Cyprus

Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos met with trade union PEO on Monday to discuss the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), which all trade unions have been demanding move forward as soon as possible. ...

Resistance fighters to the 1974 coup said on Monday they were disappointed by the failure of the authorities to cover the burial of brothers Charalambos and Tassos Christofi Shiamma, who were ...

An unpleasant smell is hovering above the Nicosia sewerage board where an employee was pressured into being a manager’s servant – for ten years. The organisation’s council are holding ...

Larnaca dockers on Monday agreed to end their strike action after a deal hammered out through the mediation of the ministers of labour and transport. The two ministers met separately, ...

Police have arrested a 49-year-old man wanted by Chinese authorities for fraud. The 49-year-old is allegedly related to a case of fraud and embezzlement through loans, amounting to 5.6 billion Chinese ...

Football fans will be glad to know that CyBC will broadcast live all 64 games of the 2022 Fifa World Cup, running from November 20 through to December 18. The public broadcaster said that ...

The law passed last week by the House set to freeze foreclosures until the end of January 2023 has a slew of interpretive issues, financial ombudsman Pavlos Ioannou said on Monday. ...

This week, the world population will reach 8 billion for the first time in history. But it’s not just growing – it’s also ageing extremely fast finds ALIX NORMAN On ...

Headphones on, world out. A silent disco party is coming up at a park in Pervolia. Each guest will be given a pair of headphones from where they will hear ...

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Turkish Cypriots to support a two-state solution, Turkish Cypriot media said on Monday. His comments follow a growing spat over the ‘TRNC’...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Monday said he would be holding a series of meetings in an attempt to find a compromise that would satisfy state doctors, who announced a ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is set to meet the UN’s assistant secretary-general for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Miroslav Jenča on Thursday. Jenča will be in Cyprus ...

The Cyprus Olympic Committee (Koe) on Monday announced it will take part in the ‘Movember Cyprus’ campaign, aimed at raising awareness throughout the month of cancer and mental health issues ...

Covid is here to stay, much like the flu, and the public needs to understand that Covid vaccinations must be administered every year, medical services director Elisavet Constantinou said on ...

2022 has been the most successful in terms of fire management and prevention efforts for decades, the forestry department said Monday. Of the 179 fires that broke out on lands managed by ...

The elections for a new archbishop will be held on December 18, the Holy Synod said on Monday. Nominations will be submitted on November 22. Bishop of Paphos Georgios, currently the caretaker ...

By Richard Boxall Cyprus Moufflons became the first team to be sure of a place in the final of the CCA 2022 BAOFinancial 40-over Cup, when they defeated Sri Lankans by 81 ...

The Tseri exit, known as Halepianes, on the Limassol-Nicosia highway closed on Monday, and will remain so for two months as roadworks continue for the Nicosia ringroad. The police said ...

A 35-year-old was remanded for eight days in connection with the murdered Turkish Cypriot inmate case, while another 11 inmates were detained for another eight days as were three others. A ...

Motorcycles, cars, engines and motor equipment are to fill the State Fair in Nicosia on November 19 and 20 as the Boyz Stuff Show returns for its 18th edition. Calling all motoring ...

In today’s episode, the Holy Synod is set to meet this morning to discuss the next steps forward regarding the election of a new archbishop. In other news, Labour ...

Police are investigating a case of assault causing grievous bodily harm to a 17-year-old in Paphos, they announced on Monday. According to police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, around 5am on Sunday ...

On Monday the weather will be mostly clear, but after midday, temporarily increased cloud cover is expected. Winds will be mainly north-westerly to north-easterly, light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort. ...

Police on Monday took into custody a 27-year-old man on suspicion of burglary and theft and possessing illegal drugs. According to police statement, shortly after midnight members of the Paphos ...