Cyprus News

The basic pension rate is set to increase by four per cent from the beginning of the new year, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Friday. Panayiotou was addressing the ...

Larnaca Criminal Court absolved and acquitted a 49-year-old Colombian shaman, in the prima facie stage, being charged for prescribing a harmful substance to a Lithuanian permanent resident of Cyprus, which ...

By Andri Agathokleous Socio-emotional learning and wellbeing in early childhood education are attracting growing attention, as researchers continuously emphasise their drastic benefits for children at the start of, and across, ...

By Dr Andreas Anagiotos Nicosia General Hospital, under the State Health Services Organisation (Okypy), houses the sole interdisciplinary skull base team in Cyprus. This highly-specialised unit focuses on the treatment ...

The Cyprus Development Bank (CDB Bank) has been reported to be in discussions with an Armenian banking institution regarding a potential acquisition, following the breakdown of talks with AstroBank, according ...

A man has been jailed for nine years over the manslaughter of 26-year-old Cypriot Ioli Hadjilyra in a park in Brisbane, Australia in 2019. The Daily Mail reported that 38-year-old Bradley ...

Two men, a father and son, were remanded in custody for three days on Friday after beating and stabbing the father’s other sonearlier the same day. Police officer Mustafa ...

High-profile event in Nicosia explores strengthening economic ties between Cyprus and India Eurobank Cyprus hosted a working dinner on Thursday at the Hilton Hotel in Nicosia, featuring top executives from ...

Scores of students from various schools gathered on Friday morning outside Paphos Technical School to protest the expulsion of six students for “delinquent behaviour” earlier in the week. The school’...

A renovated Larnaca Ottoman hamam has been inaugurated as an events space, and called an example of the multicultural character of the city. Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras said the building’...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar slammed the European Union on Friday following the release of the EU-Turkey report on Wednesday. “The EU has become a prisoner of the Greek Cypriot ...

An explosion occurred outside a shop in the Makedonitissa area of Nicosia in the early hours of Friday morning. Police said the explosion occurred at around 2:30am and caused damage ...

The series of events of the Cultural Foundation of the Bank of Cyprus titled Moments of ’23 opens this year with the participatory performance Wildflowers in the City, on Saturday at 11...

In today’s episode, a court decision awarding over €780,000 to a depositor who lost his Laiki Bank savings due to the 2013 ‘haircut’ ignited a wave of reactions. Meanwhile, President Nikos ...

A 39-year-old resident Famagusta arrested for a slew of burglaries and thefts under investigation will appear before the district court on Friday. According to police, the man is suspected of ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Tom Cleaver Police believe the 22-year-old arrested in the early hours of Friday morning in relation with the murder of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos helped organise the assassination ...

Parliament has officially ratified the agreement between the Republic and the World Health Organisation (WHO) to establish a regional WHO office in Cyprus. The agreement was signed by both parties ...

The first Cyprus-Greece intergovernmental summit is being held in Athens on Friday aimed at bilateral cooperation and coordination between the two countries and the exchange of best practices. Nine ministers ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) this week released a report noting that a total of 36 bounced checks were issued during October 2023, amounting to €566,732. Among them, 21 individuals, comprising 14 legal entities ...

Friday will be warm with local clouds and dust spells, especially in the afternoon. Temperatures will rise to 28C in the interior, 27C on the south and east coasts, 26C ...

Akel on Thursday backed the criticisms of people with disabilities over the annual Radiomarathon fund-raising foundation for being condescending towards them. The left-wing party’s statement was issued after the ...

The house plenum ratified on Thursday the framework agreement for the accession of Cyprus to the International Solar Alliance. Forty-one MPs voted in favour, while four MPs voted against, and ...

A number of projects in Paphos have been delayed for decades, hampering developments in the city, MPs at the House labour committee said on Thursday as part of their efforts ...

Ersin Tatar’s office is set to be given a 318 million TL (€10.3m) budget for 2024, as part of the north’s ‘state’ budget begin to be discussed in ‘parliament’. The ...