Cyprus

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 ...

The price of diesel at the pump is a hair’s breadth away from €2 a litre according to the latest price observatory issued by the consumer protection service of the ...

In today’s episode, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos has expressed his ministry’s concern with the high number of road fatalities this year after they have consistently fallen over the ...

Police are investigating theft from a bank account and securing goods under false pretenses after a British permanent resident of Paphos reported that her missing credit card had been used ...

Paphos police are investigating a burglary and the theft of passports, cash, and jewellery from a safe, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. It said that a little after ...

Strong westerly winds will affect Cyprus on Tuesday, but these will gradually abate overnight, the met office said in its early morning forecast. Tuesday will be mainly fine in most ...

Police and the forestry department warned people on Tuesday to take care because of strong winds, particularly those driving on the highway. The forestry department called on people to avoid ...

A 35-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Tuesday by the Larnaca district court following his arrest the previous day to facilitate a police investigation into aiding and abetting ...

State-owned asset management company Kedipes announced on Monday that it repaid €100 million in state aid during the second quarter of the current year. Following the latest tranche, Kedipes’ state aid ...

RCB Bank on Monday announced that the sale of Tranche B of its performing loan portfolio to Hellenic Bank has been successfully completed. This follows the original statement released on ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday announced that the UCLan Cyprus University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Cyprus Commercial Representatives Association (CCRA). The ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos has stirred the pot with allegations that presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides had suspect dealings with a – now deceased – Greek financier accused of corruption. The mayor’s ...

Concerns over possible unilateral actions violating the sovereignty, sovereign rights and territorial integrity of any country in the wider East Mediterranean region were top of the agenda for the the ...

The Earl and Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie arrived in Cyprus on Monday to start their visit to the island and the Sovereign Base Areas of ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday briefed political party leaders on the state of play with regard to Turkey’s growingly aggressive rhetoric toward Cyprus and Greece, while arranging for a ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Monday said his ministry was concerned by this year’s high number of road fatalities, going against the consistently falling rates seen in the past ...

More than two million visits by foreign nationals and more than one million by Greek Cypriots were made to the north in the first five months of this year, Turkish ...