Cyprus

Parliament on Thursday passed legislation establishing a junior ministry of culture under the umbrella of the education ministry. The voting went 34 for, 13 against – with the MPs of main opposition Akel ...

Forestry department staff of the airborne unit will not fly firefighting sorties from next month in protest at the government’s ongoing indifference to their longstanding demands. In a press ...

Authorities on Thursday announced two more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing tracked 4,349 new positives. The latest fatalities were two men, aged 85 and 62. That takes the death toll since March 2020 ...

A suspect in a major drug haul case was on Thursday found dead in his cell in Limassol, with the police all but ruling out foul play. The man, a 61...

The Initiative for Green will be planting trees this Sunday in Kokkinotrimithia and everyone is welcome. The tree-planting will take place at 11am, next to the Neo Plaza commercial and ...

Economic growth in Cyprus will slow sharply before recovering, due to the shock associated with the war in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, adding that the key ...

The government recognises that low-income pensioners are a vulnerable group whose purchasing power is being eroded by inflation, deputy minister for welfare Anastasia Anthousi said on Thursday as she outlined ...

Carlos, a member of emergency response unit Emak’s K-9 unit, stole the show at Thursday’s award ceremony of the newly launched animal welfare awards aiming honour the work ...

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) said that last autumn a total of 140 active bird trapping sites were detected in the districts of Famagusta and Larnaca and in the British ...

From its humble beginnings in a small corner shop in town to a new, more modern premises on the busy Makarios avenue, Larnaca’s Jemms American steak bar has been ...

Another 50 unaccompanied minors were transferred from Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers to a Paphos-based facility on Wednesday, with more expected to be taken there in the coming days, Deputy ...

The volunteer mobile unit of Cypriot health professionals will continue to provide medical assistance to Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion at the Romanian border until Monday, the head of ...

Initial findings exclude foul play after body found in Chlorakas complex Initial investigations following the discovery of a body in a Chlorakas apartment complex do not suggest foul play, state ...

Cyprus’ new commemorative stamp to mark World Autism Day shows respect and acceptance of people on the autism spectrum, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos has said. The minister was speaking during ...

Cyprus is one of the member states of the EU in which the percentage of residents that are citizens of other countries (both from EU member states as well as ...

Driving under the influence of substances affects driver’s skills and increases the risk of collision, police said on Thursday after seven people were caught driving while on drugs in ...

Authorities have set up a call centre to assist Ukrainian refugees in Cyprus, the ministry of research, innovation and digital policy announced Thursday. The call centre, which started operations as ...

One in two Cypriots had at least basic overall digital skills in 2021, just a little under the average in all European Union member states, according to data released by Eurostat, ...

Limassol police said they have arrested a 36-year-old man after discovering flame torches, smoke bombs and fireworks. Following a tip-off, Limassol officers searched the house of the suspect at around 7...

Energy Minister Natasa Pilides has said that the latest developments may positively affect the development programme of Cyprus deposits and referred to her contacts with her counterparts of Egypt and ...

In today’s episode, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, said that while Cyprus would inevitably be affected by rising inflation and deteriorating growth, its economy was better equipped to ...

Authorities on Thursday issued a warning over high concentrations of dust in the air and urged vulnerable groups to avoid going outside. “The public, and particularly any vulnerable groups of ...

A 41-year-old driver was caught driving at over double the maximum speed limit on the Limassol-Nicosia motorway, police said Thursday. Traffic police signalled the driver, who was speeding at 204kph, ...

We speak to a ‘djembe’ player from The Gambia, now in Cyprus and trying to bring the migrant and local communities together with his drumming.