Cyprus

A month full of activities lies ahead at CVAR – Severis Foundation and it has organiaed events for all. Lectures and talks will welcome adults for thematic evenings while children will ...

Police on Tuesday carried out a focused operation in the Athienou area, during which they arrested three people and confiscated a large number of stolen items and drugs. During the ...

The swearing-in ceremony of the members of the new cabinet and other officials and the handover of portfolios by their predecessors takes place on Wednesday. The cabinet will also convene ...

Police on Tuesday carried out a coordinated operation with the Larnaca Customs Department resulting in the seizure of a large quantity of illegal tobacco products. According to police statement, on ...

The federation of environmental organisations on Tuesday expressed its support for the finalised Akamas plan, which it said succeeds in walking the fine line between conservation and sustainable development. Speaking ...

The social welfare services is rolling out a new hotline for the public to call when in need of information, it emerged on Tuesday. The number is 1450 and will be ...

A 38-year-old man was banned from all sports venues on Tuesday, following a decision at Nicosia district court. According to police, the man was wearing a hood covering his face ...

Cyprus will celebrate the 2023 Francophonie Month as part of the country’s efforts to promote multilingualism, outgoing Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference, Prodromou ...

In 2021, general government total expenditure in the EU amounted to 51.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) and was still influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and government measures to mitigate ...

‘Parliament’ in the north descended into a shouting match on Tuesday after ‘Foreign Minister’ Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu was called a rude, disrespectful traitor over the ongoing row on the ...

The PEO trade union on Tuesday called on the new government to bin the revised strategy on hiring foreign workers – announced by the outgoing administration a week ago – saying that ...

Shortly after taking the oath of office on Tuesday, new President Nikos Christodoulides said he welcomes criticism of his appointments after it was pointed out to him that he had ...

Newly sworn in President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said finding solutions to solve the Cyprus problem would be the absolute priority of his administration. His first words in the post ...

A total of 1,349 traffic violations were recorded between February 24 and 28, the police said on Tuesday. Of the registered offences, 738 were for driving above the speed limit, 99 for drink driving, 86 for ...

Total rainfall in February was 75 per cent of average for the month, preliminary data released by the met office on Tuesday showed. The average rainfall for February is 81.6 mm, while ...

A 54-year-old man has been arrested after he fatally wounded the pit bull of his neighbour with a knife because the animal allegedly attacked his own dog. The incident was ...

A 40-year-old man found guilty of people smuggling migrants to Cyprus was sentenced to a year-and-a-half in jail by the Larnaca criminal court on Tuesday. The decision was made six ...

A woman developed large bedsores after she was hospitalised for a month and her wounds remained untreated, doctor Marios Kyriazis claimed on Tuesday in another effort to show the “shortcomings” ...

Bird trapping with nets has almost halved in Cyprus when comparing autumn 2022 with the previous year, BirdLife Cyprus announced on Tuesday, calling the results “promising”. The figures reveal a 49 per ...

Nikos Christodoulides was officially sworn in on Tuesday as the eighth president of the Republic in a short ceremony held at the House of Representatives. Arriving at parliament shortly after 11...

Despite pledging that his cabinet would be made up of new faces, half of which would be women, new President Nikos Christodoulides named a council of ministers that did not ...

Low-cost carrier Wizz Air on Tuesday announced a new route from Larnaca to Abu Dhabi. The route will become operational on July 3 with triweekly (every Monday, Wednesday and Friday) flights ...

The electricity authority of Cyprus (EAC) was fined €8,000 by the Nicosia district court after the Department of Labour Inspection found it had violated occupational health and safety at work, the ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Tuesday wished new President Nikos Christodoulides “strength and endurance” in the island’s top post during a ceremony at parliament. Demetriou said the House remains ...