Cyprus

Cyprus will be receiving the first of six H145M attack helicopters by this summer, after the German Chancery greenlit the transfer, it was reported on Thursday. According to state ...

Cyprus on Thursday signed an agreement securing €13 million in funding for upgrade works at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers. The funding will come from the International Organisation for ...

A 36-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of aiding and abetting a 22-year-old murder suspect that took place in the centre Nicosia earlier in the week. According to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday he had a “productive” discussion with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of the European Council in Brussels. “Productive exchange of views with ...

The nationalist Elam party on Thursday said they were advising their supporters to vote by conscience in Sunday’s runoff election. In a recorded message, Elam leader Christos Christou – among ...

Three more evenings of Spanish-language cinema will arrive shortly to entertain Nicosia. Organised by the Embassy of Spain, the Nicosia Cervantes Institute and The Friends of Cinema Society, the film ...

A Cypriot rescue team, earlier greenlit to fly to Turkey on Thursday afternoon has been grounded by Ankara, which is set to announce that they do not need any more ...

Larnaca port workers on Thursday ended a strike they had initiated earlier this week, after their employer agreed to temporarily rescind the layoffs of two members of staff. The strike – ...

President Nicos Anastasiades may take a public position on Friday in relation to the situation shaping up in the second round of the elections on Sunday after ruling Disy decided ...

The Larnaca tourism board (Etap) on Thursday said several initiatives aimed at putting the village of Ayios Theodoros on the tourism map are underway. Recently, the village was named the ...

The Green party decided not to back either of the two remaining candidates on Sunday’s presidential election after the electoral conference returned a split vote. Akel-backed Andreas Mavroyiannis secured 44.3 ...

Ballots for the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday were delivered on Thursday to Nicosia, Chief Returning Officer Costas Constantinou said. “All other procedures are progressing at the ...

From the Byzantine era until today Kalopanayiotis has always attracted visitors in droves finds PAUL LAMBIS There are numerous features that set Kalopanayiotis apart from other villages in Cyprus. Aside ...

Hope is dwindling for the group of Turkish Cypriots trapped under the rubble of the Isias hotel in Adiyaman, Turkey, who are yet to be recovered, the north’s ‘education ...

A number of academics on Thursday publicly threw their weight behind presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides. The support, signed by 67 academics, was published in a joint statement. “We are deeply convinced ...

Louvana Records and Fengaros Festival will hold Fengaros High 2023 for the first time this year. Calling those born after January 1, 2004, this initiative aims to provide a platform of expression to ...

Achilleas Demetriades, the independent presidential candidate who was knocked out in the first round, announced on Thursday that he backs Andreas Mavroyiannis ahead of Sunday’s elections. “Certainly there are ...

Andreas Mavroyiannis’ decision to appoint Charalambos Prountzos as finance minister should he be elected as president, garnered a mix bag of reactions on Thursday. Not long after the announcement, social ...

We visited Sumo Sushi & Bento on a particularly frigid weeknight, with the type of cold in the air that forces you to re-evaluate every decision that resulted in you ...

President Nicos Anastasides and Interior Minister Nicos Nouris will press Cyprus’ case at the upcoming European Council summit that the island requires more assistance to manage migration. They travel to ...

“Something I always say to my students is that when you’re learning any new language, try not to think in your native language; think in the language you’re ...

Troodos was hit with a 20-year record deep freeze as temperatures dropped to -12.5C on Wednesday night, according to weather station master Andreas Pringkipas. Troodos square was buried in 60...

In today’s episode, dozens of Turkish Cypriot children remained buried for a third day yesterday under the rubble of a devastating earthquake that killed thousands across southern Turkey and ...

An educational programme for nine to 12-year-olds will soon take place at SPEL State Gallery on photography, history and the use of light. The workshop will take place twice this ...