Cyprus

Police on Monday arrested four persons in Famagusta for a number of attempts to assist illegal immigration by sea. Three of the suspects were arrested for helping third-country nationals enter ...

A yellow weather alert is in place lasting from midday Tuesday until 5pm. Vulnerable groups, children and the elderly are urged to take precautions. During the day the weather will ...

The world conference of overseas Cypriots begins on Tuesday evening in Nicosia, with the physical presence of delegates. Among the topics of discussion will be the Cyprus problem, energy, security, ...

Startups4Peace (Su4P), an EU-funded innovative entrepreneurship project backed by the Finnish embassy, announced on Monday the launch of its programme for 2022. The programme is delivered in partnership with ...

The Audit Office said on Monday it has wrapped up its report on the ‘golden passports’ and will be releasing it next month. Speaking to a local radio station, Audit ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides met with ENI CEO, Claudio Descalzi in Rome and discussed energy-related issues. In a post on Twitter on Monday the Foreign Affairs Ministry said that Kasoulides ...

The Animal Party Cyprus (APC) invites pet owners to grab their animal companions and join its members on a walk along the pedestrian walkway in Ayios Tychonas in Limassol on ...

Continuing the run of productions at the 2022 International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama is a performance by the National Theatre of Northern Greece, a group returning to the festival after ...

The police on Monday congratulated two teenagers for handing over a wallet full of cash that someone had earlier misplaced. In a press release, the police said the two teens – ...

Independent presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades is pulling out all the stops to woo younger voters, with a minibus roving across the towns decked out with the latest bells and whistles ...

Authorities have brought under control a fire that broke out in Strovolos industrial area which affected three factories, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis announced on Monday afternoon. The blaze started ...

Sightings of a ‘UFO’ over Cypriot skies over the weekend created a buzz, although Internet-savvy onlookers were quick to deduce the object was a Starlink satellite array in low Earth ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday night after causing a ruckus and assaulting a police officer while drunk at the Famagusta general hospital, according to the police. “Just after 8.30...

Seventeen high-capacity motorcycles and five cars have been confiscated according to a police announcement on Monday. In the context of preventing road collisions and noise pollution, Z team and traffic ...

Diving from the Cape Greco sea caves is strictly prohibited and dangerous, the Larnaca joint rescue and coordination centre reiterated on Monday, after rescuing a woman who was injured due ...

The UK will continue to support efforts for the resumption of talks to resolve the Cyprus problem, outgoing British high commissioner to Cyprus, Stephen Lillie said during his farewell meeting ...

Police issued a warning on Monday regarding two email scams making the rounds, one purporting to have been send from the chief of police Stylianos Papatheodorou and the other from ...

By Saskia Otterstein On Saturday night, the New Era Championship took place in front of the beautiful venue of Finikoudes beach in Larnaca. Until 1am, the fighters delivered exciting national ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Monday announced that it has approved around 550 of its employees for the bank’s voluntary retirement scheme. The total cost of the implementation of the ...

A 20 per cent hike in the price of halloumi cheese is expected in the coming days, president of the cheese makers association Giorgos Petrou said on Monday. Petrou told CyBC ...

State benefits to cover nursery school children’s tuition and food are expected to help tackle the island’s dropping birth rates, Social Welfare Deputy Minister Anastasia Anthousi said on ...

The date for sentencing of lifer Dimitris Manalikopoulos has been postponed until Wednesday, after a postponement requested by his defence lawyer. Dimitris Mamalikopoulos, who is already serving life imprisonment, was ...

Summer has us all piling down to the beach. And now there is a new sport to enjoy while there discovers ALIX NORMAN “This is the closest a human came ...

Two Kamov-32 firefighting helicopters are set to arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday and expected to operate in the coming weekend following a choppy procurement process and the signing of the ...