Cyprus

The Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday that 1,318 applications have been submitted, potentially qualifying for loans totalling €131.1 million under the Oikia housing scheme. This scheme was designed to help manage ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos are in constant contact with the governor of the Cyprus Central Bank as of Thursday, following a 30 per cent slump in shares ...

Members of the prison guards’ union Isotita sent a letter to Justice Minister Anna Procopiou urging her to take measures against the issue of overcrowding in the Nicosia central prison. “...

A 57-year-old man, identified as Stavros Joakim, died early on Thursday morning in a labour accident at a glass manufacturing plant in the Aradippou industrial zone. Charis Hadjiyiasemi, Larnaca police ...

A massive 60-person police operation in Chlorakas on Thursday morning targeted a well-known crime hotspot which found that seven apartments were stealing electricity. Michalis Nikolaou, Paphos police spokesman and head ...

No signs of strangulation were found on the body of a 28-year-old woman, private medical examiner Marios Matsakis said on Thursday, after conducting a second post-mortem on her body, at ...

Of all the cuisine I’ve had the privilege to try, that of Georgia is one of the most intriguing. Somewhere between Middle Eastern and Eastern European, the Caucasian country’...

Officials from the British base in Akrotiri on Wednesday flew a Puma HC2 military helicopter over the sea during a life-saving emergency response exercise. Two new additions to the single ...

A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attacking a police officer outside the Ayios Ioannis police station in Limassol, authorities reported on Thursday. According to police, on Wednesday at ...

Director General of the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Stelios Himonas this week said that Cyprus is focusing on digital skills and access to Gigabit connectivity, stressing ...

Evan Placey’s play Girls Like That returns to the Cyprus theatre scene this month but this time it is not a theatre company putting on the production but a ...

In today’s episode, a 32-year-old man on Wednesday was handed a three-year jail sentence by Limassol district court after being found guilty of causing a triple fatal car accident ...

The weather on Thursday will become mostly cloudy with chances of light right, the met office reported. According to the met office, in the morning it will be mostly sunny, ...

The Synthesis Centre for Research and Innovation announced this week that is proceeding with the launch of the Cyprus Forum for Social Innovation, which is expected to help promote social ...

The education ministry’s proposal for an alternative to twice-yearly exams will be ready within the week after it is examined by the legal service, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said ...

Issues at Pentakomo waste treatment plant persist, the House environment committee heard on Wednesday during a discussion on the impact of municipal waste on the environment and the health of ...

The second postmortem on the body of 28-year-old Lesya Bykova, who was found dead on Saturday near Petra tou Romiou, was completed on Wednesday, with officials saying no statements would ...

Shining the spotlight on creatives and artistic work is the focus of upcoming masterclass at Thinker Maker Space of CYENS. A packed one-day workshop with invited guest speakers from abroad ...

In a well-known voice of the British Cypriot culture PAUL LAMBIS finds a musician who also doubles as an academic Haji Mike is much better known in Cyprus as a ...

The air traffic controllers’ union in the north said on Wednesday that the north’s ‘airline’ that will start flights to Turkey next month is in fact a travel agency. ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday called an urgent meeting on the issues surrounding refugee estates, which is due to take place on Thursday. The announcement comes just one day ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill aiming to facilitate strategic investments, simplifying procedures and reducing bureaucracy. Strategic investments are those which amount to €20 million, of which at least 75 per cent ...

Lobbying regulations need to be passed before the Easter holidays, the House institutions committee said on Wednesday. Following a meeting with the transparency commissioner and the head of the anti-corruption ...

Four companies licensed by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) banked with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, the two US banks which recently collapsed, according to statements ...