Cyprus

Four new incentive schemes, totalling €18 million, have been approved to support the employment of groups facing labour market barriers, including women, young people, and those over 50. Announced by the finance ...

The customs department’s new automated import system (AIS) is expected to be implemented around noon today. Since this morning, customs agents have been briefed on the interim procedures agreed ...

Themis Portfolio Management announces the conduct of electronic auctions, which will take place throughout October via the e-auctions platform, covering all districts of Cyprus. In total, more than 180 plots of ...

Explosions will be carried out at RAF Akrotiri on Monday between 10am and 3pm for demolition works. RAF Akrotiri announced that the blasts may be heard from a distance, depending ...

A car caught fire on Monday morning on the Larnaca-Nicosia motorway, near the Ayia Varvara junction, closing both lanes of traffic for about an hour. According to the police, the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar admitted on Sunday evening that there had been “tension” at his meeting in New York with President Nikos Christodoulides and UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, but ...

A car was destroyed in a fire early on Monday morning in Limassol. The police were notified at 2.40am that the car, belonging to a 53-year-old, was burning in an ...

Mainly fine weather can be expected on Monday, with a few clouds and isolated showers in the mountains towards the afternoon. Temperatures will reach 32C inland, 29C along the coast ...

Social welfare services staff hold a 24-hour strike on Monday in protest over a recent decision about the coordination of disability support programmes. The announcement was made by the administrative ...

Dozens of protesters gathered in Nicosia on Sunday afternoon to demonstrate outside the British high commission against Israel and the British military bases in Cyprus. The protest, called “Global Rally ...

“Cyprus must be heard at the United Nations,” Limassol sign language tutor Fani Anastasiou said on Sunday. “It would be particularly important for the United Nations to support such initiatives ...

Cyprus wine exports increased by 3% in 2024, compared to 2023, amounting to €1.3 million, Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry said on Saturday, while speaking at the opening of the annual Wine Festival ...

A traffic collision in Linopetra, Limassol, at around 12.30pm on Sunday has left a man dead. The victim is identified as Mohamed Al Ahmed, 34, a Syrian national and resident of ...

The municipal beach in Yeroskipou has undergone a major upgrade with an investment of more than €1.5 million, the mayor, Nikos Palios has announced. The project aims to improve facilities and ...

A 32-year-old man has died after falling from the second floor of a building in Zakaki, Limassol on Sunday. Police are treating the incident as an accident. The alarm was ...

Cyprus has opened the doors for women aged 18 and over to voluntarily enlist in the National Guard. While women have long served as officers and contract soldiers (Syops), this expansion ...

A 57-year-old man was arrested in the Famagusta district on Sunday after police found a knife in a bag of clothing he was carrying to a detainee. Police said the ...

Is 2025 the year new festivals launch in Cyprus? It certainly seems so as yet another event prepares for its inaugural Cyprus edition. The Art Explore Festival is a little different. ...

Sustainable fashion, upcycling and EU policies join forces this week at an exhibition in Paris, featuring the work of Cyprus textile designer Michalis Pantelides, who said “fashion should be slow, ...

Police on Sunday arrested an 81-year-old man in Larnaca in connection with the cultivation and possession of cannabis. The arrest followed a targeted operation by the drugs squad (Υkan) on ...

One Turkish Cypriot election tradition which is little known outside of the Turkish Cypriot community is the prevalence of election music. Typically, each major candidate will come out with a ...

Fewer than 100 days remain for Cyprus to iron out the remaining logistical challenges as it prepares to assume the six-month rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union in ...

Three of the four people arrested on Sunday in connection with the seizure of over 100 kilogrammes of drugs hidden inside a container carrying toys were remanded in custody for eight ...

A spell of seasonal low pressure is affecting the region, bringing mainly clear skies but with some local cloud cover. On Sunday, conditions will remain mostly sunny. At times, increased ...