Cyprus

Consensus for an upgrade to the pay scales for police officers and firefighters was reached on Thursday between workers unions and the finance ministry. Unions Pasydy, Sak and Sypyk said ...

A Cyprus-based drone company on Thursday neither confirmed nor denied reports from a Russian social media site (VK) that said some of its Poseidon H10 drones had been received by ...

In the village of Fyti, PAUL LAMBIS finds the mediaeval art of weaving is still going strong From prehistoric villages to castles and forts, there is no shortage of ancient ...

Construction of the 11km-long four-lane highway between Astromeritis and Evrychou is to begin as soon as possible, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos announced on Thursday. At a cost of €88.6m, the ...

As more and more of us are troubled by sleep problems, ANNETTE CHRYSOSTOMOU questions whether you should follow the latest trend of taking melatonin Sleep-deprivation was already a problem, then, ...

Digital, visual, online, offline, contemporary life these days is filled with these things. An overload of images, videos and information is consumed daily and it seems that everyone is simply ...

Paphos police arrested a 34-year-old man after a high-speed chase on Mesogi Avenue, local police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou said on Thursday. Late on Wednesday night, police attempted to stop the ...

The vaccination committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the policies for the new ‘bivalent’ vaccine and the wider rollout for the winter campaign. Cyprus has so far received 43,000 of ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will be going on a working visit to Paris later in the day on Thursday, to meet with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna. During his visit, ...

A woman hit a 23-year-old delivery driver on Wednesday night, while she was driving in Emba, Paphos police said on Thursday. According to police, the woman, 25, was driving on the ...

A 28-year-old woman was arrested at Paphos airport for using a fake passport, police said on Thursday. The woman was stopped at passport control on her way to Austria on ...

By Sarah Coyne As autumn months beckon, perhaps now is the time to consider restaurants in hotels which are becoming quieter. One of my favourites has always been Notios at ...

Paphos police recorded 87 traffic violations in the last 24 hours, local police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou said on Thursday. He said that most of the violations were minor infractions that were recorded ...

The Proodeftiki Teachers and Nursery Teachers movement on Thursday criticised the government decision not to rehire 116 school assistants at public nursery schools. In a statement the movement said that these 116 ...

British bases police netted a poacher for illegal bird trapping in the Pyla range of Xylophagou and he is now due to appear in court on September 19. The Greek Cypriot ...

Larnaca municipality launched a tender on Thursday to construct an events and recreation centre in the Tsiakkilero area of the city. According to an announcement from the municipality, the tender ...

European parliament president Roberta Metsola arrives in Cyprus on Thursday to discuss the latest gas find in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) among other issues. Her packed schedule ...

The AG Leventis Gallery and BirdLife Cyprus will hold a different kind of exhibition. The collaborative exhibition titled Kochinohoma – Red Soil, opens on September 20 and tells the story of the ...

The north on Thursday denied a request from the Holy Metropolis of Constantia, Famagusta to hold a service at the church of the Holy Cross in Lefkoniko on September 10. According ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the Royal Bank of Scotland has given the Turkish Cypriot ‘finance ministry’ until September 15 to return its property in Kyrenia which includes the ...

Police on Thursday said they arrested a 31-year-old for drunk driving over twice the limit and speeding over twice the limit on the highway. According to police, the man was ...

Police in Paphos on Thursday were searching for a man suspected of having attacked his 23-year-old roommate with a knife. Local police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou said the incident occurred on ...

Paphos hoteliers association president (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides this week said that the hotel occupancy rate in the district is expected to hit 70 per cent during September. Michaelides said that in ...

Rating agency S&P Global Ratings this week announced that it has revised upwards its long-term issuer credit rating on the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) to ‘BB-‘ from ‘B+’, ...