Cyprus

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) on Tuesday condemned a work stoppage at the Larnaca port, saying the strike is taking place in violation of the industrial relations code. It ...

A 49-year-old woman who fell from a height of six metres while cleaning the windows of a house in Tersefanou died from a head injury, the autopsy showed on Tuesday. ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 42-year-old woman who was wanted for the past four years in connection to a case based on alleged theft by deceit. The suspect allegedly misappropriated ...

Three former PwC Cyprus partners have branched off and formed their own firm which takes on Russia-linked clients, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine up-ended the sector in Cyprus. The ...

Former Kiti Bishop Chrysostomos said he is “praying every night” that God forgives the woman who, he said, falsely accused him of assaulting her back in 1981 when she was a ...

Although about 60 senior clerics are eligible to contest the throne of the archbishop, vacated after the passing of Chrysostomos II, in practice the race will come down to six or ...

Information about the two species of mosquitoes “dangerous to humans” which have been recently detected in Limassol and Larnaca, will be sent out as part of measures to eliminate the ...

Officials revealed on Tuesday they plan to slash the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) charge, giving consumers some relief, although the change is not expected to impact electricity bills for several ...

A 37-year-old man was been jailed for three and a half years on Tuesday for assisting the illegal entry of irregular migrants into the republic. He was arrested on July 30 ...

The auditor general’s office has finally received the data it requested from the interior ministry – on a locked USB stick – on civil servants managing Turkish Cypriot properties, as it ...

The committee on missing persons (CMP) announced on Tuesday it had found the remains of four people at a site in Troullous village in Larnaca. The team had been searching ...

The north is pushing for direct flights from Russia, despite uncertainty, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said from the World Travel Market in London on Tuesday. Tatar, who visited the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will be decorated by Israeli president Isaac Herzog during an official visit to the country, where he is set to arrive on Tuesday afternoon. Anastasiades will fly ...

Although it has been a difficult year for Cyprus tourism, 2022 has been a “very very good year” in terms of arrivals from the UK, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said ...

Twenty-four professors from the Cyprus university of technology (Tepak) have been included in a database among the world’s leading researchers. The academics are included in recently updated science-wide author ...

Hospitality businesses learned about EU food waste targets and how to reduce food waste at a workshop from a policy officer at the European Commission. The networking event was held ...

The latest scientific predictions surrounding climate change are dire and suggest that the region is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis ...

With Cyprus feeling the impact of climate change including prolonged periods of drought and increased temperatures, the country is fully prepared to implement an action plan to combat these problems, ...

A collaboration between Cyprus and Jordan on tourism was revealed on Monday night by the two countries’ ministers during a social event at London’s City Hall at the end ...

Hermes Airports and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works have signed a commercial agreement for the airline incentive schemes covering the period 2022-2027. The schemes, which are available to ...

Cyprus has become a centre for the export of surveillance software in recent years, a report on the use of Pegasus software presented at the EU parliament on Tuesday by ...

A new fair in Limassol will see books at the centre of events for three days. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds out how organisers are hoping to put the island on the ...

The health ministry will convene a Covid advisory meeting on Wednesday to reassess the government’s preparedness should a new outbreak occur. Health ministry communications advisor Constantinos Athanasiou told CyBC ...

A prisoner died from choking on his own vomit while he was sleeping, the prisons department announced on Tuesday. No details were given about the identity of the prisoner, as ...