Cyprus

The Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously decided to increase the prison sentence of a man who was found guilty of sexual abuse from four and a half to ten years, ...

Eligible students at Cyprus-based universities to get €500 living allowance amidst a price hike in rents and a shortage of student accommodations, cabinet decided on Wednesday. Students attending international universities will ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris will discuss the instrumentalisation of migrants and the optimisation of their return procedures during the EU interior ministers’ council this week. Nouris travelled to Brussels on ...

Strict scrutiny is welcomed and appreciated, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday upon receiving the annual report by the Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides. Handing the report for 2021, the AG said ...

A 42-year-old man was jailed for seven months on Wednesday for stealing construction materials from an erected building in Paphos earlier this year. Paphos district court imposed the seven-month prison ...

Deputy Minister of Culture Yiannis Toumazis on Tuesday underlined the impact of Cypriot artist Christoforos Savva on young artists on the island during the opening of a new retrospective exhibition ...

A Welsh-Cypriot woman has looked into the life of the famous writer and the time she spent on the island preparing Rebecca finds PAUL LAMBIS In July 2021, Cypriot-Welsh author Helen ...

The Council of Ministers approved a law amendment proposal by the transport ministry requiring that all car crashes be logged in the road transport department database in order to prevent ...

The sports ethics committee on Wednesday fully accepted the findings of a report on game fixing within basketball and will be forwarding the case to the attorney-general’s office for ...

Global ratings agency Fitch this week announced that it has upgraded the Bank of Cyprus’ Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘B+’ from ‘B-‘ and Viability Rating (VR) to ‘b+’ ...

ZIKZAK Architects mark the successful completion of a project in Limassol undertaken on behalf of an international IT company. The architectural firm designed a new façade for the building ...

The Commission for the Protection of Competition has decided to investigate possible violations of the law on competition by the Cyprus Medical Association (CMA), for urging its members not to ...

Deputies from the Green Party and Elam on Wednesday said they would not be voting in favour of the 2023 state budget as the second day of discussions unfolded. So far ...

Two people were arrested under suspicion of attempting to deal crystal meth, Paphos police said on Wednesday. According to police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, police received an anonymous tip at 7.45 am ...

Everybody knows that tall, green-coloured creature known as Frankenstein. He has been portrayed thousands of times, sometimes as an evil monster, others as a kind-hearted soul with a tough, expressionless ...

Parents and students from two schools in Limassol have given the education ministry an ultimatum: respond to our requests over exams by Friday or we will shut down the schools. ...

Relatives and friends of Thanasis Nicolaou, the former guardsman who was found dead in mysterious circumstances under a bridge in Alassa, Limassol, in 2005, will stage a demonstration on front of ...

Working at an environmental non-governmental organisation By Konstantinos Perikleous Terra Cypria – the Cyprus Conservation Foundation, is a non-governmental non-profit organisation (NGO), officially established in 1992 as a charitable trust. Its overall ...

The future is bright for a scientist working with microdosing psychedelics. THEO PANAYIDES meets a man into 60s counter culture who is an activist for drugs being the tool for ...

In today’s episode, Justice Minister Stephie Dracou said yesterday she will call a meeting with the police following the violent clashes between fans at football match in Limassol. The ...

Two new art exhibitions are opening in mid-December offering a glimpse of Parisian flair and plenty of local talent. Lumiere Contemporary Art Gallery in Limassol organises a black and white ...

Customs officers arrested a 59-year-old man at Paphos aircport who tried to travel to London with undeclared cigarettes and tobacco. After his luggage was searched, 8.85g of tobacco was found ...

A 35-year-old man was remanded for six days on Wednesday, after a violent car crash that caused the death of the 62-year-old driver he collided with. Limassol traffic police deputy ...

Two people were beaten and robbed in Paphos on Tuesday night, after eight people broke into their home and threatened them with guns, knives and bats. Police are now searching ...