Cyprus

A seven-day mourning period was announced on Monday evening in Turkey and the north over the earthquake that left over 3,000 dead in Turkey and Syria. Relatives and a ‘civil defence’ ...

February is another busy month at Technopolis 20 as it hosts musicians for evening performances and educators for fun family, carnival-themed workshops. In addition, an upcoming musical event titled Eternal Love ...

Efforts to induct more occupational therapists into the national health scheme Gesy will continue, operator Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Monday. The HIO “fully respects” the occupational therapists’ association’...

The association of civil engineers on Monday sounded the alarm over the potential for severe damage and even loss of life in the event of a powerful earthquake, due to ...

The ‘surprise’ of Sunday’s first round presidential election – Andreas Mavroyiannis making it to the second round, leapfrogging Averof Neophytou – should not really come as a surprise, one commentator told ...

Police on Monday arrested two people after 34kg of cannabis was found in Limassol. According to police spokesman Christos Andreou, the drug squad received a tip off to search a ...

The agriculture ministry on Monday signed a €183,000 deal to create a photovoltaic park that will cover the ministry’s central admin energy needs. It was signed by the ministry’s ...

Independent candidates and smaller parties were on Monday being courted for the runoff presidential elections set to be held between Andreas Mavroyiannis and Nikos Christodoulides this Sunday. Mavroyiannis had meetings ...

Police on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Osama Aldheis from Syria following the murder of his compatriot Alsweidani Ahmad, 21, on Sunday night. The incident took place at around 9:40 on ...

A meeting between Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu and the UNSG’s Special Representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on issues surrounding the Cetinkaya football stadium located inside the buffer ...

A Turkish Cypriot PE teacher claimed he was refused entry into Turkey, which deemed him a “non admissible person” newspapers in the north reported on Monday. A document posted by 46...

A 23-year-old man found guilty in a drug trafficking case involving around 13 kilograms of cannabis was sentenced to nine years in jail on Monday by the Larnaca criminal court. According ...

President Nicos Anastasiades began applying pressure on the Disy leadership to back the candidacy of Nikos Christodoulides even before the counting of the votes of Sunday’s presidential election had ...

Average temperatures recorded in January were unusually high, both in terms of daily maximum and minimum in comparison to previous years, the meteorological service said on Monday. The average daily ...

Trainers are Big Business the world over. But it’s character, not cost, that matters in the island’s small but dediated community finds ALIX NORMAN “Show me your sneakers, ...

A unique opportunity with the focus on love awaits audiences in Limassol and Nicosia says ELENI PHILIPPOU A unique occasion for Cyprus’ dance world this February will see the Celebrity ...

The Cyprus government on Monday said it was saddened by the fatal earthquakes in Turkey and said it is ready to send help. The quakes and their multiple aftershocks were ...

Cyprus and the US are set to carry out a series of joint military exercises between February 6 and 24 in various locations on the island, the foreign ministry announced on Monday. ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou met the two remaining candidates on Monday as the party continued to deliberate on its course in the presidential election following Neophytou’s exclusion from the ...

A total of 17 people working at the Larnaca port have been on strike since 7am on Monday in protest to the repeated layoffs carried out by Kition Ocean Holdings, the ...

Police on Monday arrested a fourth suspect in connection with the theft, dismantling and sale of the bronze statue ‘Girl with hula hoop’ from a public space in Paphos. The 43...

In today’s episode, presidential hopefuls Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis will fight it out in the runoff this week after a tough battle on Sunday, which has left out ...

Police on Monday are continuing to investigate the claim that a Greek Cypriot forager was shot by Turkish soldiers in Potamia on Sunday. Local media reported at the time that ...

Facilitated meaningful conversations can be healing. Perhaps even more so when done in groups. One local initiative works towards bringing people together via fruitful conversation and the breaking down of ...