A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
The Bank of Cyprus on Tuesday announced that it has been named as the ‘Best Bank’ in Cyprus for 2022 by finance magazine Euromoney.
The bank said that the accolade comes ...
Tributes are pouring in for veteran journalist Takis Kounafis who died early on Tuesday aged 77.
His funeral will be held on Thursday, at 3.00 pm at Ayios Demetrios church in Acropolis, ...
The Met Office issued a new yellow weather alert over extreme high temperatures, from 11am to 3pm Wednesday.
According to the warning, the temperature in the higher mountains is expected ...
There is something about the summer that simply fits with reggae music. The warm sunshine and the laid-back vibes that summer holidays bring seem to be the background scenes for ...
Opposition deputies, lashed out against the government’s commitment to the foreclosures law before rejecting the president’s referral of the three bills they had passed last month.
Akel deputy, ...
Cyprus won its first gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday night, as judoka Georgios Balarjishvili beat Scotland’s Finlay Allan in the men’s 66kg category.
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Police on Tuesday seized 17.7 kilos of cocaine and made two arrests in a drug bust carried out in cooperation with Greece’s police (Elas), Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police and ...
Cyprus-based research and development company SignalGeneriX announced its participation in three EU funded defence projects with a funding total of €65 million, describing this as a major success for itself and ...
The Gloria Jean’s Coffee franchise in Cyprus has been sold to Lanitis Entertainment.
This marks the end of C.C. Coffee Company’s 16-year ownership of the coffee chain ...
The first case of monkeypox was detected in Cyprus on Tuesday, according to a statement released by the health ministry.
The person infected is a 40-year-old man, who tested positive ...
A 46-year-old man who was arrested on Monday in Spain, in connection with case of trafficking of 132kg of cannabis, was remanded in custody for four days by Limassol District ...
The energy ministry said on Tuesday it was accepting applications to help pay for the installation of photovoltaics to charge electrical or hybrid plug-in vehicles.
Part of a programme to ...
The Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Association (Cymepa) and the Bank of Cyprus have teamed up to test and analyse the waters in and around the Ayia Napa marina.
They presented ...
Awarded for achieving the American Dream, one leading US Cypriot has spent the last 50 years instilling the culture of his ancestral home in his compatriots. PAUL LAMBIS meets him
In 2019, ...
Cyprus is one of 14 EU member states to sign up to a joint procurement contract with Spanish pharmaceutical firm Hipra for its protein vaccine against Covid-19.
The agreement was signed ...
The House of Representatives, in a hastily called session of the plenum on Tuesday, rejected the referral of three bills by President Nicos Anastasiades.
Two of the bills – scrapping double ...
The committee charged with investigating potential conflict of interest among public officials said on Tuesday that it will look into the participation of the president and other members of the ...
Cypriot Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) powerhouse Andreas Tricomitis has been making history since his first steps into the octagon. After becoming the first Cypriot to win in Cage Warriors UFC ...
Summer evenings take on a new spin as festivals will be held around the island next month. ELENI PHILIPPOU takes her pick
Hello August, hello festivals! As the new month ...
OPAP Cyprus has provided the younger generation the chance to speak with local role models face-to-face, to chat to them, ask them questions, and to learn from their efforts and ...
The demolition of two buildings, located on either side of the historic entrance facade of Dianellio Technical School in Larnaca, began last week but there is no information as yet ...
Amid escalating protests over the planned relocation of an asphalt plant to Mitsero, two community leaders were on Tuesday arrested for obstruction, while residents blocked off the Kato Moni to ...
Three fire trucks have been donated by the company Exness to the forestry department’s firefighting unit.
The agriculture minister and head of the forestry department attended the handover ceremony, ...
The embattled traffic camera system is to finally move up a gear and exit its extended pilot phase, as now another 20 stationary cameras are to be installed within six months, ...