Cyprus

Christakis Meleties, community leader of Kokkinotrimithia, on Thursday called for the Pournara migrant reception to be relocated – “we’re done”. “We want Pournara to close – we’ve reached our limits – ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides and British High Commissioner to Cyprus Irfan Siddiq on Thursday delivered their final remarks on the fifth annual Strategic Leadership Programme in Cyprus, which lasted five ...

A senior United Nations official will visit Cyprus next month for discussions with the two leaders, reports said on Thursday. The purpose of the discussions will be to explore ways ...

Momentum is building up for Greece-Turkey relations and the Cyprus issue, Syriza head Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday during a visit to Cyprus. Tsipras was in the country to attend ...

The family of writer and politician Rina Katselli on Thursday donated five of her paintings to the deputy ministry of culture. Katselli’s daughter Despina said that it was her ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday urged the foreign diplomatic corps in Cyprus to work with his successor on the Cyprus issue for a settlement based strictly on UN resolutions. The ...

No, it is not a gory horror film screening that is coming up. It is something much more ordinary and not as frightening. The Bloody Movie Night, as organisers Let’...

The political spotlight remains on Disy despite its presidential election defeat, with both remaining contenders in the party leadership race promising unity and change. “Even in defeat, we [Disy] manage ...

Citizens and ‘officials’ in the north were in uproar on Thursday, after ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu said whoever wasn’t happy with the ‘government’s’ handling of the ...

The prices for most Green Monday staples have gone up this year, in some cases by around 3 per cent, but in others by up to 60 per cent, the price observatory ...

The auditor-general has once again uncovered doctors charging the state exorbitant rates amid dubious practices – with one charging Gesy €226,000 within just five months. “What was he doing, working 48 hours a ...

President-elect Nikos Christodoulides kept everyone guessing on Thursday as to the composition of his incoming administration, saying only that he’d announce his cabinet early next week – Monday or Tuesday ...

Paphos’ efforts to become smart and sustainable have led to European commendation finds PAUL LAMBIS Motivated by his love for Paphos, for nearly two decades, Nasos Hadjigeorgiou has been at ...

Two men aged 31 and 47 were sentenced to one and a half years in jail by the Larnaca criminal court on Thursday after they were found guilty of aiding third country ...

Ambassadors and representatives from over a dozen countries on Thursday morning visited the Ukrainian kindergarten established in Pyla for Ukrainian children who took refuge in Cyprus with their parents during ...

Archimandrite Tychikos Vryonis was elected the new bishop of Paphos following a marathon session of the Holy Synod, which convened on Thursday at the Holy Archdiocese in Nicosia. The new ...

An employer in the Famagusta area has been found guilty of causing the death of a worker and creating unsafe work conditions, the labour department announced on Thursday. The individual, ...

An audio-visual installation-exhibition will open at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation on March 9 by artist Christos Symeonides. Alongside the exhibition ReThinking Craftsmanship, Identity Objects tries to redefine and examine ...

Trade unions have condemned the new regulations concerning the employment of third country nationals, while employers have said they do not go far enough. Labour Minister Kyriakos Koushos on Wednesday ...

Travellers from China are no longer required to provide a negative PCR test for Covid-19 prior to their arrival in Cyprus. The health ministry on Thursday referred to the cabinet’...

While Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Thursday expressed pride over finalising the Akamas local plan, Greens MP Charalambos Theopemtou warned its implementation may be a whole other story. According to ...

Police late on Thursday issued arrest warrants for five individuals linked to Wednesday’s incident at the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) when hooded figures barged into a lecture hall ...

The police officers’ union has criticised the suspension of two of its members after a 23-year-old foreign national escaped from custody on Tuesday night. The 23-year-old escaped just hours after ...

By Sarah Coyne The name, The Mansion of Stavroula, certainly creates high expectations of a grand property. However, this restaurant in Konia doesn’t quite live up to its name ...