Cyprus

In an extraordinary plenary session hurriedly convened on Thursday, the House passed a law extending by another two months a reduction on fuel tax – a matter that should have been ...

Music fans in Nicosia have plenty to look forward to this March. In the centre of town, the bar is planning several live music nights bringing some of the most ...

Thousands of buildings in Cyprus require inspection, the scientific and technical chamber (Etek) said on Thursday, as the interior ministry looks to swiftly pass a bill that will secure the ...

The non-profit organisation TechIsland has previously rebuilt the Regional Primary School in Arakapas, which suffered from a terrible wildfire. The organisation has invested more than €200,000 in renovating the school. TechIsland ...

The real estate sector appears to be rife with scams and bad actors as another warning has been issued and the public urged to be vigilant. Marinos Kineyirou, president of ...

Some 25 shopkeepers in Paphos were furious on Thursday after they woke up to find their shop shades seized by local authorities. The incident may make an interesting start for the ...

Two tourists have been arrested for cannabis possession as one of them was found driving under the influence of drugs, Famagusta police said on Thursday. The pair, both men aged 22 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said the government is in touch with the families of the two Cypriot students who were on one of the trains that collided in an ...

The new US ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher met the head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Colin Stewart on Thursday inside Nicosia’s buffer zone to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides laid a wreath at the imprisoned graves and Makedonitissa tomb on Thursday, where he went to visit with his cabinet members. “It is no coincidence that my ...

Environmental NGO BirdLife Cyprus announced on Thursday that a batch consisting of 14 Griffon vultures arrived on the island from Spain. The arrival of the birds is part of the ‘Life ...

Celebrating its 10th edition this year, the Fengaros Music Village will bring together musicians once more in Kato Drys from July 27 to August 1. Providing arts education through a series of ...

A dog rescued from Zapalo cliffs by SBA police has been handed over to an animal shelter as no owner was found, the British Bases said on Thursday. The SBA ...

Local authorities should start preparing to meet their 2024 obligations on waste management, including organic waste collection, which might be the “most difficult task”, Green party leader Charalambos Theopemptou has said. ...

The European Commission is set to decide whether the three main football clubs in Limassol, namely Ael, Apollon and Aris, will be asked to pay retroactive rent to the Cyprus ...

The second Friday of January is known as Quitters Day, the day people tend to give up on their new year’s resolutions. I lasted a little longer than that ...

High concentrations of dust will be observed in the atmosphere on Thursday according to data from the air quality monitoring network operated by the department of labour inspection. The public, ...

A 39-year-old was arrested by police in Larnaca on Wednesday for allegedly being involved in a string of burglaries and thefts that took place between February 12 and 14. According to a ...

The island’s theatre scene will welcome new productions in the next couple of months and while the majority are in Greek, a new series of shows arrives in English ...

In today’s episode, two Cypriot nationals were on board one of the two trains that collided in Larissa, northern Greece on Tuesday night, and are still missing. Local media ...

A fire that broke out at around 1am on Thursday in Limassol’s area of Ayios Ioannis and that burned three cars parked nearby is being investigated as a malicious ...

A taxi driver in Nicosia reported he was robbed and wounded by the passenger he was carrying on Thursday morning shortly after midnight, police said. According to a statement, the ...

Cyprus is among the top ten countries for people to retire to, with a focus on affordability, according to a study released on Wednesday by one of the UK’s ...

The business turnover index in Cyprus experienced increases across all sectors of economic activity during 2022, compared to the previous year, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus ...