A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
By Yiannis Misirlis*
During a recent discussion between a young property developer and a real estate agent, the new real estate market conditions came into focus. It was early in ...
President Nicos Anastasiades and Lebanese Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati on Sunday discussed updating the agreement on the demarcation of each country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Government spokesman ...
Fifty years after the death of the great Cypriot artist Georgiou Polyviou Georghiou (1901-1972), the AG Leventis Gallery, in collaboration of the artist’s family, presents the temporary exhibition George ...
In today’s episode, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, head of the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus has died aged 81 after a long battle with cancer.
According to an announcement from his doctors, ...
Archbishop Chrysostomos II, head of the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus has died aged 81 after a long battle with cancer.
According to an announcement from his doctors, the Archbishop passed away ...
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday due to present the Cypriot initiative on climate change at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, which began on Sunday.
However following the ...
The Paphos District Court has remanded a 25-year-old man in custody for four days for the illegal possession of property to facilitate investigations.
According to the police spokesperson, on Saturday, ...
Paphos police are investigating a case of vehicle theft, while a 34-year-old suspect is wanted for the case.
Police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou said that at 11pm on Sunday night, the ...
On Monday, the effects from storm ‘Eva’ system are expected to be felt island-wide and a yellow weather warning is in effect, from 12:00 noon until 8 pm. The storm is expected ...
Cypriots are making more frequent trips to the supermarket and buying less as means of controlling their spending, rather than filling up a trolley every few weeks or once a ...
Recent back and forth involving Unficyp has raised tensions
It appears recent tensions between the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) and both sides on the island have subsided ...
Germany’s Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht was in Cyprus on Sunday for contacts with her Cypriot counterpart Charalambos Petrides.
The meeting had not been announced in advance.
A statement from ...
The president of the Cyprus Consumers Association on Sunday called on the government to step in after, he said, Hellenic Bank announced a raft of new charges beginning in January , ...
The met office has issued a yellow warning for storms and rain on Monday between 12 noon and 8pm.
Rainfall is expected to vary between 35 and 50 millimetres per hour, with possible ...
Hiking is becoming increasingly popular, but some badly marked paths can make those jaunts stressful
While Cyprus boasts some stunning nature spots, many hiking routes meant to highlight their beauty ...
Everything is political – even museums in Paphos villages
A small village in Paphos and its wish to create what some view as a controversial museum has sparked a political outcry ...
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Sunday opened the start of the Zivania Festival in Alona village in the mountain area of the Nicosia district on Sunday.
Alona, he said was ...
Police will soon launch a pilot programme with local councils where the public can participate with crime-prevention organisations on issues directly affecting their neighbourhoods, Justice Minister Stephi Drakou said on ...
A hunter who fell and injured his leg in the area Kato Pyrgos Tillyria on Sunday was taken to hospital by helicopter, police said.
Hunting season opened on Sunday.
According ...
Police said on Sunday that eight people arrested Saturday evening at the Pournara reception centre after new clashes were all minors.
A number of people were injured in the incident, ...
Cyprus has good applied research and that churns out technologies, but it’s missing the funding. A venture capital fund aims to change all that
One of the leading contenders ...
The interior ministry on Sunday criticised the audit office for not following prescribed procedures in requesting files.
The announcement came a day after the audit office tweeted that it had ...
A 74-year old driver was killed early Sunday on the old Limassol-Paphos road in the direction of Paphos as he set out on a hunting trip.
Hunting season began on ...
Three more inmates were arrested in connection with the murder of a Turkish Cypriot at the Nicosia central prisons on October 27, police said on Sunday.
Along with the three, eight ...