gripping as the production All Quiet on the Western Front could well repeat history and win big at the Oscars says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES All Quiet ...

Consultations are due to restart next week on reinstatement of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), Sek union general secretary Andreas Matsas said on Monday. Matsas told CyBC that the fact that ...

A 26-year-old of Cypriot origin was arrested in Athens after trying to remove pieces of stone and marble from the Acropolis as souvenirs. Greek media reported that the young man ...

A large crowd gathered at the church in Avgorou, Famagusta on Monday morning as the funeral was held for one of the Cypriot victims of the fatal train crash in ...

Ten per cent of children present signs of learning difficulties in reading By Angela Charalambous Reading is not a natural skill to acquire, it needs to be explicitly taught. Children ...

Work safety should be taken seriously and stricter protocols promoted at all levels, an occupational health and safety expert said on Monday, speaking in the wake of the fatal train ...

An appeal was made at the weekend to the EU border agency to help Cyprus manage its migratory flow. The difficulties Cyprus is facing managing the flow of illegal migrants ...

A joint event will be held with Turkish Cypriot organisations on International Women’s Day, Peo union and the federation of women’s movements (Pogo) announced on Monday. The event ...

English tourists visiting Cyprus described as a “horrific event” their experience when they found the cats they were caring for had been shot with arrows – with one lodged in a ...