Cyprus

The ‘coalition government’ in the north is reportedly considering giving the green light for the industrial cultivation of cannabis in the Mesaoria plain, Turkish Cypriot paper media wrote. Citing newspaper ...

Around 200 Russians living in Cyprus boarded a repatriation flight to Moscow at Larnaca airport on Friday. The flight, operated by Russia state airline Aeroflot, was organised by the Russian embassy ...

Grain importers and livestock breeders have sounded the alarm over a surge in prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Akel called on the government to import grains directly ...

National guard soldiers are helping volunteers at Limassol port prepare a shipment of humanitarian aid for Ukraine. The aid is being picked up from the dozens of collection points across ...

The supreme court has ordered the immediate release of a third country national from police detention at Menoyia where she was being held pending her deportation, the Cyprus News Agency ...

Minister of Finance Constantinos Petrides met with the vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Liliana Pavlova on Friday, discussing the current state of the economy, as well as ...

Legal, political and other consequences of the invasion of Ukraine on Cyprus were at the centre of a board meeting held on Friday at the presidential palace and chaired by ...

Akamas communities are up in arms over the new local government landscape approved by parliament on Thursday, which splits them between different municipalities in what they see as an attempt ...

Limassol’s Akti Olympion beach is to be upgraded with a 40m railing, which the municipality says will help ensure that everyone has the means to enjoy the sea. The ...

The government is preparing an action plan to cover the gap left in the tourist industry by the situation in Ukraine, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Friday as the ...

The government is discussing additional financing from the European Investment Bank for the construction of the new archaeological museum and road safety, Transport Minister Yiannos Karousos said on Friday. He ...

A demonstration will be held outside the defence ministry on March 8 to demand an immediate end to discrimination against female army personnel, organisers said on Friday. The matter concerns some 200 ...

Police are searching for three men after an armed robbery of a kiosk took place in Paphos early on Friday morning. Three men wearing black clothes with their faces covered ...

The nine communities near Vasiliko announced on Friday they will close the local energy centre to protest the recent government decision to move two asphalt plants to the area. This ...

There are said to be close to a quarter of a million stray dogs in Cyprus, only a fraction of which are rescued and find homes. Many more die alone ...

A 38-year-old Limassol resident was remanded in custody for seven days on Friday after his arrest on Thursday night in connection with a 27.5kg cannabis drug bust which took place ...

The Archbishop’s operation to treat a fractured humerus bone in the upper right arm was successful, the Archbishopric announced on Friday. He was operated on late on Thursday evening, ...

The government on Friday welcomed the House of Representatives’ approval of local government reform legislation that will see the number of municipalities slimmed down to 20, calling it an “imperative necessity” ...

One in three new coronavirus cases in the last two weeks of February were asymptomatic, the health ministry said on Friday in the latest national report on the Covid outbreak. ...

In today’s episode, the problems Cyprus is facing from the EU ban on Russian flights and the wider implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the island’s ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Three additional deaths from Covid were reported on Friday that relate to deaths from 2021, the ministry of health said. They were found as government scientists reviewed the data, meaning the ...

A betting shop owner has been fined €1,500 for allowing a customer into the shop without a SafePass. The fine came as police charged 11 people in the 24 hours leading up to 6...

A 25-year-old has been arrested after he was found in Nicosia with bags of heroin in his possession, police said on Friday. Following reports of suspicious behaviour in the area ...