Cyprus

A new online Live Chat number (1450), offering the public a channel for direct and effective service, in English and Greek, to deal with welfare issues is now in operation, the ...

The House plenum assembly on Thursday evening approved decisions for how many hours civil servants could work from home being the responsibility of the Council of Ministers, not the legislature. ...

The local residents and creative businesses of old Strovolos, a quiet cultural hub in the capital, are coming together this weekend to present the first edition of the Old Strovolos ...

Strovolos’ centre is set to be remodelled, with works starting on January 12, to produce what mayor Stavros Stavrinides promised would be “a milestone project that will radically change the image ...

Last month, we saw storm systems, weather warnings, hail forecasts and at least one (albeit smallish) tornado. This month? Well, it only takes one rogue low-pressure system to remind us ...

The Avakas gorge nature trail in the Akamas national forest park will be closed as of Saturday due to forecast rain and thunderstorms. The Forestry Department said on Friday that ...

A Gyps Fulvus vulture, which had been brought to Cyprus from Spain in the framework of the Life with Vultures project, has fully recovered and was released back into the ...

A 35-year-old was arrested on Thursday afternoon at Larnaca airport on a pending European warrant, in connection with a case concerning participation in a criminal organisation. The police said on ...

Low barometric Byron arrives on Friday afternoon, bringing local showers and isolated thunderstorms, as well as sleet or snow in the mountains. At times, fine dust will be present in ...

An operation to surgically implant a bionic hand prosthesis on a 45-year-old patient has been successfully completed at the American Medical Centre, giving him the chance to regain a functional ...

The cabinet has been stripped of the authority to grant citizenship to foreign investors, under a law passed on Thursday during the last regular session of the House plenary this ...

Cyprus plans to set up an organised crime division within the police, the justice minister revealed on Thursday, but would not give a timeframe for the operation of the new ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Thursday called on MPs to pass the 2026 state budget, describing it as “an investment in the future of our country”. In a speech at the ...

A 57-year-old Cypriot man was fined €20,000 for attempting to evade taxes on luxury goods brought from Switzerland, the customs department said on Thursday. Customs officials told the Cyprus Mail that ...

Peace efforts to end the 3.5-year Russian invasion of Ukraine must be advanced with the active participation of Ukraine and the European Union, as the conflict concerns the defence of ...

The plenary assembly has voted in favour by 30 votes to accept the president’s referral to reassess vehicle inspection fees. The referral concerns a provision added to article 2 of the ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, arrives in Cyprus tonight ahead of a fresh round of contacts. She will meet the Turkish Cypriot leader, Tufan Erhurman, on ...

With temperatures 3.8°C above the 1991-2020 average, November 2025 ranks as Cyprus’s second warmest on record, confirming projections by the Cyprus Institute. Alongside rising temperatures, drought persists, with dam inflows ...

The rise in Cyprus’ minimum wage will not be “symbolic” but will reflect the economy’s positive growth and address real needs, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday. Addressing ...

The Polis Chrysochous municipality issued a strong response on Thursday to claims that the area does not need a new hospital. Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said recent comments by Osak honorary ...

Many of the 14,000 drivers arrested for drunk driving in the past three years were inexperienced, the House transport committee said on Thursday as it proposed a new law introducing a ...

Works to create a third lane at the Ayios Dometios crossing point began on Thursday, in an EU-funded expansion project aimed at easing heavy congestion at one of the island’...

The historic reservoir in Strovolos, built around 1817 under Archbishop Kyprianos, is at risk of being destroyed by a proposed motorway connecting Strovolos avenue with Archangel Michael avenue. The issue was ...

Cyprus is ready to steer the European transport agenda in the coming months, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. Arriving in Brussels, Vafeades underlined that Cyprus is assuming the ...