Cyprus

Police arrested a 41-year-old man who attempted to steal a car in Nicosia on Monday afternoon. An arrest warrant was pending against him for another case of theft, committed last ...

Fires broke out in a house and a car at two different locations in Limassol in the early hours on Tuesday. The first fire broke out around 1am, in a ...

Police arrested a 53-year-old man on Monday night for firing a shotgun into the air outside a coffee shop in Pallouriotissa. According to police statement, around 4:00 pm on Monday, the 53...

Disabled rights group Kisoa has decried state officials for not upholding the law as a disabled woman is being restricted access to her home after a garage was illegally built, ...

Service vehicles used off-hours, failure to record the mileage, employees exploited into doing chores for their bosses, are some of the findings of a damning internal report at the Sewerage ...

A manhunt is underway in Nicosia after police were informed that a shot was fired in the residential area of Pallouriotissa. The incident was reported to the police by a ...

A 46-year-old man was slapped with a €1,200 fine and a two-year pitch ban by the Paphos district court on Monday. The sentence was handed down after he was found guilty ...

Lawmakers on Monday continued discussing the ins and outs of a bill introducing a new pensions scheme for civil servants and employees of the broader public sector, amid concerns as ...

The government has launched a two-year action plan to boost the recognition of halloumi (hellim) as a true Cypriot product and increase exports. The halloumi.cy website was launched on ...

Pathological gambling has been destigmatised in recent years, as people are now more able to seek medical and psychological help to battle their gambling addictions, according to the National Betting ...

A group from Limassol recently braved escalating tension, altitude sickness, and lethal gas to get to the top of Asia’s highest peak, Mount Damavand in Iran. ALIX NORMAN finds ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela will sign a declaration of intent for the opening of a World Health Organisation (WHO) regional office in Larnaca on Thursday in the presence of WHO ...

True alternatives to the Electricity Authority (EAC) for energy provision can be expected by the end of November, Charalambos Rousos, the director of energy has said. Speaking on CyBC radio ...

Attorney-general George Savvides said on Monday his office will be turning over part of the report into the 2005 death of a soldier to the family after they had repeatedly requested ...

Prison guards who are members of Pasydy – the blanket civil servants union – have announced a 48-hour ‘warning’ strike for later this week, after the government did not submit counter-proposals on ...

The trial of a 53-year-old doctor suspected of giving people fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates was postponed for a second time on Monday, almost seven months after it was first delayed. ...

A 25-year-old man remained in hospital on Monday after being seriously injured during violence following Sunday night’s football match between Apoel and Ael at Nicosia’s GSP stadium. Fans ...

A 40-year-old man was assaulted and robbed in Limassol as he left the betting shop he worked at, police said on Monday. According to police, on Sunday night at 11:40pm ...

Updated flu shots are expected to arrive on the island by end of week, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and member of the national vaccination advisory committee Christos Petrou said on ...

A fire broke out in a vehicle on Monday in Aradippou, Larnaca, causing extensive damage and burning a second car behind it, the fire service said. According to the fire ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will leave for Doha on Monday for an official visit, during which he will meet Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Kasoulides is ...

Environmentalists on Monday expressed concern that the Akamas regional plan, which is currently being scrutinised by the planning department, will get caught up in a web of pre-electoral political machinations. ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the US Pentagon has announced Cyprus’ membership in the State Partnership programme and the cooperation between the Cyprus National Guard and the United ...

By Richard Boxall On a busy weekend with seven matches played, pride of place went to Moufflons, who set a new record score in Cyprus of 451 in their 40-over match ...