Cyprus

A 30-year-old man on Sunday afternoon visited the Limassol police detention centre and handed over two cups of frappé to a detainee. During the subsequent inspection, two packages wrapped with ...

Juvenile crime remains very low in Cyprus, but we still need a designated detention centre A law establishing a criminal justice system catering to juvenile offenders was voted in a ...

The multinational civil-military exercise Argonaftis 2022, will take place between May 16 and 20, the defence ministry announced on Sunday. Argonaftis is an annual sea, air and land drill. It has not taken ...

Two years into the pandemic, the government is still keeping older adults locked down in care homes The main concern following the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak was to protect the elderly, ...

The latest bout of dust in the atmosphere was due to dissipate on Sunday after expected light rainfall, the head of the met office said. Kleanthis Nikolaides told CNA on ...

Limassol Avenue in Larnaca, which links the coastal city with Aradippou has been renamed Vassos Lyssarides Avenue in honour of the founder of socialist Edek who died last year aged 100. ...

Diplomat Menelaos Menelaou on Sunday takes over the duties of Greek Cypriot negotiator for Cyprus talks replacing Andreas Mavroyiannis who will run in the presidential elections with the backing of ...

More than 3,300 traffic violations were clocked in the past 48 hours, the majority for speeding, police said on Sunday. The majority of the complaints concerned offences which have been proven to ...

Former negotiator and ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis meets all of opposition Akel’s requirements to foment change in Cyprus, the party’s general-secretary Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday. Stefanou was speaking ...

The cantilever of a building in Xylofagou, collapsed in the early hours of Sunday, police said. No one was injured as the building, which functions as a local club, was ...

In line with the rest of Europe, the Cypriot vote in Saturday night’s Eurovision song contest, diverged between jury and public voting. Overall, Ukraine was in fourth place based ...

Disy, Akel vitriol over Nikos Christodoulides’ candidacy No sooner had ex-foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides thrown his hat in the 2023 presidential race than he took a drubbing from almost all sides ...

The new relaxations of the restrictive measures against Covid-19, decided by the Cabinet on April 20 and May 10 will come into force on Sunday, May 15. The Health Ministry in a statement ...

The funeral of Corporal Natalie Neophytou took place on Saturday, held at public expense, with Neophytou buried with full military honours. The funeral, which took place at the Apostolou Pavlou ...

The Animal Party on Saturday said it disapproved of sending the Savannah cat that recently attacked a three-year-old boy to the Limassol Zoo. The cat had reportedly escaped its Limassol ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Saturday said that Cyprus’ status as a tourist destination necessitates the provision of high-quality services on its beaches, with a focus on the safety of ...

The ministry of health will operate 40 free rapid testing sites on Sunday for eligible groups. Those entitled to a free test include minors, the vaccinated and those who have had ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday inaugurated a new rehabilitation wing at the Eoka veterans’ rehabilitation centre in Palodhia, Limassol. The new wing will boost the centre’s quality of service ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday said if any sanctions and measures suggested by the EU are not conducive to the bloc achieving its objectives, then they will simply not be ...

Efforts are being made to promote cycling as a safe and reliable means of transport, exercise and entertainment, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Saturday. He was speaking at the ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) announced the launch of an online platform which will reinforce its efforts to curtail money laundering. CySEC, in a press release said that ...

Satisfactory consultations were held for the reform of local government, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Saturday. He was speaking to CyBC radio after the municipality of Aglandjia filed an ...

Police arrested three men on Saturday morning after finding a package of cannabis weighing 5kg in a car driven by one of them. The detainees, aged 20, 21 and 23, were taken into ...

A 31-year-old Paphos resident was arrested on Friday after cannabis and cocaine were found in his home, police said on Saturday. According to a police statement, the man in question, ...