Cyprus

Police on Friday said they have arrested a second man, aged 28, on suspicion of assisting the entry of 26 irregular migrants into the Republic. The arrest concerns the arrival of 18 men, ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus in March 2022 amounted to 128,840, with arrivals for the first quarter of the year reaching 244,705, according to data released on Thursday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

Students from the Paphos Technical School won first prize among their peers for creating and implementing the best innovative business idea in the ‘Ideodromio – Creativity, Innovation and Business Idea’ programme. ...

By George Pirishis It seems that something has started to shift in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in relation to the Aphrodite block. In last week’s meeting between the ...

In 2020, the life expectancy at birth in the European Union was 80.4 years, decreasing slightly compared with 2019, while women continued to have a higher life expectancy than men, according to data ...

Cyprus is on the right track for the establishment of a positive health and safety culture at company level, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Thursday, as the labour inspection ...

The government anticipates that the European Commission will soon give it the green light to roll out the ‘mortgage to rent’ scheme. Speaking to the state broadcaster on Thursday, the ...

The 25 migrants whose inflatable boat was intercepted off the Akamas peninsula on Thursday morning were later in the day transferred to the Kokkinotrimithia reception centre for asylum seekers, while police ...

Cyprus´s Union of Bank Employees (Etyk) urged Hellenic Bank staff on Thursday to go on the offensive in response to what it deemed the “easy solution” mass redundancy plans ...

Two children in Cyprus have in recent months have contracted hepatitis (liver inflammation) of unknown origin, the health ministry said Thursday, adding that it continues monitoring the situation amid an ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 46-year-old woman suspected of the theft of copper piping and a power cable from a construction site in Ayia Fyla, Limassol. The case had been ...

Turkish Cypriot businesses are appealing to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and President Nicos Anastasiades for new checkpoints in the Famagusta gate area, describing the crossings at Agios Dometios and ...

Pollution should be eliminated not transferred from one place to another, the Green Party said on Thursday after participating in a demonstration of 12 Nicosia communities against the relocation of a ...

Animal rights group The Cyprus Society for the Protection of Animals has accused the authorities of failing to properly implement regulations in place to protect animals, noting that thousands of ...

The establishment of a bi-communal group for halloumi would pave the way for the effective implementation of the EU acquis communautaire in all of Cyprus, said the agriculture minister Costas ...

The 10 winning pairs of the 2022 Stelios Bi-Communal Awards for Business Cooperation were announced on Thursday, by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, with each participant taking a €10,000 cash prize. Participation in the Bicommunal ...

President Nicos Anastasiades, who is in Tallinn on an official two-day visit, met the President of Estonia Alar Karis on Thursday morning. Anastasiades was received with military honours at the ...

Police on Thursday were investigating the conditions under which an 11-year-old boy lost three of his fingers following a firecracker explosion. The boy was transferred to the accident and emergency ...

Cyprus has enough grain for at least three months, said Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Wednesday. “We can feel safe but still monitor the situation”, the minister assured. Kadis met ...

by Andreas Pavlou Limassol police on Thursday said that they had arrested a 59-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman in connection with a case of theft of fuel from vehicles. ...

The police drug squad on Thursday said they arrested a 34-year-old man at Larnaca airport after they found over 3.5kg of cocaine in his luggage. The man arrived at the ...

The Paphos branch of the association of hospitality venues (Sikap) on Wednesday announced that venue capacity in Polis Chrysochous reached 60 per cent during April. Ntinos Paraskeva, one of the association’...

In today’s episode, the one-year jail sentence imposed on Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent by a court in Turkey for offending Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has been commuted ...

The Cyprus Institute of Certified Management Consultants (Sesek) on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM). The partnership entails Sesek ...