Cyprus

CIMA: ‘new minister should focus on seasonality, connectivity and marketing’ The Cyprus Incentives and Meetings Associates (CIMA) has called for president-elect Nicos Christodoulides to carefully consider his appointment of a ...

Cyprus’ government debt fell to €23 billion at the end of 2022, reflecting a 3.9 per cent decrease compared to December 2021, according to a report published on Friday by the Public Debt Management ...

The head of the Cyprus association of entertainment venues (Osika) Neophytos Thrasyvoulou on Friday said that high costs and struggles with finding staff continue to be the main issues facing ...

There are “omissions and gaps” in the management of Turkish Cypriot properties with only 65 per cent of them have been granted to refugees, data from the audit office reports showed ...

Students will be able to attend afternoon schools in gymnasiums across the island as of the coming academic year, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday. A gymnasium in every ...

Amidst parents’ concerns over school infrastructure in the north, students of a specific high school decided to abstain until a seismic resistance report is prepared, TC media reported on Friday. ...

Demonstrations against the war in Ukraine were held in Nicosia and Limassol on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the country. Holding banners and placards, Ukrainians and Russians ...

Famagusta police on Friday said they arrested a 25-year-old man, as the second suspect in a Paralimni burglary committed on February 12. The suspect was found in the morning in Limassol ...

The 23-year-old man who escaped police custody earlier this week on Friday surrendered himself to police headquarters. Police said the suspect was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the robbery ...

Just days before the end of the Anastasiades administration, two of his ministers publicly disagreed Friday on the compensatory measures for landowners connected to the Akamas local plan with Agriculture ...

By Gina Agapiou and Nikolaos Prakas Left-wing Akel said on Friday it stands by the families of the victims of the deadly earthquakes in Turkey, general-secretary Stefanos Stefanou said during ...

The Hala Sultan Tekke Bronze Age city in Larnaca must have been much larger and more dispersed than once thought, a pilot study has shown. Since 2021 the Vrije Universiteit Brussel ...

Weekly free tours titled “meet the locals” are to take place in Paphos old town during March and April. A licensed tour guide will take visitors to key points of ...

Outgoing president Nicos Anastasiades again condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on its one-year “dark anniversary”. “February 24 marks the dark anniversary of the unprovoked attack on one independent country by ...

The family of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was found under a bridge in Alassa back in 2005, spoke of their disappointment on Friday when leaving the offices of ...

The way the state health services (Okypy) handled the incident of the naked woman at Limassol general hospital was wrong, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Friday. Speaking to Alpha ...

The health ministry announced that eight people died from covid between February 17-23, along with 2,062 people testing positive. The deaths are those of six men – aged 67, 82, 85, two 89-year-olds, and a 90...

Cyprus’ digital security authority issued an advisory on Friday over TikTok practises, in light of the EU Commission’s ban of the app for its staffers. It called on the ...

Established and emerging artists are currently hosting art exhibitions around the island and Paphos in particular has several going on. With only a few more days remaining, Grigorii Pavlychev is ...

Five people were arrested in connection with the LGBTI-related attack at Cyprus’ university of technology (Tepak) in Limassol, police said on Friday. Aged 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, they were arrested at various times ...

Police on Thursday arrested two people in Limassol, a woman aged 54 and a man aged 19, in connection with a case of housebreaking and theft, unlawful possession of property, and conspiracy ...

Police on Thursday seized around 22 kilograms of cannabis, 400 grams of cocaine, a gun and a large sum of money exceeding €50,000 in a large-scale operation carried out in cooperation with the ...

Limassol police uncovered an old weapons cache containing up to 50 guns, including ammunition and hand grenades. Officers found the items on Thursday following a tip-off and subsequently visited a warehouse ...

The recently enthroned Archbishop Georgios met newly elected President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday at the archbishopric in Nicosia. The two exchanged congratulations for their new posts and vowed to speak ...