Cyprus

Independent presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades is pulling out all the stops to woo younger voters, with a minibus roving across the towns decked out with the latest bells and whistles ...

Authorities have brought under control a fire that broke out in Strovolos industrial area which affected three factories, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis announced on Monday afternoon. The blaze started ...

Sightings of a ‘UFO’ over Cypriot skies over the weekend created a buzz, although Internet-savvy onlookers were quick to deduce the object was a Starlink satellite array in low Earth ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday night after causing a ruckus and assaulting a police officer while drunk at the Famagusta general hospital, according to the police. “Just after 8.30...

Seventeen high-capacity motorcycles and five cars have been confiscated according to a police announcement on Monday. In the context of preventing road collisions and noise pollution, Z team and traffic ...

Diving from the Cape Greco sea caves is strictly prohibited and dangerous, the Larnaca joint rescue and coordination centre reiterated on Monday, after rescuing a woman who was injured due ...

The UK will continue to support efforts for the resumption of talks to resolve the Cyprus problem, outgoing British high commissioner to Cyprus, Stephen Lillie said during his farewell meeting ...

Police issued a warning on Monday regarding two email scams making the rounds, one purporting to have been send from the chief of police Stylianos Papatheodorou and the other from ...

By Saskia Otterstein On Saturday night, the New Era Championship took place in front of the beautiful venue of Finikoudes beach in Larnaca. Until 1am, the fighters delivered exciting national ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Monday announced that it has approved around 550 of its employees for the bank’s voluntary retirement scheme. The total cost of the implementation of the ...

A 20 per cent hike in the price of halloumi cheese is expected in the coming days, president of the cheese makers association Giorgos Petrou said on Monday. Petrou told CyBC ...

State benefits to cover nursery school children’s tuition and food are expected to help tackle the island’s dropping birth rates, Social Welfare Deputy Minister Anastasia Anthousi said on ...

The date for sentencing of lifer Dimitris Manalikopoulos has been postponed until Wednesday, after a postponement requested by his defence lawyer. Dimitris Mamalikopoulos, who is already serving life imprisonment, was ...

Summer has us all piling down to the beach. And now there is a new sport to enjoy while there discovers ALIX NORMAN “This is the closest a human came ...

Two Kamov-32 firefighting helicopters are set to arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday and expected to operate in the coming weekend following a choppy procurement process and the signing of the ...

Commissioner for health, Stella Kyriakidou, responded on Monday to a question raised by European member of parliament, Dimitris Papadakis on the high rate of caesarean sections performed in Cyprus, which ...

European Union country members, including Cyprus, will receive the new coronavirus vaccines by September, European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakidou said Monday. This will happen when and if they are approved ...

Cyprus is prepared for the “new pandemic”, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said after a wide-range meeting on monkeypox, as cases in European Union recorded a 30 per cent increase in the ...

In today’s episode, a meeting to evaluate the new data emerging, as well as how prepared Cyprus is to deal with monkey pox, has been organised for today at ...

A 22-year-old man charged with raping three tourists in Ayia Napa will answer to the charges against him on August 31, Larnaca criminal court decided Monday. The defendant was expected to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades still tested positive for coronavirus on Monday morning so will remain in self isolation, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said. Even though medical protocols would allow for him ...

A 22-year-old woman has been remanded in custody for a case of forgery and impersonation after she was found trying to leave the country, police said on Monday. During checks ...

Members of the English School staff union (ESSA) held another in a series of ongoing protests on Monday morning outside the Presidential Palace. The private school’s association on Sunday ...

A 40-year-old was arrested on Sunday, in connection with stealing fuel from parked vehicles, police said on Monday. According to the police, the man was arrested on Sunday afternoon after ...