Cyprus

By Saskia Otterstein and Valentinos Neophytou All Powers Gym in Limassol is preparing to represent the Cyprus national team with five young athletes at the the IFMA Muay Thai U23 ...

Education must be prioritised against the backdrop of economic recession, Hope For Children CRC Policy Centre said on Tuesday. About 123 million young people aged 15 to 24 world-wide lack basic literacy skills, ...

Lycavitos police station in Nicosia appears to have been among the targets of a criminal organisation based in Greece, it emerged on Tuesday. According to daily Philenews, a photo of ...

Larnaca Airport customs officers recently ramped up checks on passengers departing to UK airports, they announced on Tuesday. Last Wednesday, the customs department seized seventy 50g tobacco packages, and 24 cartons ...

SBA police warned drivers on Tuesday after almost 80 people have been arrested in the sovereign base areas since October, for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The number ...

Police have appealed for information following a fatal road accident that occurred shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning in Nicosia, resulting in the death of Kyriakos Oxynos, 24, from Engomi. The ...

The strike announced by quarry workers on Monday was called off following the intervention of agriculture minister Kostas Kadis. According to the Paphos Concrete Production and Quarry Companies spokesperson, Olga ...

In today’s episode, police on Monday rejected claims of “amateur handling” of anti-riot operations during violent incidents on Sunday during the memorial for Eoka leader Grivas Digenis in Limassol. ...

The middle of the week has plenty of exciting events to look forward to and all vastly different from each other. A poetry book presentation, a drumming circle, a women’...

Paphos municipality announced on Tuesday the start of construction works to improve Eleftherios Venizelos Avenue. According to the announcement, the project includes demolition and reconstruction of pavements, earthworks, and the ...

Police on Monday arrested a 42-year-old suspect wanted for a case of fraud under investigation since December last year. Following the suspect’s arrest, police confiscated a quantity of cannabis, ...

A sum of money found by police in the possession of a 31-year-old man stopped for traffic violations was identified as being stolen on January 16 from the vehicle of a 67...

Minister of Transport Yiannis Karousos on Moday will inspect the completion of the repair works on a segment the old Paphos-Limassol road, near popular tourist destination Aphrodite’s Rock (Petra ...

Police on Monday night made yet another arrest for the violent incidents which erupted over the weekend in Limassol, bringing the total number of arrests up to seven. Two members ...

On Tuesday the weather will be mostly clear. Winds will be north-easterly, light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort and the sea will be calm to a little rough. Temperatures will ...

Applications can be made to the consumer protection association to buy modern, more energy efficient air conditioning units. Marios Drousiotis, president of the association, said that applications can be made ...

A TWO-HOUR work stoppage at hospitals last week was all that was needed for the government to surrender to the unions of hospital workers who were in dispute with state ...

Akel-backed presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis will focus reuniting the island and combating corruption in his first 100 days in office if he succeeds in the February elections. Other key points include ...

A large group of Peloponnese producers will return to Limassol to bring present their unique wines to Cypriot professionals and oenophiles during the latest edition of the Peloponnese Wine Festival. ...

Presidential candidate Averof Neophytou on Monday unveiled his income tax proposal, dubbing it “the most radical reform ever in Cyprus” and claiming it would generate major savings for nearly 130,000 families. ...

Calls for a two-state solution from Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar are nothing new, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday, responding to an interview in which Tatar highlighted Anastasiades had ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) on Monday decried trade unions’ decision to go ahead with strikes this week over a dispute over the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), at ...

Education and Sports Minister Prodromos Prodromou took a curtain call on Monday as he offered a sparkling review of the government’s past five years in boosting sports. Prodromou, who ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday laid the foundation stone for the new €144 million Cyprus museum in Nicosia on a “truly historic day” for the country. The construction is the state’...