Cyprus

By Sarah Coyne Due to world events, we have all been eating out a lot less than usual. This, in turn, has meant that some world cuisines have been missing ...

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s on Thursday downgraded RCB Bank’s long-term issuer rating from BB- to B+ and placed the bank on negative watch, citing the lack of ...

There will be tough talk with state health services organisation Okypy for delaying the order of 15 new blood dialysis machines at the Famagusta General hospital, said minister Michalis Hadjipantelas following ...

Poed, the primary school teachers’ union, will be writing to the health ministry asking for clarifications on the “test to stay” programme and suggesting changes to protocols at schools, union ...

The House watchdog committee erupted into a shouting match on Thursday as the rolling scandal over abuses within Gesy continued, with one person being expelled from the meeting as police ...

Pupils and students across the island will come out with their well pressed uniforms and SafePass in pocket on March 25, as school parades make a comeback for the first time ...

The possibility of a serious accident following the power outage at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine is extremely remote, according to the Risk Assessment Professor at the European ...

Police on Thursday urged drivers to be especially careful because of extreme weather conditions on the Limassol-Paphos (Avdimou area) and Nicosia-Limassol (Alambra area) highways. It said there were strong winds ...

Closer ties need to develop between Brussels and Riyadh, said Interior Minister Nikos Nouris, in the wake of financial repercussions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Strengthening relations between the ...

A 30-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of embezzling €22,820 from a bank account she controlled as the head of a parent’s association of a kindergarten. The treasurer of the ...

In today’s episode, police have hailed a whopping 132kg cannabis drugs bust at Limassol port which they say is a “major blow to drug traffickers.” And still on crime, ...

The European Commission approved 225 reform projects that will be supported under the Technical Support Instrument (TSI), Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira has announced. Eight of these projects deal ...

Police have made a fifth arrest in connection with a second-hand luxury car scam which involved officials at the transport department allegedly doctoring documents to pass off damaged luxury cars ...

Police have fined 13 individuals and four business owners or managers for violating protective measures aiming to contain the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson told CNA that in the last 24 ...

Famagusta district police are investigating the theft of €7,500 from the home of a pensioner in Paralimni, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. It said that a complaint had been ...

The discussion between Hellenic Bank and the Cyprus Union of Bank Employees (Etyk) have broken down, resulting in the bank now seeking mediation from the Department of Labour Relations. “It ...

RCB Bank announced on Tuesday that it has donated €50,000 to the Cyprus Red Cross Society (CRCS) in support of the organisation’s relief and humanitarian efforts on the ground for ...

Parliamentarians heard on Wednesday how an academic who was convicted and jailed has managed to retain his position and will even be returning to teach. Lawmakers were reviewing the disciplinary ...

The parents of a two-month-old who died on Saturday have been arrested following an autopsy report which found severe injuries sustained by the infant. Local media reported that the baby ...

Four arrests were made on Wednesday stemming from a second-hand car scam which involved officials at the transport department allegedly doctoring documents to pass off damaged luxury cars as new. ...

The health ministry announced three Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday night along with 2,866 fresh infections, while there are 124 Covid-19 patients in hospital. The deaths were of three men, two aged 71 and ...

Cyprus has sent some 150 tonnes of goods as humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. This first dispatch took place on Tuesday, a statement ...

The government posted a higher fiscal surplus this January compared to the same month last year, preliminary data show. In January 2022 the general government’s surplus came to €227.7 million (or 0.9 ...

Parliament on Wednesday began reviewing a government bill that aims to amend evidentiary legislation in a way that would allow debt management companies to use banks’ documentation on borrowers in ...