Cyprus News

A grouping of trade unions urged the government on Tuesday to address potential loopholes in the calculation of the national minimum wage, while also calling for a reduction on VAT ...

An eight century BC Cypriot jug likely smuggled out of the country during the 1974 Turkish invasion was found in the Netherlands, it emerged on Tuesday. The antiquities department said the ...

Cyprus’ coastal Pissouri and Kalopanayiotis in the mountains made it onto the UN’s ‘Best Tourism Villages’ of 2022, alongside 30 others ranging from Austria to Vietnam. The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) ...

Theatro Ena will stay open for another six months thanks to the intervention of deputy culture minister Yiannis Toumazis, its creative director said on Tuesday. During a press conference on ...

In an unexpected turn of events, the charges faced by the 74-year-old Briton accused of the murder of his terminally ill wife in Tremithousa last December remained unchanged despite hopes ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Tuesday announced the launch of a new Innovation Hub in the field of financial technology (fintech), in an effort to encourage and support ...

The agriculture census for 2020 was published on Tuesday which found that Cyprus has 323,522 pigs, 4.7 million poultry and that about 1,463 km² is agricultural area (the island is 9,251 km2). It found that ...

The Department of Lands and Surveys (DLS) said it will modernise and update its records so that each property is assigned to its owner with their ID number. Elikkos Elia, ...

The artist behind upcoming show Around the Walls tells ELENI PHILIPPOU how his work represents the changes time sees on a community Does street art belong in exhibition spaces and ...

The intransigence and mentality that prevails in some circles in Ankara is dictated through their settlers in occupied Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday, joining the chorus condemning the ...

By Elias Hazou and Iole Damaskinos A rise in the cost of electricity is inevitable for Cyprus beginning in early February, due to the country’s reliance on electricity production ...

The Cyprus agricultural payments organisation (Koap) has contributed a total of €717,900.16 to a programme aimed to instil healthy eating habits in school-aged children, the organisation announced on Tuesday. A correct ...

The four-year-old child hospitalised with strep-A is too ill to be transferred to Israel for the time being but the health ministry is on standby for any changes to the ...

The outgoing government will hand over an economy built on solid foundations, as well as a state apparatus ready to respond to any unforeseen crises, President Nicos Anastasiades said on ...

Famagusta police on Tuesday said two men, aged 19 and 30, were arrested the previous night after drugs were found in their possession. According to the report, the 19-year-old visited Paralimni police ...

President Nicos Anastasiades thanked US Senate foreign relations committee chairman, Robert Menendez on Tuesday, after he said Turkish President Erdogan should stop all overflights of Greece and withdraw every Turkish ...

Presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis has cancelled his engagements for the next few days after testing positive for coronavirus on Tuesday. In a tweet, he announced that he had tested positive ...

Police have announced that the lane closure necessitated by a stopped vehicle on the Nicosia-Limassol highway on Tuesday morning near the Latsia weighing station, has been cleared. Traffic is currently ...

If you are looking for something fun, active and different this week, here is an exciting suggestion. Away from the festive crowded events, the Christmas carols and the markets is ...

In today’s episode, nurses of PASYDY union on Monday condemned the recent verbal and physical attack against an ambulance worker, a day after PASYNO nurses’ union threatened to take ...

The trial against the 74-year-old Briton accused of the murder of his wife in Tremithousa last December, is expected to continue before court on Tuesday. The 74-year-old is currently facing ...

Police in Paphos detained two persons for forgery over Monday and Tuesday morning. According to police spokesperson, Michalis Nikolaou, on Monday a 40-year-old man presented himself at Paphos Airport with ...

A fire broke out in a semi-truck parked in an open area in the city of Larnaca, early on Tuesday morning. Two fire trucks rushed to the scene, after being ...

On Tuesday initially, the weather will be mostly sunny. From midday onwards, increased cloud cover is expected to bring local rain and isolated storms, mainly in the western half of ...