Cyprus

Hermes Airports on Friday said that it welcomes the decision by the EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council and the Environment Council to adopt the proposals by Transport Minister Yiannis ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday night he was cautiously optimistic that the island, as in the crisis of 2013 and the Covid-19 pandemic will emerge stronger from the new crisis ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus released a report this week noting that the country’s international investment position (IIP) improved slightly at the end of the first quarter. In addition, ...

Harmonised inflation rose to 9.1 per cent in Cyprus in June compared with June last year, marking a new historic record, pushed by the soaring prices in energy. According to a ...

By Charles Ellinas The news is that the President requested a meeting with the ministers of energy and finance, the Cyprus Energy Regulation Authority (CERA) and the Electricity Authority of ...

The firefighter’s association has sounded the alarm over the department’s staffing crisis as fire season kicks off, saying it was a struggle to provide efficient services and public ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Friday rubbished allegations of racist motives by teachers for incidents in secondary schools. Following a meeting with the association of secondary school headteachers, Prodromou noted ...

A brush fire that broke out on Friday afternoon in an area of Xylophagou that destroyed 2500 square metres of wild scrubland has been brought under full control. A written statement ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday he was not aware that Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar would be handing over proposals to a UN official who met separately with the ...

Paphos police are investigating a case of stolen property found in a building in Stavrokonou. According to the Paphos police department spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, on Thursday, between 11.50am and 12.10pm, ...

Police in Larnaca are investigating a case of unnatural death, after the discovery of a 76-year-old man who was floating unconscious in the sea off Oroklini. From the evidence found ...

A fire that broke out in an area near the village of Alethriko in the Larnaca district, is affecting visibility on the Larnaca-Limassol motorway, police said on Friday. According to ...

Those hoping for immediate relief from the continuous surge in energy prices may be disappointed in today’s meeting on the issue, with top officials instead looking towards longer-term solutions. ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce (Keve) on Thursday successfully held the fourth edition of the Cyprus Diplomat of the Year awards, with Kuwait ambassador Waleed Ahmad Al-Kandari receiving the titular ...

A 26-year-old British tourist has been jailed for one year after he was found guilty of the hit and run which killed a Swedish mother on holiday. Police confirmed to ...

Another step has been taken towards converting Paphos into a smart city with the introduction of a smart parking management system on Friday. The project, co-financed by the European Union ...

Up to €157,000 was withdrawn by unknown people from a company based in Limassol, using a similar e-mail to the owner and giving an order for the payment of invoices, police ...

A 53-year-old man found guilty of raping and assaulting his 11-year-old granddaughter was on Friday sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Larnaca-Famagusta court. In a strongly worded and emotive ...

75-year-old overseas Cypriot Loucas Georgiou was found floating unconscious on Thursday in the sea of Oroklini, Larnaca, police announced on Friday. According to police, he was found unconscious and taken ...

Words have been turned into action as far as the Paphos-Polis Chrysohous highway is concerned, Minister of Transport Yiannis Karousos said on Friday as diggers broke ground on the project, ...

A 32-year-old bank robber who pleaded guilty to stealing from a branch earlier this month was sentenced to eight months imprisonment by Larnaca district court on Friday. He was found ...

The family of the 27-year-old special forces soldier who died on Wednesday has asked for his organs to be donated to those in need, the health ministry announced on Friday. ...

Friday will be mainly fine, but increased cloud after midday may lead to isolated showers, mainly in the mountains, the met office said. Temperatures are set to rise to 37C ...

In the past week three people in Cyprus have died from Covid while 10,879 new cases of the virus were identified, the ministry of health said on Friday. The three deaths ...