Cyprus

The state must respect Akamas’ natural environment but also the residents in the area’s communities, landowners from the peninsula said during a protest on Saturday morning. Gathered at Kennedy ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou tested positive for Covid-19, her ministry announced on Saturday morning. The fully-vaccinated minister has not presented any symptoms, the announcement said, adding that in the coming ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will attend a dinner with EU and Nato leaders in Madrid next week, the government announced on Saturday. According to a written statement by the Director of ...

Most households in Cyprus tend to buy more food than they need, according to the results of the 2nd FoodPrint Pancyprian Food Waste Survey, but consumer habits in relation to ...

An unremarkable car, the Mazda Demio epitomises cheap and cheerful. But in Cyprus, there’s something unique about it finds Alix Norman There’s nothing special about the Mazda Demio. ...

By Sarah Ktisti and Nick Theodoulou All fires in the north were finally extinguished in the early hours thanks in part to heavy rain that hit parts of the island ...

Earlier this year, MUFG Investor Services, the asset servicing arm of one of the largest global banks in terms of assets, announced its intention of setting up a new operational ...

The Association of Large Developments (Sma) on Friday said that Cyprus should strive to become an international development and business centre, noting that large projects have been the cornerstone of ...

Authorities came under fire in the House environment committee on Friday over glaring gaps in the collection, management and storage of recyclable tyres and the health and safety risks these ...

A young man died in a road accident on Friday afternoon in Limassol. Identified as 22-year-old Vassilis Chiras, he was a passenger on a high-capacity motorcycle driven by a 21-year-old. ...

The arrest of a 41-year-old woman, who allegedly deceived citizens and extracted a sum of money exceeding €60,000, was made on Friday by the Limassol Police Department. According to the police, ...

Police on Friday arrested a 38-year-old and a 35-year-old man who allegedly attacked a 32-year-old man last Saturday night when he spotted them damaging a vehicle. According to police, the 32...

Recently there have been increased reports of misleading spam messages being sent to email users, according to a police statement. According to the notice, the alleged sender of the message ...

The defence ministry and Airbus on Friday signed the deal for supplying the Republic with six H145M light attack helicopters with the option of acquiring an additional six in ...

The Board of Directors of the Department of Information Services (DIS) in cooperation with the Pasydy union decided to go on a spontaneous work stoppage on Friday due to a ...

The European Council has expressed its deep concern over Turkey’s recent actions and statements and reiterated that Ankara must respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the EU’s ...

Four individuals and three legal entities will face charges arising from Cyprus’ discredited citizenship by investment scheme, the attorney general’s office said on Friday, as it announced that a ...

Applications for government cash incentives to purchase protective motorbike gear, exceeded 1,800 in the first 24 hours after the scheme was launched, it emerged on Friday Applications for the scheme will close ...

Nursing staff at Athalassa psychiatric hospital staged a two-hour work stoppage on Friday to protest overcrowding and understaffing at the facility. According to the nurses’ branch of the civil servants’ ...

Personnel from the agriculture ministry’s environment department, members of the civil servants’ union Pasydy, staged a protest on Friday morning outside the House of Representatives where the environment committee ...

Paphos police have issued an arrest warrant for a 49-year-old man as they investigate a complaint that he had been paid €46,500 to import two cars but failed to deliver the ...

The health ministry announced on Friday that 7,263 Covid infections were detected during the past week, while another two deaths have been attributed to the disease. The two deaths attributed to ...

The oral anti-viral drug Paxlovid is available on prescription for Covid-19 patients who do not require hospitalisation, the health ministry said on Friday. It said the drug can be prescribed ...

The cashback programme appears to be gaining ground in Cyprus with about 15,000 such transactions having taken place in the first five months of the year, at a total value of €900,000. ...