Cyprus

The Cyprus Football Association on Wednesday punished Apollon and Apoel in response to last weekend’s violent incidents before, during and after a match between the two teams. According to ...

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday held an in-depth discussion about the spyware case investigated by the European parliament’s Pega committee and the involvement of Cyprus in the ...

Port workers continued to strike for a second day on Wednesday in Larnaca over a docking agreement which they say the management company has failed to implement. Unions PEO and ...

Secondary school pupils will no longer be held back a year due to low performance, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday after the cabinet approved his ministry’s proposals. ...

Tasos Christofides was named as rector of the University of Cyprus for a second term on Wednesday following elections. This is the eighth elections for the position of rector, and ...

A 46-year-old man is the second to be arrested on suspicion of assisting irregular migrants enter the country illegally, after a boat arrived last Friday with 17 men onboard. The police ...

Cyprus and Bahrain signed an intergovernmental agreement on Wednesday, aimed at boosting flights between the two countries. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos who was in Manama, Bahrain met with his counterpart ...

In Stavros Flatley, PAUL LAMBIS finds two men glad for the ride their TV talent show appearance has taken them on who now enjoy life on the island When father-and-son ...

Under heavy security, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay arrived in the north on Wednesday to visit the construction site of the controversial ‘Kulliye’ project, warning dissenters are at odds with ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced it will further promote anti-covid vaccinations for the elderly amidst a rise in infections and hospitalisations. The decision was announced by Health Minister Michalis ...

A 74-year-old who was arrested on Tuesday after crashing his car into a parked car in Kolossi, Limassol, injuring three people, including two minors, pleaded not guilty to the charge ...

Residents living at high altitudes will be given an extra one-off grant on top of their existing yearly benefits, the cabinet decided on Wednesday. According to the President’s Undersecretary ...

President Nicos Anastasiades received Israel’s presidential medal of honour on Wednesday in Jerusalem during a ceremony hosted by President Isaac Herzog – after which bilateral issues were discussed. He also ...

The number of employed people working from home in 2021 in Cyprus amounted to 6.7 per cent of the working population, according to a Eurostat report released on Wednesday. In 2019, before the ...

Nicosia municipality announced that municipal parking within the city’s walls will be free on Saturday to ease people’s attending the funeral of the Archbishop Chrysostomos at the archbishopric. ...

The interior ministry sought to defend itself on Wednesday after it emerged it ordered the deportation of Mohamed Kamara – a footballer from Sierra Leone who has lived in Cyprus for 20 ...

A 36-year-old man has been arrested as the second suspect in connection with the attempted murder of a man in Larnaca last month. For the same case, police had arrested ...

The Cypriot captain of the “Prudent Warrior” ship was repatriated on Wednesday, after months of being held in Iran in a diplomatic dispute between Athens and Tehran. According to a ...

Main opposition Akel will be holding a protest in Paphos over the ‘Grivas Museum’ to be opened in Chlorakas, an announcement from the party said. According to the announcement released ...

Police issued an arrest warrant against a 41-year-old man wanted for illegal possession of a firearm and trespassing, after threatening a couple at their home in Paphos. According to Paphos ...

Aphrodite Hills Resort welcomes the world famous international cyclosportive series L’Etape Cyprus by Tour de France, a unique opportunity for cyclists to discover the best cycling routes under similar ...

Podiatrists across the island will offer free diabetic foot assessment for people with diabetes next week. In view of world diabetes day, 34 members of the Cyprus association of registered podiatrists ...

Three people out of 10 in Cyprus smoke, while half of the smoking population say there is not enough information on how to quit, according to a poll conducted in the ...

A 34-year-old man was arrested for stealing a car in Paphos after being on the run for three days, police said on Wednesday. The theft took place between October 30 – 31. On ...