Cyprus

The fire department announced on Wednesday that it will conduct a preparedness drill at Larnaca airport. The drill concerns the potential need to extinguish of a chemical fire on site, ...

A second is in police custody on Wednesday for an investigated case of robbery and assault committed in Limassol on Christmas Eve. Police on Tuesday arrested the 29-year-old man who ...

A huge fire broke out in a house in Engomi overnight with authorities on Wednesday investigating its causes. Six fully staffed fire engines were dispatched to put out the blaze ...

Wednesday will be mainly clear with occasional high clouds. Temperatures will reach 21C inland and on the coasts and 12C in the higher mountains. Winds will be moderate to strong ...

A new legislative proposal aims to end what campaigners call an unfair financial burden on elderly drivers, who face significantly higher insurance premiums due to their age. The proposal, submitted ...

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s lawyer Mehmet Pehlivanli on Tuesday announced that he had filed criminal charges against the three people who had signed a report which declared that the ...

A 30-year-old has been arrested after running two people over after an argument in Larnaca, the police said on Tuesday. Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolos explained that the incident had ...

The north’s authorities “have blood on their hands” over the death of a 25-year-old worker at a “nightclub” in the village of Yerolakkos, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ ...

The government on Tuesday received an official invitation from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to attend the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is set to take place on ...

Thousands of megawatt-hours of power generated by renewables get discarded each day because Cyprus lacks the storage systems, MPs heard on Tuesday. The House energy committee discussed energy storage in ...

Employees of the Paphos district government are to engage in a two-hour strike on March 13 to protest against the EOA’s apparent refusal to enter into a collective labour agreement. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday announced that he will stand for re-election in the role in October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership elections. “I am running for president. I ...

Significant energy savings of 35 per cent have been achieved by installing photovoltaic systems in 405 schools in Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol, Famagusta and Paphos, the education ministry said on Tuesday. The photovoltaic ...

The liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project at Vasiliko will need another €200 million for pending works, the government said on Tuesday. A finance ministry official summoned to parliament said it ...

Water cuts are expected from May onwards as the submission deadline for tenders to create a mobile desalination plant in Peyia were on Tuesday extended by two weeks. Local mayor ...

Fast-track examinations of planning permission applications for medium-risk projects are now going ahead, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. The announcement follows the introduction of fast-track applications for low-risk ...

A hearing into football club Apoel’s outstanding debts to the social insurance fund was on Tuesday adjourned until March 26 after the club’s legal team asked for more time. ...

Two studies are ongoing on the island into the causes, impacts, and prevention of obesity, the University of Cyprus said on Tuesday, World Obesity Day. One of the two programmes, ...

A 25-year-old woman was found dead on Monday night at a “nightclub” in the village of Yerolakkos, Turkish Cypriot police confirmed on Tuesday. The woman, who had officially been employed ...

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands on Tuesday highlighted Cyprus’ pivotal role in regional stability during an official two-day visit to the island. The king reaffirmed Cyprus’ strategic role as “the ...

Approximately 1,200 Syrians have withdrawn their asylum applications with an additional 500 requesting the revocation of their subsidiary protection status, reported figures on Tuesday showed. A further 20 have requested withdrawal of their ...

Paphos criminal court will pass sentence next week on man who on Tuesday admitted to the charge of manslaughter after shooting his brother-in-law in July. The 50-year-old will be sentenced ...

A Paphos man was on Monday sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of multiple criminal charges, including illegal drug possession with intent to supply, money laundering ...

The fourth leg of the 2024-25 FIDE Women’s Grand Prix is set to take place in Nicosia, Cyprus, from March 14-25, under the auspices of the International Chess Federation ...