Cyprus

The House on Wednesday accepted four out of seven referrals made by President Nicos Anastasiades on laws related to the environment, family law, refugee property management and education. The president ...

Twenty-two-year-old Cypriot Eleni Charitonos is one step closer to realising her dream of becoming an astronaut now she has had her January internship at Nasa approved. Charitonos, who holds Cypriot ...

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has leads on two or three more possible burial sites of missing persons, member Leonidas Pantelides said on Wednesday. Asked about the committee’s ...

The fire service on Wednesday rescued an 11-year-old girl who had fallen into a 40-metre deep borehole, spokesman Andreas Kettis said. “Once again our predictions are verified,” Kettis said, kicking ...

An education ministry decision to move a student to a special unit was suspended, after the district court found it would harm the child more than it would help. The ...

Theatre Apothikes Thoc continues to present a play that talks directly to young people, bringing to the surface their anxieties, difficulties and dreams. Ask Me When I Wake Up was ...

The bank workers union (Etyk) on Wednesday released a statement responding to the recent decision by the attorney-general, stipulating that former bank employees who left their positions by accepting voluntary ...

Over 10,500 new voters registered on electoral rolls for the 2023 presidential elections between October 3 and the December 27 deadline, chief returning officer Costas Constantinou said on Wednesday. In a written statement, Constantinou ...

The Supreme Court has agreed to an appeal reducing the prison sentence of a man who killed his father in Lefkara from 16 years in jail to 12. The decision, published on ...

A Greek Cypriot of Australia was so moved by her mother’s struggle she made sure the story was published, helping many others who may have suffered abuse finds PAUL ...

The transport ministry on Wednesday unveiled the second phase of the electric vehicle scheme, with a €10 million budget aimed at offering 2,518 grants. Applications will be possible starting January 9, 2023 from 11am ...

The elections for the new metropolitan of Paphos will be held even if two or three candidates put their names forward, Archimandrite Ioannis Ioannou, primate of the Holy Archdiocese of ...

Akamas landowners on Wednesday called on President Nicos Anastasiaades to resolve ongoing ministerial disputes that are getting in the way of finalising the Akamas local development plan. According to an ...

An evening of history, music and storytelling is coming up at Pallas Theatre as the performance Success Story returns for a single performance. Through music compositions and visual material, Success ...

India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is to visit on Thursday where a series of agreements are to be signed, ranging from migration and military cooperation to overseeing accession to ...

The Green Party on Wednesday urged people to donate everything they can to volunteer organisations caring for stray cats and dogs. In a statement, the party said shelters all over ...

A small Paphos village with its handful of residents have had their water cut for a month, using buckets to transport water, according to complaints from locals. The four families ...

Police are still searching for four icons that were stolen from a chapel in Tremithousa on December 16. According to a police statement, perpetrators broke into the Prophet Elias chapel in ...

Ongoing plans to build photovoltaic parks and flood barriers in Aradippou are on track, according to the village’s community leader Evangelos Evangelides. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on ...

Parliament convened on Wednesday to discuss seven laws President Nicos Anastasiades referred back to the House, citing issues with their constitutionality and implementation. The House legal committee is discussing three ...

Cyprus this year recorded the lowest number of deaths from road collisions since the start of data-keeping, according to assistant traffic director Haris Evripidou. Close to year’s end, the ...

‘Authorities’ in the north have detected Asian tiger mosquitoes in Kyrenia after special mosquito traps were laid in some areas, local press reported on Wednesday. Media reports refer to statements ...

A state-of-the-profession review of the past year, reveals an absence of support in the working environment, burnout, understaffing, and lack of opportunities for professional development, the Pancyprian nurses and midwives ...

In today’s episode, some 1,300 people will be hired in the police force and the fire department during the course of 2023. According to a briefing to parliament given by Justice ...