Cyprus

On Tuesday will be partly cloudy, with light showers expected mainly in the mountains. Winds will be variable, gradually turning south-westerly to north-westerly, light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort. The ...

Cyprus successfully navigated three periods of serious calamity, outgoing president Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday, during an event held in his honour by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (...

Frederick University on Monday announced the successful certification of its Department of Pharmacy by the higher education quality assurance and agency. In its announcement the university said its Department of ...

Police on Monday arrested a 21-year-old suspect wanted since December in connection with a warehouse burglary in Limassol. The suspect was located and identified for the offense committed on December 28 ...

Grant Thornton Cyprus, one of the leading tax and specialist advisory services firms on the island, on Monday announced that it has struck a deal that will result in increased ...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a petition filed before it by auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides regarding the nomenclature used for the titles of certain public officials – but the ramifications ...

President-elect Nikos Christodoulides will meet with UN Special Representative and Unficyp chief Colin Stewart on Tuesday, ahead of a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. During the meeting, Christodoulides ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Monday that immediate action needs to be taken to find a licenced nurse for a disabled boy, to act as his school escort. In a ...

Left-wing party Akel sent a letter demanding the abolition of the twice-yearly exams in schools to the newly elected president Nikos Christodoulides on Monday. Following a meeting with the Pancyprian ...

An earthquake was felt in Cyprus and in southern Turkey, Syria and Lebanon about 7pm on Monday, according to the independent Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). According to the EMSC, the ...

Lawmakers on Monday revisited the issue of reduced VAT on homes, with some trying to instill a sense of urgency on the matter as the European Commission continues breathing down ...

Α 19-year-old man has been remanded on suspicion of assisting the illegal entry of Syrian migrants into the Republic, police said on Monday. A vessel with 12 men, two women and six ...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has sent a letter to newly elected president Nikos Christodoulides, congratulating him on winning the elections and expressing his country’s readiness to assist in ...

A specific batch of paprika crisps have been recalled from the Cypriot market after German authorities found they contained hydrocarbons of mineral oils, the health ministry said on Monday. Sold ...

Eight out of the 21 people arrested for illegally residing on the island during a nationwide sweep over the weekend were found in Paphos, police said on Monday. During the operation ...

Outgoing Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Monday presented the final report of his ministry’s work for the past 19 months at the Presidential Palace, outlining his achievements, as well as ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Monday released its preliminary financial results for 2022, posting a profit after tax of €71 million for the entire year, marking a considerable increase over the €30 million ...

House president Annita Demetriou may throw her hat in the running for Disy’s upcoming leadership elections, it emerged on Monday as the deadline for submitting candidacies edged ever closer. ...

One Facebook group is essentially taking a botanical journey around the island. It is, learns ALIX NORMAN, a land of contrasts caused by it being at a geographical crossroads Cyprus ...

A patient was left naked and uncovered on her bed at the Limassol general hospital last week, a geriatrician reported on Monday. But state health services organisation (Okypy) is saying “...

Deputy Minister for Social Welfare Anastasia Anthousi pledged on Monday that the case of a 72-year-old man who had to live in a car with his 10-year-old special needs daughter ...

Pay for teachers who filed for gender discrimination against them for taking maternity leave should be reassessed, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottidou recommended on Monday. The ministry of education should retroactively calculate ...

An Israeli professor arrested at the Larnaca International airport after Interpol issued an arrest warrant against him on suspicion of arms trafficking to China and Libya has rubbished the charges ...

No irregularities that would justify the intervention of the state have been found regarding the price of gas cylinders, director of the consumer protection service Constantinos Karageorgis said on Monday. ...