Cyprus

Areas of dense vegetation currently pose an increased risk of poisonous snakes, the civil defence warned on Friday, urging outdoor enthusiasts to be particularly cautious after a man was recently ...

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker on Friday visited the Green Line which separates Cyprus’ two sides. He was accompanied on his visit by President Nikos Christodoulides and Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos, ...

Cyprus was third among EU member states for the number of tertiary students from abroad with almost one in four in the country’s universities being an international student, Eurostat ...

The strike called on by employees of the north’s Koop Bank and its subsidiaries last week was brought to an end on Friday as a deal was struck by ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos questioned the validity of online university courses on Thursday, saying that people were buying degrees by the thousands in Africa without actually having attended the courses. ...

The death of 31-year-old Antonis Kourras, who was killed in a paragliding accident in Kiti on Thursday morning, was caused by multiple injuries to the body and vital organs, a ...

The four-year-old boy who was pulled unconscious from a hotel swimming pool in Paphos on Thursday afternoon has been airlifted to Israel for further treatment. The police said that the ...

A report detailing the extent of the damage and the funds required to restore the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) farm in Lofou has already been submitted to the university’...

Every corner of Cyprus “will be Europe”, opposition candidate at October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election Tufan Erhurman said at a campaign rally at Kyrenia port on Thursday night. “I ...

An autopsy on the body of a 20-year-old taken to a private hospital in Limassol on Thursday night failed to establish the cause of death and police are now awaiting ...

Over 15,000 teachers have been employed and are ready to return to public schools with the start of the new academic year in September, the education ministry said on Friday. According ...

The paper processing factory which burned down in Ypsonas earlier this week will not reopen as it did not have the correct licences to operate, Curium mayor Pantelis Georgiou said ...

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for theft of building materials in Limassol, police said on Friday. Police received a complaint from the owner of a construction company over the ...

A 19-year-old from a European country was arrested on Friday in connection to a case of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to commit a felony, attempted murder, arson, illegal possession of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday praised the “more than 10,000 Austrians” who have served in the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) since its creation in 1964. He was speaking on ...

There is “no artificial holdup” in the transfer of the 1,200 tonnes of humanitarian aid sent from Cyprus to Gaza earlier this week, presidential press office director Victor Papadopoulos said on ...

The north’s ‘labour minister’ Sadik Gardiyanoglu was sacked and replaced by Oguzhan Hasipoglu late on Thursday night, amid widespread reports of a rift inside the ruling coalition’s largest ...

Temperatures on Friday will once again surpass the 40-degree-Celsius mark, with a maximum of 41 degrees Celsius forecast inland. Elsewhere, temperatures on the southeast, south, and north coasts are expected to ...

Ten per cent of people in Cyprus work long hours, making it the second-worst country in the EU after Greece, Eurostat said on Thursday. The EU average stood at 6.6 per ...

A new glamping site, partly located just 125 metres from the Natura 2000 protected area “Sarama Valley” in Peristerona, Paphos, has been approved by the environmental department. The approval followed a special ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday evening welcomed at the presidential palace Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker. The president hosted a private dinner for the visiting Austrian leader. In a post on ...

The Transmission System Operator (TSO) on Thursday said it is working with the Electricity Authority of Cyprus to push forward, where possible, applications by businesses wanting to set up energy ...

Three men, aged 32, 29 and 26, have been referred to stand trial before the Larnaca criminal court on September 23 in connection with the alleged abduction and assault of a 22-year-old man in ...

The municipality of Ayia Napa has begun replacing old waste bins along Nissi avenue, with plans to extend the project to Kryou Nerou street next year. In a statement, the ...