Cyprus

The percentage of flights to and from Cyprus affected by Europe’s travel chaos is much smaller than in other countries, deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdios said on Sunday ...

The health ministry on Sunday reminded the public that as of Monday, the maximum price of individual self-tests is set at €1.70. The price cap was set after some sellers were ...

A couple, Russian tourists, who became lost in the Akamas late Saturday were found in the early hours of Sunday, police said. According to CNA, at around 11pm on Saturday ...

The government is intensifying its efforts to curb illegal crossings through the buffer zone, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Sunday. “For those who do not care, we refer to ...

The urban planning permit for the construction of the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Paphos has been issued, Mayor Phedonas Phedonos has said. The agreement between the municipality of ...

Hermes Airports said on Sunday the best performing month for 2022, so far, was June, with total passenger traffic surpassing one million using the island’s two airports. Larnaca airport saw 650,519 ...

Temperatures inland on Sunday could hit as high as 39C and will remain at this level at least until Wednesday, the met office said. On Sunday, there may be some ...

Two people have been remanded by the Limassol court for five days, a man aged 30 and a woman aged 51 on suspicion of fraud, and of theft under false pretences. The ...

A 20-year-old man was arrested early Sunday for possession and use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) in Ayia Napa, police said. At around 1.15am officers spotted the man inhaling from ...

A 21-year-old motorcyclist from Larnaca was killed in the early hours of Sunday on the section of highway from the Rizoelia roundabout to the airport, police said. The accident happened ...

Observers draw attention to the fact that all seven Turkish Cypriots, who were deported, are intellectuals or opinion leaders who advocate a federal solution in Cyprus By Esra Aygin A ...

The fiscal council has sounded the alarm over delays in securing EU funds from the bloc’s recovery plan, casting a gloomy outlook against the backdrop of record inflation and ...

The 12-month sentence imposed on the hit-and-run driver in a fatal Ayia Napa crash has been decried by the victim’s family as a “huge insult” in a statement issued ...

President Nicos Anastasiades offered to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Paris, who instead suggested that a meeting could take place in the north – to which Anastasiades replied: “no ...

A cache of about 4,000 bullets was discovered by the authorities in an open field in Paphos on Friday evening at about 6:45pm, police said. Paphos police found the cache after ...

A sculpture dedicated to Former President Glafcos Clerides and his love of sailing was unveiled on Saturday in Limassol, with President Nicos Anastasiades praising the life-long dedication with which he ...

The travel chaos gripping airports across Europe has again hit Cyprus with flights cancelled to and from Larnaca, while a team of Cypriot MPs remain stuck in Frankfurt. WizzAir cancelled ...

The transport ministry has announced a decision to expand Latsi harbour, jetties, docking spots and the creation of a breakwater. According to the minister of transport Yiannis Karousos, the project ...

July 3 is Air Conditioning Appreciation Day. But it’s hard to be appreciative when both temperatures and prices are rocketing, says ALIX NORMAN 30 years ago, almost nobody in Cyprus had ...

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 ...