Cyprus

Police searches of kiosks in the Famagusta district on Wednesday night yielded quantities of ‘laughing gas’ paraphernalia and a haul of illegal duty-free cigarettes. At one kiosk, police and customs ...

Temperatures on Thursday will reach up to 38 degrees Celsius inland, around 31 degrees on the west coast, 34 degrees on the remaining coastal areas and 27 degrees in the higher mountains. Although it ...

Somehow, the end of August has reached us and here to bid farewell to this hot summer month is a series of weekend events Open-air cinema Several film screenings are ...

Investigations into the supposedly prohibited private event, which took place near the protected Toxeftra beach in Peyia over the weekend, will be carried out, director of the environmental department Theodolou ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday evening hosted a reception at the presidential palace for delegates of the World Conference of Cypriot Diaspora, where he praised the diaspora as “tireless ambassadors ...

Residents in parts of Lakatamia, including the Lakatamia, Tseri, and Anthoupoli districts, as well as the community of Ergates, are experiencing water supply disruptions. The interruption is caused by a ...

If you are a loukoumi fan, there is one place on the island you should head to for an authentic Cypriot taste and that is Geroskipou. With a long history ...

A protest march will be held in Nicosia on Saturday September 13 to raise awareness about the situation in Gaza. The demonstration is organised by the Cyprus peace council and is ...

Police have launched investigations into the “sudden, unnatural death” of a 56-year-old Greek man who was found dead on the Daleela ferry operating from Athens’ Piraeus port to Limassol on ...

The organisation Visit Nicosia announced on Wednesday free guided walking tours, which will take place through September to December. The programme has attracted thousands of participants in the past and ...

The transport ministry announced on Wednesday new school bus fees for the start of the academic year. The monthly student fare is set at five euros with a subsidy of €17, ...

Limassol’s old port has become a centre of attraction for fans attending this summer’s FIBA EuroBasket, which is, in part, being hosted in the city. The old port ...

The government is “studying” the prospect of making a €25-million payment to Greece’s independent transmission system operator (Admie) to help finance the Great Sea Interconnector project, Finance Minister Makis ...

A total of 1,200 tonnes of aid which was sent from Cyprus to Gaza last week has been unloaded off the ship at the Israeli port of Ashdod, presidential press office ...

The government on Wednesday confirmed it has received the report from the United States bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives (ATF) concerning the recent wildfire in the Limassol mountain ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can assist journalists, but it cannot replace them, the press ethics committee clarified on Wednesday. Updated guidelines emphasise that human oversight is mandatory at every stage of ...

A list of the most active MPs was compiled and published on Wednesday, based on numbers of proposals submitted, and questions written to the ministries. The list referred to the ...

The prosecution in the military court case involving the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month asked for a site inspection of the Strovilia crossing point, ...

The findings of the investigative committee on defective Takata airbags will be reviewed and completed by September 10, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades confirmed on Wednesday. He said the committee, which includes ...

By the end of 2024, some 5,037 couples have registered in civil partnerships, 415 of which were same-sex couples, according to recent figures presented to the cabinet by Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou.   The ...

From 2023 to August 2024, a total of 48,212 residence permits were issued for employees of foreign companies and their family members, according to figures from the deputy ministry of migration presented to ...

Arranging dinner in summer is always a little game of back and forth. Somewhere air conditioned? Somewhere by the sea? In the end, the decision was obvious. We wanted the ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Wednesday threatened to scrap his tax reform plans in their entirety if parliament makes too many amendments to the current plans. Speaking after the day’...

The demographic issue is ‘killing’ both Greece and Cyprus and this problem is the largest they face, Greek deputy foreign minister Ioannis Loverdos said on Wednesday. “We need to change ...