Cyprus

The domestic bonds issued by the Republic of Cyprus started 2023 with an increase, reflecting ongoing high inflation and the upward trend of key interest rates that is currently prevailing across ...

Both the culture and Cyprus’ institutional framework need to be changed if inclusivity in the workplace is ever to be achieved, Energy and Commerce Minister Natasa Pilides highlighted on Wednesday. ...

Cyprus will go into an effective standstill for three hours on Thursday, disrupting everything from schools, airlines, court cases and public transport and other sectors. The nationwide strike set to ...

The United Nations rubbished allegations of bias on Wednesday, following Turkish Cypriot reports suggesting the Unficyp head Colin Stewart said the Greek Cypriot side only complains when it needs to ...

All measures are taken to ensure voters’ anonymity and confidentiality during the presidential election next week, the chief returning office said on Wednesday as he announced how people with disabilities ...

The 21-year-old man suspected of murdering a 16-year-old girl in the north surrendered himself to the Greek Cypriot police late on Wednesday. After the crime, Sefer Bugra Altundag fled to ...

Presidential candidate Averof Neophytou on Wednesday defended his ‘pioneering reform’ proposal, saying that it will financially support 52,000 families currently living below the poverty line. The reform will put the island ...

Limassol municipality was declared as Green City of Cyprus for 2022 by receiving the highest score for two of its projects at the Cyprus Green Cities and Communities Awards, it emerged ...

A strong earthquake shook the Greek island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday and was felt as far away as Cyprus, witnesses said. There were no immediate reports ...

The company’s decision has given a vote of confidence to Cyprus’ efforts to establish itself as a European tech hub National investment agency Invest Cyprus on Wednesday released a ...

Diko and Edek backed independent presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said that he and his government would defend and upgrade the national health system (Gesy) if elected. During a ...

There is a strong need to create a singular housing policy body, which will be responsible for monitoring and implementing housing plans, presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis said on Wednesday. The ...

The health ministry is concerned by the spike in flu type A cases, but they are not panicking, Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference for ...

Independent presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades met on Wednesday with former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. Speaking after the meeting, Demetriades referred to the bond of friendship and mutual respect that ...

The sole Cypriot snooker player started playing on full-size tables when he was nine, and hasn’t looked back since finds PAUL LAMBIS In 2018, professional snooker player Michael Georgiou became ...

The contract for the Nicosia-Palaichori highway (section of Anayia-Agrokipia) was signed on Wednesday, in a deal set to cost €71.4m to be completed within 42 months. The project sets out for ...

Maritime police are trying to identify the owners of a boat that was found stranded at sea with no one on board near Peyia, in the Paphos district, on Wednesday. ...

The family of a 66-year-old man who died on Monday night is pressing ahead with complaints of possible medical negligence, with pathologist Marios Matsakis pointing to serious procedural issues. Matsakis ...

All issues with the collective agreement for state health services (Okypy) employees will be open for discussion, the organisation’s spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Wednesday. The issue involves medical ...

The Limassol criminal court on Wednesday sentenced a 37-year-old man to five years in jail for manslaughter after he was found guilty of shaking his two-month-old baby to death on ...

The transport ministry on Wednesday approved the installation of a soundwall worth €100,000 outside a primary school in Mosfiloti, near Larnaca, after repeated complaints of loud noise affecting teachers and students. ...

Media outlets will not be around to report on any polls related to the presidential elections after January 28, the Cyprus broadcasting authority (CRTA) announced on Wednesday. The legislation forbids the ...

Driven by the pursuit of knowledge, one former civil servant who has spent most of his adult life in the shadow of Makarios Avenue tells THEO PANAYIDES about his life ...

Cyprus Seeds celebrated 5 years of scientific innovation and showcased their important non-profit work Cyprus Seeds and Eurobank Cyprus celebrated the completion of five years of continuous support, aimed at strengthening ...