Cyprus

General stores will operate on Good Friday and Easter Saturday, but must close by 6pm, the labour ministry said on Thursday ahead of the Orthodox Easter weekend. On Easter Sunday ...

Candidates for political office must name their donors, otherwise they have broken the law, Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has said. He made the comments on Twitter, a day after President Nikos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday referred back to parliament a law it passed in late March regarding the handling of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, deeming the legislation unconstitutional. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides hastily convened a meeting at the palace on Thursday evening to discuss US and UK sanctions that have led to a punishing blow to Cypriot individuals and ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday floated the idea of importing natural gas quantities from reservoirs in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone, to be used for power generation, coupled with exports ...

The Embassy of Israel in Cyprus, in collaboration with BPRarts Cultural Management, presents the photographic exhibition ‘Diversity: A State of mind’ by renowned Israeli photographers Natan Dvir and Gabi Ben ...

A 56-year-old foreign national reported to the police that he had to be hospitalised after being beaten by his landlord and two others who entered the house while he was ...

Meat prices are up 25 per cent compared with the Easter holiday period last year but Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Thursday he cannot interfere with the laws of the ...

Police in Limassol on Thursday are searching for a suspect that vandalised dozens of artworks at a shared studio, after breaking in a few days ago. According to information given ...

Two days full of food and healthy living are coming up in May. The first vegan street food festival Vegan Fam Flavours is set to take place on May 6 and 7, ...

Four men were arrested suspected of beating another four outside a club, police said on Thursday. According to police, the four suspects, 33, 43, 29, and 37, were arrested on Wednesday evening, after police ...

Two men were arrested suspected of aiding migrants enter the country by boat, police said on Thursday. According to police, a group of ten people showed up at the Nicosia ...

By Michael Ioannou Data breaches are an unfortunate reality of the modern digital landscape, and organisations can be categorized into three groups regarding their information security posture: those that have ...

The animal party lambasted the health ministry on Wednesday over its failure to make medicines available for cats amidst a surge of the fatal FIP virus. It is an example ...

A house fire in Larnaca caused thousands of euros in damages, the fire service said in an announcement on Thursday. According to their announcement, the fire broke out on Wednesday ...

British military medics have delivered essential training to bases emergency services, focused on response to heart attacks and the safe transfer of injured individuals. The training, which took place this ...

Police in Paphos arrested two men on stolen electric scooters, and suspected of having drugs and stolen goods, authorities said in an announcement on Thursday. According to the police, the ...

Cravings are difficult to explain. They hit you suddenly and you have no choice but to either resist or give in to them and find a way to placate your ...

A whole week dedicated to cinema is coming up after Easter as the Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2023 holds its 21st edition. A selection of films that elevate the art ...

In today’s episode, the UK government imposed sanctions on two alleged Cypriot “financial fixers” for “knowingly assisting” sanctioned Russia oligarchs to hide their assets in complex financial networks. Elsewhere, ...

Police are searching for an individual that robbed a Paphos kiosk in broad daylight, an announcement said on Thursday. According to police, a masked man entered the kiosk in Chlorakas ...

Police arrested two men, after they found them in possession of 400 firecrackers, an announcement said on Thursday. According to the announcement, police in Larnaca found the two men, 25 and 31, at ...

Cyprus hoteliers’ association (Pasyxe) president Philokypros Rousounides on Wednesday said that the island benefited from an influx of tourists during the Catholic Easter period, primarily from Great Britain, Poland, Austria, ...

The Cyprus Met Office has issued a new yellow warning for severe weather conditions in the early hours of the morning, effective from 6:00 am until 9:00 am today. During these hours, ...