Cyprus

Total hourly labour costs in Cyprus increased by 5.2 per cent year-on-year during the second quarter of 2022, according to preliminary data published on Thursday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). The ...

A bill designed to enshrine into national law a European Union directive for the screening of foreign direct investment (FDI) was submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers this week. The ...

A probe expected to wrap up by year’s end should give a clearer picture as to how many individuals are practicing medicine without the requisite qualifications, having taken advantage ...

The council of ministers has approved a law allowing anyone over age 16 to legally have their gender changed on official documents without having undergone gender reassignment surgery, according to reports ...

A report relating to allegations and counter-allegations between the central prisons director and the head of the Drugs Squad was handed over to the attorney-general on Thursday. The report was ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Thursday the ministry would examine a bullying incident at a Limassol gymnasium, where a boy put another classmate in a headlock as other children ...

Former UNSC representative in Cyprus Alvaro de Soto said it was still possible to find a solution to the Cyprus problem, claiming that not many changes would be needed in ...

Maritime police transported an injured woman on board a boat sailing off Geroskipou to Paphos general hospital on Thursday after a call received by the joint search and rescue coordination ...

Interior minister Nicos Nouris on Thursday assured lawmakers that local government reform will become a reality on July 1, 2024. Speaking to the members of the House interior committee on Thursday, Nouris ...

Bicommunal activist Andreas Soudjis, will remain in the north’s central prison until he is charged and the trial in the case against him begins, a military court in the ...

The epitome of life in the mountains, Kakopetria has something for everyone finds PAUL LAMBIS To discover Cyprus’ most beautiful places, one needs to journey inland to the island’s ...

The finance ministry has requested the release of €138,000 for the purchase of two hybrid limousines for the needs of the presidency. According to Politis on Thursday, the finance ministry, in ...

A diver was taken to Famagusta General with decompression sickness on Thursday, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said. According to JRCC, they received a call at 10:12 am near the ‘Zenobia’ ...

The transport ministry on Thursday announced direct air connection to three Saudi airports. The flights will start in April 2023. The first will be Larnaca–Riyadh. In July of the same ...

Even though we’re now in September, the weather doesn’t look like it’s letting up and summer seems to be lingering. This was not good news for getting ...

Police in Limassol arrested five people found in possession of a total of 45 grammes of heroin, according to their announcement on Thursday. The five individuals ages, 21, 36, 22, 21, and 34, were arrested on ...

Famagusta police arrested a 22-year-old tourist for drink driving and driving without a licence early Thursday morning. According to Famagusta police spokesman Steve Theodoulou, the 22-year-old was signalled to stop ...

In today’s episode, we hear that cabinet approved the health ministry’s recommendation to proceed with the new ‘bivalent’ Covid vaccines as booster doses for those aged 12 and above. ...

Parents’ Associations in Paphos complained on Thursday that road works on the city’s roads have caused daily problems in traffic. Responding the parents, the city’s mayor Phedon Phedonos ...

Criminal acts were committed in the case of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou who died in 2005, one of the investigators charged with the third inquiry said on Thursday. The findings into ...

A demonstration against the barbed wire fences and gates along the buffer zone will be held on Sunday September 25 by affected villagers in the west of Nicosia, they said on ...

The annual Pride parade is back this month and organisers Accept – LGBTI Cyprus are planning a whole nine days of events. Starting from Friday, and running until Sunday 25, Pride week’...

On Thursday the weather will be mostly clear but locally increased clouds will appear at intervals, the meteorological department said. The temperature will reach around 35C inland, 32C on the ...

Most of the 97 traffic violations recorded in an operation in Paphos over Wednesday night concern speeding, police said on Thursday. Specifically, traffic police with the aim of preventing road collisions, ...