Cyprus

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) on Friday announced that it welcomes the positions adopted by the Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament regarding the revision of the EU Emissions ...

Recognising the need to monitor the buffer zone to avoid the flow of migrants from the north, lawmakers and police on Friday raised questions and serious doubts about plans to ...

During the pandemic, the government would often defend the restrictions it was imposing by citing what was happening in other EU countries. This was used as emphatic proof that it ...

The brand new Palodia primary school has been deemed unsafe for pupils, while class overcrowding was flagged at Parekklisia primary by lawmakers from the House education committee during a visit ...

The “foreign ministry” in the north claimed short staffing for problems with the operation of the Dherynia check-point crossing. According to a report by the Press and Information Office (PIO), ...

In the last twenty-four hours, 26 new cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed in the north of the island. The new cases were identified as part of 7,930 tests carried out, according ...

The magnitude of the impact on the Cyprus economy from the war in Ukraine will depend on the duration of hostilities, and sanctions against Russia, Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) ...

President of the House Annita Demetriou stressed the significance of Cypriot-Jordanian relations in tackling common challenges during the official visit of the Jordanian deputy prime minister and minister of foreign ...

A fire broke out on Friday afternoon near the State Fair between Engomi and Anthoupolis. According to fire department spokesman, Andreas Kettis, the fire broke out on dry grass and ...

A major holistic overhaul of the island’s judiciary must be completed immediately in light of the data presented in the 2022 EU Justice Scoreboard, which placed Cyprus last in Europe ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Friday denied that a suspect currently on remand by the courts for allegedly offering families army exemptions for their sons for a hefty fee, was ...

Unficyp will raise the decision taken by Turkish Cypriot authorities to open another stretch of beach in Varosha with the Security Council, spokesperson for the peacekeeping force Aleem Siddique said ...

A fourth suspect was charged in connection with a protest by goat and sheep farmers on Wednesday where they spilled gallons of milk and lit fires outside the presidential palace. ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Friday a man on remand for allegedly taking payment to secure boys did not have to do the army was not employed at the ...

Cheese makers on Friday again clashed with the government, saying the agriculture minister is “adding fuel to the fire” by saying goat and sheep farmers should have protested against them ...

A doctor was on Friday found guilty by Larnaca District Court of failing to properly examine the head X-ray of 10-year-old Stavros Giorgallis, who later died from the injury. At ...

The multinational military exercise Argonaut 2022 drew to a close on Friday, helping prepare the island for any crisis situations, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said. The exercise, held after a two ...

Six deaths from Covid and 2,103 new cases were seen in the week up to May 19, the ministry of health announced on Friday. The deaths bring to 1,057 the number of people ...

Cypriot wineries have joined forces to launch the Cyprus Wine Consortium to better promote their products in a group rather than individually. The consortium includes 16 local wineries brought together by ...

By Lance Fernandez Savvas Michael doesn’t mind being the dark horse in the upcoming ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Grand Prix. Instead, he’s relishing the opportunity to impress ...

Ongoing conservation efforts in Cyprus and the rest of Europe will be marked on Friday as part of the Special Protection Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Spami) initiative celebrating May 20 as ...

Measures proposed to reduce the impact of price increases will be brought before cabinet for approval next week, it was announced on Friday following a wide-ranging meeting with relevant ministers ...

In today’s episode, a further section of the Varosha beachfront is being opened with sunbeds and umbrellas being placed along a roughly 600-metre stretch of the golden sands. Elsewhere, ...

Limassol police on Friday said they have arrested a 23-year-old man wanted for a series of burglaries and thefts. The man, a Limassol resident, was arrested on Thursday. He is ...