Cyprus News

Authorities have awarded 61 permits for gold prospecting on the island, while another 15 applications are pending, a report published by Politis on Tuesday said. Prospecting activities cover a combined area of ...

Paphos’ waste collectors will hold strike on Monday over the old fleet vehicles and ‘serious understaffing’ of the service which puts their ‘lives in danger’. The workers decided to stage ...

The signing of an agreement between Cyprus and Greece regarding organ donation and transplants was at the centre of a meeting between the Health Ministers of both countries, which took ...

Bishopric’s decision to freeze €8 million of the Paphos municipality’s funds has caused financial constraints to the local authority which makes multi-million payments, Mayor Phedonas Phedonos said on Tuesday. ...

The Cypriot mission assisting firefighters battling wildfires in Greece will remain there at least until Thursday, the member of the Cypriot mission and Senior Forestry Officer, Stavros Mouchlis, said on ...

The body of a man was found on Tuesday afternoon in a coastal area of the Larnaca district. The man was identified as 81-year-old Andreas Avraam from Xylophagou. His body ...

Asylum applications in Cyprus were down by over 70 per cent in April this year compared to the same month in 2022, Eurostat data showed on Tuesday. According to the EU’s ...

An inmate who had escaped from the Athalassa psychiatric hospital in the early morning hours on Tuesday was found later in the day, police said. The 52-year-old man was located ...

Children in Cyprus reported the second highest amount of negative effects from the Coronavirus pandemic, an international survey by the World Health Organisation (WHO) showed on Tuesday. As only Kazakhstan ...

An empowering walk aiming at raising awareness of issues women face is to be held in Protaras next weekend. Cypriot NGO Citizens in Power and organisations RESET and RITE host ...

Bank employees union Etyk on Tuesday said that after an arbitration process through the ministry of labour it has ensured that Bank of Cyprus staff are reimbursed the full travel ...

A yellow warning for high temperatures, which are expected to reach up to 42C, has been issued for Wednesday while a red alert for forest fires remains in place. The ...

With Cyprus hospitals full to bursting, questions have been asked after the situation seemed to peak with a man who had suffered a stroke reportedly left waiting at Paphos hospital’...

The visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Cyprus, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed due to the crash of a firefighting aircraft in Greece on Tuesday afternoon. The ...

Communities in the area of Pentakomo waste treatment plant (Oeda) are prepared to take dynamic measure and block the entrance after another fire on Tuesday sent further toxic fumes into ...

The labour ministry’s inspection services handed out a total of €21,500 in fines to businesses employing undeclared workers during the month of June, it said on Tuesday. A total of 15 ...

Strays in Nicosia are suffering in the heatwave as “unconscientious” individuals are removing food and water bowls put out by volunteers, the Environmental Movement said on Tuesday. Animal activists and ...

By October government servers damaged by a water leak in April will be relocated to premises operated by the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA), the deputy minister of research said on ...

The European Union funds 80 per cent of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus budget while the biggest single donor is the Cyprus government, Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Anna ...

Avocado plantations in Kato Pyrgos Tyllirias have been destroyed by the recent heat wave, president of its Community Council Nicos Kleanthous said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, ...

Cyprus’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate and inflation rate are expected to reach 3 per cent, respectively, for 2023, consistent with the predictions made in May, according to a report released ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday met a group of teenagers from the US and Canadian diaspora, to whom he recounted the events surrounding the coup and 1974 invasion. Visiting him at ...

After a successful annual general meeting held on July 17, 2023, the CFA Society Cyprus has introduced its newly elected board of directors for the term 2023-2024, led by the newly appointed ...

Fireworks used at a wedding that started a fire over the weekend had not been given the relevant licence, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said the use ...