Cyprus

The federation of environmental NGOs (Opok) on Monday criticised the Limassol district administration for its failure to act over illegal constructions within the protected coastal area in Ayios Georgios Alamanou. ...

ALIX NORMAN meets the modern-day witch, the earthy enchantress and the Cyprus Queen of Halloween Halloween has never really taken off on the island. But these three residents all have ...

Police cannot be everywhere, head of the police branch of Isotita union Nicos Loizides said on Monday after Friday’s incidents at the Pournara migrant reception centre, which have so ...

Ten people working at the prison have been suspended after a Turkish Cypriot inmate at the Nicosia central prisons was beaten to death, the justice ministry announced on Monday. Justice ...

The Greens party on Monday slammed the findings of an animal police investigation into the death of a cat after it was found dismembered, which the party suspects was carried ...

Negotiations between Cyprus and Lebanon over delineating their maritime border are progressing well and there is optimism it will be resolved, the foreign ministry said on Monday. Teams from the ...

The 14th European Small Federation Games of Bridge will take place at the Sun Hall hotel in Larnaca from Tuesday until Thursday. Sixteen national teams will participate in the games (...

Following developments in Russia and Ukraine, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Monday assured that Cyprus would not face a wheat shortage in the foreseeable future. Kadis’ comments came in response ...

In today’s episode, the leader of the People’s Party in the north, Kudret Ozersay, accused the United States of putting its own national interests ahead of regional stability ...

Get on your bike and ride around Nicosia! A new series of workshops coming to the capital invites women to do just that. The aim of these workshops, however, is ...

Police are seeking a 58-year-old man from Paphos in a case of theft and money extortion by false representation. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, on October 27, a 29-year-old woman ...

On Monday the weather will be partly cloudy to overcast in some locations. Isolated light rain is expected mainly in the north and east, while in the afternoon light rains ...

Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou on Monday did not rule out the possibility of banning fans from football games following fights that broke out before, during and after a match between ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris will on Monday sign an agreement in Switzerland, with the latter providing a financial contribution of €10 million to Cyprus for the management of migration flows. The ...

Cyprus is among the first countries to adopt the “right to be forgotten” for cancer survivors, according to the Health Minister, Michalis Hadjiantelas. His comments were made in a written ...

Accusations against the United States of putting its own national interests ahead of regional stability and “violating” airspace in the north of the island as a means of sending a ...

Outgoing president Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday claimed that he was handing over a Cyprus “better than the one he received”. In an interview with ‘INSIDER’ magazine and in relation to ...

Larnaca district court on Sunday issued an eight-day detention order against a 28-year-old man to facilitate the police’s investigations involving the theft of solar water heaters and three vehicles ...

Police on Sunday arrested one person in connection to Friday’s incidents at the Pournara migrant reception centre, to facilitate authorities with their investigations. Four more arrest warrants are pending, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday demanded the identification and conviction of those responsible for the death of a Turkish Cypriot inmate at the Central Prisons in Nicosia. Referring ...

Extra performance of play focusing on iconic event in Cyprus, with English surtitles After sold-out performances in October, Project Season Women is holding an extra performance of its play Women ...

121 Turkish Cypriot exceptional citizenships handed out in just one day, and that does not include other naturalisations By Esra Aygin Four political parties and a trade union have sued the ...

Delays in the post-mortem examinations have raised suspicions British national James Palmer used to visit the island often, mainly to take advantage of its clean waters and warm weather to ...

With its 70th anniversary fast approaching, Melissa Heckers looks at the impact of Cyprus broadcasting corporation On October 4, 1953, Cypriots embraced its first radio broadcast, an initiative decided by the British ...