Cyprus

Health Minister Michalis Hatjipantela has given his go-ahead for the promotion of natural childbirth in Cyprus through joint actions that will be developed with the midwives committee, it was announced ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will head to Madrid on Monday ahead of the Med 9 minister’s meeting that will take place in the autumn. In this context, the ministers of ...

Years of unplanned building without the necessary infrastructure has led to wastewater runoff polluting underground reservoirs and the sea in Trikomo, Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeniduzen reported on Sunday. President of ...

By Saskia Otterstein The eyes of the martial arts world were on Cyprus recently with over 1100 martial arts fans on the edge of their seats in Skali Aglandjia (Nicosia) for ...

No one has forgotten the heroism of the 13 people who died in the Mari explosion eleven years ago, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday at a service at the site ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the Paphos mayor has hit back at the interior ministry as the row deepens over dangerous and overcrowded buildings. Elsewhere, the health ministry ...

Police arrested a 41-year-old man at around 9am on Sunday morning, following a check at the facilities of a former factory in Aradippou, after receiving a tip-off on suspicious persons ...

The weather on Monday will initially be mostly sunny, although increased clouds will be observed in the west. At noon and early afternoon, there will be temporarily increased clouds in ...

Two people have been fined for not wearing protective masks against Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, after the council of ministers’ reinstated the mask mandate in indoor and closed spaces ...

Members of the Larnaca police found a large number of firecrackers in the possession of a 15-year-old minor, after a check on Sunday night. The minor was spotted moving on ...

Real-estate sales in Cyprus rose 39 per cent in the first half of this year over the same period last year as people turn to property as a safe investment in ...

An easy-to-use robot allows elderly to age well in the digital world Elderly people in Cyprus and abroad found themselves more isolated than ever during the coronavirus pandemic. Studies have ...

A 31-year-old man tasked with paying a company’s bills has been arrested in Kofinou on suspicion of embezzling almost half a million euros since 2020 by making the pre-signed blank ...

Firefighters were battling a blaze in an inaccessible area in Lagia in the Larnaca district on Sunday which burned around four hectares of dry grass and other vegetation in two ...

Alix Norman speaks to a local Nascar driver who has his eyes on the biggest of prizes It’s called ‘bumper to bumper’. Imagine yourself in rush hour: you’re ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Sunday attended a religious memorial service for the 13 men killed at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari on July 11, 2011. Individual memorial services for each ...

The health ministry announced on Sunday that a specific batch of Häagen-Dazs ice cream was being withdrawn from the market because it contains ethylene oxide, which is prohibited in ...

The health ministry on Sunday issued advice for travellers due to the deteriorating situation as regards Covid-19. “The fact that the Covid-19 pandemic has not ended and that SARS-CoV-2 with ...

Fully solar powered AC does exist, but it’s pricey Consumers are facing a dual shock: soaring electricity bills and sweltering temperatures, both of which are only set to rise. ...

Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos has hit back at the interior ministry which on Saturday called on the municipality to assume its responsibilities after balconies on two buildings collapsed in the ...

During the first day of roll-out on Saturday, 93 calls were made to on-duty clinics islandwide, according to health ministry data. Some 37 appointments for personal physicians and 21 for paediatricians were also ...

A 16th century church icon stolen from the Antifonitis church in the village of Kalograia in the Kyrenia district, which was discovered at an auction house in Switzerland in 2014 was ...

A British man aged 21 was injured on Saturday in a fall at the Sea Caves in Cape Greco. Authorities said they received a call before 4pm and mobilised with a ...

The upsurge in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks is creating strife in the health service as authorities scramble to reopen Covid wards and increase the number of beds, ...