Cyprus News

The University of Cyprus Entrepreneurship Centre (CEC) on Friday officially announced the commencement of the Cyprus Entrepreneurship Competition (CyEC) for 2023. As with every year, the competition is organised by the ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Cyprus experienced a 1.5 per cent increase in July 2023, marking the slowest rate of inflation since March 2021, according to a report released this week by ...

The National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) this week released a statement in which it announced the appointment of Philippos Mannaris as an Independent Non-Executive Member and Chairman of the Board ...

The cost of holding an event at Ancient Curium has become prohibitive for cultural groups and yet is being rented out for weddings, the director of the well-established production company ...

A wild bushfire raging close to the Stavrokonnou community in Paphos was put under control in the early hours of Saturday morning, burning some 75 donums of land. The flames had ...

In 2022, the total government budget allocation for research and development (R&D) across the EU stood at €117 billion, marking a 5.4 per cent increase compared to 2021 (€111bn) and a 49.2 per ...

Gesy has garnered a €71.7 million surplus for the first six months of the year, according to preliminary financial data presented by the the Health Insurance Organisation (Hio) on Friday. Senior ...

After a stunning April premiere at the Pattihio Theatre, established composer and musician Kirill Richter, violinist Alena Zinovieva and cellist August Krepak return to Cyprus with a new programme Seven ...

A group of 16 left wing Turkish Cypriot organisations, known as the “This homeland is ours platform”, have released a statement condemning Turkish actions in Cyprus, highlighting the problems they believe ...

The government will explore the possibility of supporting the establishment of an autism centre in Famagusta, deputy social welfare minister Marilena Evangelou said on Friday. The minister visited three different ...

High temperatures are the enemy of the electricity authority (EAC), spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou said on Friday, noting that the heat causes damage to the network and underground cables causing power ...

An attempt was made to steal an ATM in the early hours of Friday morning in Paphos. According to police, an alarm connected to a private security company sounded in ...

Traps have been set around the linear park in Nicosia that stretches to Lakatamia to try and catch a small pack of stray dogs, a representative of the capital’s ...

By Andria Kades and Gina Agapiou Limassol was engulfed in a plume of dark smoke on Friday, as firefighters battled to keep a fire in the Alassa area contained. President ...

People will be unable to be outside in the future due to the serious health problems and increase of deaths stemming from heatstroke, experts have warned as they called for ...

In separate televised interviews, the north’s ‘tourism minister’ Fikri Ataoglu and Kyrenia mayor Murat Senkul both said restoration and renovation work at the Kyrenia harbour will be completed within ...

The national guard will continue its mission as the main defence force of Cyprus as long as part of the island’s territory is occupied by Turkey, Defence Minister Michalis ...

The north’s cost of living increased by 9.9 per cent in the month of July, according to figures released by its statistics office. The figures, calculated in Turkish Lira, work ...

The Cyprus Veterinary Association (PVA) said on Friday they welcomed the cabinet decision to offer stores of human coronavirus medication at a discounted rate to help combat the strain that ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has accused the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) of “twisting the truth” in its report of a recent interview they conducted with him. CNA reported Tatar ...

The Larnaca municipality is laying turf on the promenade of Finikoudes beach as part of its efforts to improve the area’s aesthetics, it said on Friday. The move forms ...

HIO chairman Stavros Michael said he was positive all hospitals will sign the final agreement, stressing that the organisation has no sustainability problems. The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) sent a ...

All welcome at anti-occupation events says Disy leader By Iole Damaskinos and Tom Cleaver Suleyman Ulucay, the Turkish Cypriot Famagusta mayor, has not yet decided on whether he will attend ...

Forty eight ‘positive searches’ of the Schengen Information System (SIS) database were conducted in its first week of access to the system, the justice ministry said on Friday. Cyprus was ...