Cyprus

Ayia Napa Marina will alter the tourist landscape of not only Cyprus, but the Eastern Mediterranean as a whole, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday at an event for the ...

Two thirds (68 per cent) of respondents in Cyprus are prepared to pay 10 per cent more for agricultural products that are produced in a way that limits their carbon footprint, a ...

Competent services need to cooperate more effectively to tackle the phenomenon of seasonal farm workers quitting their jobs to claim asylum in Cyprus, the House agriculture committee heard on Tuesday. ...

Contracts signed for the management of two beaches in Kissonerga, Paphos will generate an income exceeding €190,000 this year, leader of the Community Council George Stylianou said on Tuesday. Work has ...

Parliamentarians on Tuesday discussed a legislative proposal to cap fuel prices, a drastic move as petrol at the pump continued rising and are fast approaching €2 a litre. The bill, tabled ...

A facelift of Larnaca’s Piale Pasha will begin in the autumn, the House refugees committee heard on Tuesday as part of a briefing on several projects taking place in ...

Cyprus and Israel agreed on Tuesday to further bolster cooperation on health issues, including the transfer of patients, medical personnel and supplies in cases of emergency such as natural disasters ...

Limassol authorities took action on Tuesday after a group of migrants was found living under the docks of the pier. Photos circulating in the media showed the young migrants living ...

Transplant patients on Tuesday warned they will protest if a promised Nicosia transplant clinic fails to materialise on September 1, as was announced over the weekend. The state health services organisation (...

The education ministry on Tuesday said it was making arrangements to accommodate Ukrainian pupils at state schools for the 2022-2023 school year. The ministry said children should be registered at ...

The Greens on Tuesday called on the government to ban glyphosate after a scientific study showed high levels of the herbicide in the urine of school children. “The time has ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and his wife Andri welcomed the Earl and Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie to the Presidential Palace on Tuesday after the royal couple ...

Respondents in Cyprus are the bloc’s strongest supporters of EU development aid to tackle climate change and promote education in partner countries, according to a new Eurobarometer survey. The ...

Volunteers will start clean-up beaches across the island this Sunday in a summer campaign to promote environmental consciousness in an effort to reduce sea pollution. The Wish You Were Clean ...

A man was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Tuesday for sexually abusing the underage daughter of his partner for three years. Paphos criminal court imposed concurrent prison sentences of ...

A 39-year-old was remanded for six days on Tuesday for drugs possession and the intent to supply and dangerous driving in Limassol after he crashed into a police car. According ...

Sanitary facilities and recharging stations are set to be available on a 24-hour basis at the island’s motorways, following cabinet approval on Tuesday. The creation of the facilities will ...

Diko and presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday moved a step closer to solidifying their cooperation for the February elections, with the junior opposition party expected to announce its final ...

President Nicos Anastasiades was aware of some issues between central prisons director Anna Aristotelous and police officers working there but not the specifics, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Tuesday. ...

A 41-year-old man was arrested on Monday night in Ayia Napa for illegal possession and use of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, police said on Tuesday. According to ...

A 27-year-old woman and two 19-year-olds from Paphos were arrested on Monday evening on suspicion of illegal possession of property and assault weapons, police said Tuesday. Paphos police stopped the ...

Two Nicosia residents, arrested on suspicion of assaulting a 40-year-old man earlier this month, were remanded for one day on Tuesday. The two suspects, both men aged 30 and 28, were arrested ...

The European Commission is earmarking an additional €2.5 million to support the technical committee on cultural heritage in Cyprus, as part of ongoing efforts to provide assistance to facilitate the reunification ...

Promising to campaign for the abolition of all Covid-19 measures, another independent has thrown his hat into the ring, bolstering an already crowded field of presidential hopefuls. Alexios Savvides, president ...