Cyprus

Free saplings were given to locals in Nicosia by the Forestry Department on Sunday as part of Tree Week, which is set to run from today until December 3. Speaking at ...

Police in Paphos arrested one person for drugs and booked six local businesses for violations related to their operation, as part of a coordinated operation on the weekend. According to ...

Preparing food at home and getting it delivered gives rise to questions about government oversight and licences Fanos Leventis, head of the Recreation Centre Owners Association (Pasika), recently warned about ...

A hunter trapped in a ravine, in the area of Stavrovouni, was rescued by members of Emak Kofinou, Cyprus’ search and rescue team on Sunday. “Emak responded in an area ...

The fact remains that the majority of Greek Cypriots continue to be in favour of reunification A recent nationwide telephone poll by CMRC, on a sample of 1,247 respondents, showed that 53 ...

The island’s former Foreign Minister and current presidential frontrunner Nikos Christodoulides allegedly came to a secret agreement with centrist party Diko in return for the party’s backing in ...

Creates problems with access to medication and patient records The decision to keep Athalassa – Cyprus’ only psychiatric hospital – outside of the national health scheme Gesy continues to perpetuate the stigma ...

Cyprus could supply the European Union with natural gas much earlier, if Brussels strengthened its support for the development of the supply infrastructure, President Nicos Anastasiades said in an interview ...

Fears that worse is yet to come in north in protest over Erdogan’s policies By Esra Aygin Northern Cyprus is slipping out of the hands of the Turks, warned ...

House speaker Annita Demetriou departs for Athens on Monday, 28 November, to take part in an event marking the November 25 International day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. A press ...

A stray dog attacked a young girl, aged 10, and fatally injured her own small dog in the Agios Dometios neighbourhood of Nicosia on Saturday afternoon, police said. A 34-year-old woman ...

The municipalities of Paphos and Polis Chrysochous on Saturday said their cleaning equipment has been bolstered through the addition of two new state-of-the-art street sweeper vehicles. The two municipalities jointly ...

The state veterinary services on Saturday released a statement saying that cases of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, have been identified at two locations in Cyprus. Avian influenza ...

The transport ministry on Saturday announced that the House plenum has approved an amendment to the Road Safety Act 2022, allowing it to regulate advertisements and other such activities that concern ...

Paphos police issued 26 complaints over traffic violations during a coordinated 24-hour campaign, with most of them concerning Incidents of drunk driving. According to Paphos police chief Nicos Tsapis, 11 out of ...

Police on Saturday said that three people, two aged 47, and one aged 33 had been arrested as part of an investigation into a string of burglaries and robberies in the Nicosia ...

Visual Space presents the solo exhibition by Iacovos Loizou as of December 16 all about those awkward feelings and cringe-worthy moments. Titled Cringe Town, the exhibition perfectly describes the confusion and ‘...

Justice Minister Stefi Dracou has received the report of the four-member committee appointed by the attorney-general to investigate possible offences related to the use of mobile phones and drugs at ...

Authorities on Saturday launched a video to help warn the public about smishing. The campaign is a joint project involving police, the association of Cyprus banks and government cybersecurity authorities. ...

A 12-year-old child was injured on Friday evening after being struck by a car while trying to cross Anavargou avenue in Paphos. The child was taken to the emergency department ...

The Tree Festival, which takes place each year on the fourth Sunday in November in Cyprus, has been celebrated on the island since 1920, the forestry department reported, in its announcement ...

Before you get consider getting the family a pet for Christmas, please think hard about what it entails one expert pet guardian tells Alix Norman “The fact of the matter ...

The Cyprus Fiscal Council on Friday said that it expects increased pressures on the macro economy for 2023, with forecasts slightly more unfavourable than those of the Ministry of Finance, in ...

Lending criteria became tighter during the third quarter of 2022 in Cyprus, both for businesses and households, according to a bank lending survey conducted by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). ...