Cyprus News

“There is no such thing as ‘away.’ When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.” – Annie Leonard, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA By Panagiotis Kleanthous Plastics are a ubiquitous aspect ...

The Bank of Cyprus has begun notifying its clients who are Russian citizens that their accounts will be closed, the Russian edition of Forbes magazine reported on Tuesday. Forbes cited ...

United Nations Development Programme Cyprus stressed its commitment to protecting the island’s cultural heritage on the occasion of the World Heritage Day. In a post on twitter, UNPD said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday he will soon travel to EU member states to discuss his proposal regarding a more active EU involvement in breaking the deadlock to the ...

The government will soon announce incentive schemes for young people to build houses in rural communities, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Christodoulides was speaking from the event held on ...

What do Russian oligarch Abramovich and Chelsea football club have in common? Links to Cyprus apparently. In a series of exclusive reports dubbed ‘Oligarch files’ published by The Guardian on ...

The Edit Gallery’s next showcase is a solo exhibition by visual artist Alejandra Atarés. Between April 28 and May 19, Possible Answers to Nature will run at the Limassol gallery, ...

Cyprus recorded the highest excess mortality among EU member states this February while the union as a whole recorded no monthly excess mortality for the first time since the Covid-19 ...

The north launched a new airline on Tuesday as Fly Kibris’ maiden flight saw an Airbus A320 travel from Tymbou (Ercan) to Istanbul, with flights scheduled later for Iran, Kosovo, ...

A biography about Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s life has been published by British writer Jennifer Vardy, reports from the north said on Tuesday. According to Kibris, the launch ...

The introduction of a patients’ rights commissioner is among the demands of the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (Osak) to assure that no one is deprived of their health rights, ...

Greek and Turkish Cypriots have become more estranged since the “spectacular collapse” of talks in 2017, according to the latest Crisis Group report on Cyprus – which argues that small, but meaningful, ...

Operators at the 1450 line receive up to 1,500 phone calls regarding welfare benefits inquiries per day, an official said on Tuesday. Following the launch of the hotline on March 30, some 1,200 to 1,500 ...

A freeze on civil service pay rises and reductions established in 2012 for salaries over €2,001 a month has been abolished, meaning billions more will be spent from the state budget to ...

The Cyprus government on Tuesday stressed it was ready to explore whether there were grounds to begin criminal proceedings against sanctioned Cypriots who have been named by the US and ...

A ten-member Cypriot family remains safely in their home in Khartoum, the foreign ministry confirmed on Tuesday as Sudan remains locked in turmoil. “They are safe, which is why they ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus increased by 61 per cent during the first quarter of 2023, the Cyprus Statistical Service said on Tuesday. Total numbers reached 393,893, compared to 244,705 in the corresponding period of 2022, ...

The inauguration of the new terminal at Ercan (Tymvou) airport in the north, has been postponed, reports said on Tuesday as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was due to open the ...

Eighteen migrants travelling in a boat off Cape Greco were intercepted by the coast guard, with a man thought to have facilitated their journey remanded in police custody on Tuesday. ...

Easter proved to be a treat for Paphos hoteliers who are pleased with an average occupancy rate of 65 per cent, with Britain remaining the largest market. Head of the Paphos ...

By Richard Boxall The European Cricket Series has come to Cyprus again. This event, which takes place in various countries and is organised by the European Cricket Network, consists of ...

Scientists and health professionals involved in the research and treatment of sarcomas will meet in Cyprus for a conference of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), ...

In today’s episode, both tourism and the property market in Cyprus are being damaged by outdated and unworkable laws governing swimming pools, which have seen many complexes closing theirs ...

Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos is in Stockholm on Tuesday to participate in an informal meeting of environment ministers, taking place April 18 to 19. The ministry said European ministers will discuss with ...