Cyprus

Larnaca district court on Tuesday ordered the 15-day suspension of a 33-year-old motorist’s licence after he was caught driving almost double the speed limit the previous day. According to ...

UCy researchers find new strain of HIV-1 Molecular researchers at the University of Cyprus (UCy), in collaboration with the Gregorios AIDS Clinic at Larnaca general hospital, have discovered a new ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested on Monday night after police were alerted to a possible burglary underway at a Nicosia shop. According to the police, shortly after 11pm police sped ...

A car fire which broke out at dawn on Tuesday in ​​Limassol was caused by arson, police have confirmed. According to the statement, the fire was noticed around 4 am, while ...

Ariana Resources, a mineral exploration and development company with gold mining interests in Europe and listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), ...

Palestinian tourists landed on Monday at Larnaca International Airport for the first time on a direct flight from Ramon International Airport in southern Israel, on a flight operated by Israeli ...

On Tuesday the weather will be mostly clear although locally increased cloud cover will be observed at times, especially in the western half of the island. Winds will be south-westerly ...

Paphos hoteliers association (Pasyxe) president Thanos Michaelides on Monday said that hotel occupancy rates in the district are ranging between 80 and 85 per cent, before falling to approximately 70 per cent in ...

The creation of a Special Education Assessment Centre was decided by the Council of Ministers, at Monday’s meeting in Troodos with President Nicos Anastasiades. The Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou, ...

Two Bangladeshis appeared before a court in the north as they are accused of attempting to assist 322 compatriots to irregularly enter Europe. They are further accused of charging each person €6,000 ...

Lights out, popcorn ready, roll the film! While the capital’s cultural life quietens down in August, its summer cinema thrives. Dozens of European and international independent films hit the ...

Approximately 250,700 taxpayers had processed their individual income declarations so far this year, Tax Commissioner Sotiris Markidis told the Cyprus News Agency, adding that, compared to last year’s number of ...

A flurry of congratulations followed Cypriot gymnast Marios Georgiou’s success at the European Championships in Munich, where he won the gold medal in the men’s horizontal bar competition. ...

The first of two phases in the government’s development of the Akamas state forest area has already begun, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday. He explained that the ...

The cabinet has expanded the list of vulnerable groups that are entitled to sponsorship for the installation of photovoltaics and thermal insulation of roofs with eight additional categories. As announced ...

The people depicted in recently published photographs appear to be included in the list of missing persons, presidential commissioner Photis Photiou said on Monday after a cabinet meeting at the ...

The blaze between Pelathousa and Polis Chrysochous is now under control, but firefighters will remain on scene overnight as an outbreak is possible. Fire department spokesman Andreas Kettis said on ...

The case involving the Greek state’s attempt at eavesdropping on Greek EU lawmaker Nikos Androulakis continues to rock the Cypriot political system with government spokesman Marios Pelekanos clarifying on ...

A couple hand rearing plants and turning the produce into jams and sauces is about to take things up a notch. ALIX NORMAN gets a taste for something spicy At 2.2 ...

Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni announced on Monday that it has made a significant gas discovery in the Cronos-1 well, located about 160 kilometres off the coast of Cyprus ...

The citizenship by investment scheme remained “fragile until the end”, resulting in the loss of millions in public revenue, the Audit Office said on Monday as it published its report ...

Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou is due to hold talks with government representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) about migration flows to Cyprus after he travelled ...

Cyprus has the second lowest coverage of very high-capacity fixed connections (VHCN) in the EU, after Greece, information released by Eurostat on Monday showed. Fast internet connectivity in Cyprus stood ...

Dali mayor Leontios Kallenos said on Monday he was ready to take legal action due to the delay over the relocation of the area’s asphalt plant to Mitsero. A ...