Cyprus

MPs on Monday wrapped up discussion of a bill to privatise the Cyprus Stock Exchange, aiming to pass the legislation by the end of the month. Established in 1993, the CSE ...

Larnaca’s district government organisation (EOA) on Monday filed a lawsuit against the metal recycling factory in Aradippou where an explosion injured three people on Friday for operating without a ...

It is “impossible to control everything and for everything to run perfectly” during a wildfire of the magnitude of that which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people ...

A two-year-old girl attacked and injured by a dog remains in hospital, police said on Monday. The incident occurred on Sunday in the Limassol district village of Foini, with the ...

By Christina Michailidis There’s something quietly spectacular about wandering through a market filled with handmade creations – from hand-thrown ceramics and artisan soaps to delicate jewellery, crochet work, small batch ...

A 55-year-old man believed to have committed a total of 20 burglaries and thefts was remanded in police custody for eight days on Monday by the Famagusta district court. Multiple thefts ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Monday said the prospect of a cabinet reshuffle is “clearly a matter for the president”. Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of an anti-sexism ...

Archbishop Georgios on Monday appealed to the Sinai Brotherhood in Egypt to cooperate with the Sinai Archbishop Damianos to allow the continued operation of the Greek Orthodox monastery of St ...

Across the EU, 12.2 per cent of the population reported that pollution, grime or environmental issues affected their household in 2023, a decrease from 15.1 per cent in 2019, Eurostat announced on Monday. In ...

The wedding venue at Prophet Elias church in Protaras has undergone an upgrade, the Paralimni-Dheryneia municipality said on Monday. “We aim to create an elegant and functional environment that will ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday reacted to online criticism of the rendition of the Greek national anthem at Saturday’s basketball match between the national teams of Greece and ...

An American national by the name of Andrew Smith was named as a tourism ambassador of Ayia Napa after making 100 visits to the town in the last 40 years, the Ayia ...

Ayia Napa and Greece’s Alexandroupoli have been twinned, the Ayia Napa municipality announced on Monday. It said Alexandroupoli mayor Ioannis Zamboukis had visited Ayia Napa over the weekend, and ...

A 37-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman were arrested in Limassol after allegedly attacking a man and causing grievous bodily harm, the police said on Monday. The attack reportedly took ...

A fire broke out in the early hours of Monday morning in an “abandoned wooden structure” in a field in the Limassol district village of Kolossi, the police said. The ...

While northern Europe is seeing the leaves change from green to gold (and the first snow has already fallen over the UK!), we’re still very much enjoying halcyon days. ...

The deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos has still not received an official invite to appeal against his dismissal at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, his lawyer Evangelia Poulla said on Monday. ...

The number of people registered to vote in the north was exactly 217,056 as of the end of July, Turkish Cypriot supreme court chief justice Bertan Ozerdag said. That figure is ...

Paphos deputy mayor Angelos Onisiforou called for action to be taken over a “serious staff shortage” at the town’s airport. Speaking to local news website Pafosnet, he said the ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said he is “satisfied and proud” with progress made on the Cyprus problem in recent months. “The efforts made by the Greek foreign ministry at ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel questioned in a statement released on the occasion of World Peace Day whether Akel would still exist if Turkey had not invaded Cyprus ...

The European Commission should ask why the Great Sea Interconnector has not been completed, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said. Speaking to newspaper Kathimerini, he made reference for the second time ...

Monday’s weather is expected to be warm and clear throughout the day, with temperatures set to rise to 38 degrees Celsius inland, 32 degrees Celsius on the west and southwest coasts, 34 ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin’s planned visit to Cyprus on Monday was postponed. The postponement was confirmed to the Cyprus Mail by UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus spokesman ...