Cyprus

President of the Cyprus Bar Association Christos Clerides on Thursday said that the closing of bank accounts was strictly governed by the individual contract that a person has with a ...

National investment promotion agency Invest Cyprus on Thursday announced that it has officially joined the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals (WAPPP). WAPPP is a non-profit global association based ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari called the ongoing understaffing issues at the A&E department of the Paphos general hospital “unacceptable” following a three-hour work stoppage carried out by doctors ...

Around 2,000 new job openings in the public sector are expected to be made in the next two months, while 114 promotions for existing positions are also on the cards, reports said ...

The government on Thursday said it is gearing up to tackle the migration crisis, with funding aimed at expanding reception centres, speeding up asylum seeker applications, and increasing voluntary returns ...

Dozens of people on Thursday held a demonstration in front of the supreme court in Nicosia to protest the upcoming extradition of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz to Germany. Ayaz was ...

Satellite transmitters to monitor and study the Cyprus barn owl, as well as artificial nests will be deployed all over the island, an announcement from the agriculture ministry said on ...

The final planned Sevens day is happening this Saturday at Limassol Crusaders Ground and the first match kicks off at 14:00. With six teams scheduled to compete, it’s set to ...

In today’s episode, the finance ministry confirmed that it may reduce VAT on key goods, with reports indicating these may be slashed on items such as bread, milk and ...

A music project that has the handpan and the Lyra at its core is hosting its first official concert in Nicosia on April 30. Gaba Project is a venture by Vasilis ...

The Paphos district court has issued a two-day remand against a 22-year-old in connection with a case of alleged serious bodily harm. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, on ...

The Nicosia regional board of tourism (Etap) on Wednesday announced the successful completion of a two-day information session it recently held, which focused on educational tourism. The event, which was ...

Moving government servers damaged by a leak could take a few months a spokesperson from the deputy ministry of research, innovation, and digital policy said on Wednesday, a week after ...

A Limassol company was defrauded after scammers impersonating a previous business partner tricked a member of staff into sending over €12,000. Police detailed that the company’s director reported the incident ...

Opposition party Akel on Wednesday latched onto the developments surrounding the sanctions saying Cyprus has earned a horrific name for itself across the globe, with the previous government “closing its ...

Cyprus and its banks must do more to protect borrowers from rising interest rates, the Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat) argued on Wednesday. In making their case for ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Wednesday spoke of the need for a new development model for the Cypriot industry that aims to address the imbalances created by poor practices in ...

Cyprus urgently needs to draft and implement a national strategy for its growing elderly population that will provide affordable, quality, and specialised care, local stakeholders warned, in light of complaints ...

Works to restore the derelict Ayia Irene church in Choletria, Paphos have begun, 15 years after a community effort was launched, the diocese announced at an event. At the event on ...

An initiative aimed at creating much-needed rehabilitation centres and geriatric clinics for pensioners on the island was discussed by the Health Minister Popi Kanari and Union of Cypriot Pensioners (Ekysy) ...

Cancer rates among children in Cyprus are among the highest in the world, according to Loizos Loizou, professor of paediatrics, paediatric oncology, and immunology at the of the University of ...

A national sanctions implementation unit will be set up in Cyprus, which will cooperate with the respective department in the UK, the government announced on Wednesday. The decision came at ...

Germany’s request for the extradition of Kenan Ayaz, a 49-year-old Kurdish political activist arrested on March 15 at Larnaca airport on accusations of international terrorism, was approved by the Larnaca ...

Police in Cyprus have lost track of an Israeli professor who was arrested on February 16 at Larnaca airport on suspicion of arms trafficking to Libya and China between 2015 and 2023. Prior ...