Cyprus

Parents with children up to eight years old will be eligible for eight weeks of paid leave, Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos said on Tuesday. Following cabinet’s approval of a ...

The cabinet on Tuesday appointed Stavros Michail as head of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), a move which is hoped will offer reprieve for the embattled organisation. A government spokesman ...

The meeting of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Governing Council, scheduled to take place in Limassol on Wednesday, is expected to include a discussion on reducing the ECB’s ...

Paul Lambis meets a prolific author based on the island who is currently working on her eighth novel Ever since that pivotal moment when she first put pen to paper, ...

A decision regarding the administration of a fifth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is expected to be taken within the next few days, deputy director of nursing services Evagoras Tambouris ...

Fake fan cards are not the reason football violence has broken out over the last couple of weeks, head of the Cyprus Sports Organisation (Koa) Mary Papamiltiadi said on Tuesday ...

The supreme court has suspended a three-year prison sentenced imposed on a man after he was caught with 47 cannabis plants, finding that the ruling was excessive as the plants were ...

Larnaca-based Cyprus Airways on Tuesday announced it will more than double its capacity and destinations next summer, showing strong commitment to the island’s connectivity, local economy and tourism industry. ...

Property sales in the first nine months of 2022 are up by 37.2 per cent, recording the most activity in the real estate market since 2008. Limassol continues to lead the pack with 3,315 ...

The Limassol police drug squad arrested three individuals aged 25, 28 and 30 late Monday afternoon for having two kilograms of cannabis in their possession. According to police statement the three were arrested ...

By Peter Antoniou Slovenia 7 Cyprus 56 The rugby season kicked off over the weekend with Cyprus eager to begin their Rugby Europe Conference 1 South campaign in positive fashion. The game against ...

The European University of Cyprus (EUC) has been conducting research into the benefits of music played to expectant mothers in the last trimester of pregnancy and mothers with infants up ...

Every October, the centre of Ayia Napa transforms into an enchanting ground full of legends, age-old music and costumes, putting its nightlife and sandy beaches in the shade. For one ...

In today’s episode, we hear that Attorney-general George Savvides said his office will be turning over part of the report into the 2005 death of a soldier to the family ...

The Agriculture Ministry announced on Monday that they would be launching the National Animal Welfare Awards, in honour of World Animal Day celebrated on October 4 every year. According to the ...

Tuesday morning will see increasing cloud cover, likely to bring isolated showers, mainly in the north, while in the afternoon isolated showers or a storm are expected, mainly in the ...

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 ...