Cyprus

A 64-year-old suspected of murdering a 55-year-old woman has been remanded for eight days by the Nicosia District Court, police said on Thursday. According to police, the 64-year-old was taken ...

Preparations to open primary schools for thousands of students on September 12 are almost complete, the Education Ministry’s director of primary education, Dr Marios Stylianides said on Thursday. According to ...

The owner of McDonald’s former restaurants in Russia has offered up to 151 million euros ($151 million) to buy Finnish packaging firm Huhtamaki’s local business, adding to his burgeoning empire, ...

Wanted Malaysian fugitive Jho Low is one of many battling the government’s efforts to rescind their Cypriot naturalisation as the cabinet aims to clean up house. Low remains a ...

Approximately 275,400 taxpayers submitted their 2021 income tax returns by the closing date of August 31, but some 4,300 statements are still pending and liable to €100 fine. “Even though the number of taxpayers who ...

The humanitarian organisation Hope for Children CRC Policy Centre (HFC) and the international charity Parimatch Foundation have signed a protocol aimed at supporting the needs of Ukrainian children in Cyprus ...

As much as almost everything else in our society, food choices are now often a byproduct of the latest trends. A few years ago, lobster rolls were all the rage, ...

Starting September 1, all bills from the Paphos municipality must be paid online or with a standing order, the municipal office announced on Thursday morning. In their statement on their social ...

Outrage has erupted following accusations that construction works by the side of a cemetery have destroyed graves and desecrated the grounds. Efi Xanthou, of the Greens party, claims that the ...

Art exhibitions are back. Come September and the island’s galleries and museums return to hosting the work of local artists. Several artistic showcases are taking place throughout Cyprus, presenting ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the monthly minimum wage has been set at €940 and will be implemented at the start of the new year – although not everyone is ...

Paphos police reported 66 drivers for traffic offenses on Wednesday as part of the district’s campaign to clamp down on dangerous driving and reduce road deaths. Michalis Nikolaou, press officer ...

The weather until Sunday is set to be calm and settled, according to the meteorological office which detailed that the interior can on Thursday expect to hit 38C. A cooler 32...

The accommodation and catering services sector showed the largest annual increase in the turnover index during the second quarter of 2022, reflecting the recovery of the tourism industry, according to a ...

Deputy minister for shipping Vassilis Demetriades on Wednesday travelled to the Netherlands to support and promote Cypriot shipping through a number of meetings with Dutch shipping companies. According to an ...

The long, drawn-out discussions over the controversial relocation of asphalt plants to the Mitsero and Vasiliko area continued during Wednesday’s session of the House Environment Committee, after Vasiliko and ...

The island’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday clarified that the decision in principle by EU Foreign Ministers to suspend the Visa Facilitation Agreement does not mean abrogation or ban on ...

Cyprus and Spain’s Health Ministers met on Wednesday in Nicosia to discuss issues related to a bilateral cooperation in organ transplantation and the set up of a committee to ...

The role of science as a means for peace-building was highlighted in a bi-communal STEAM camp, which was funded by the US Embassy in Cyprus. The STEAM for Peace and ...

Post-secondary vocational education and training institutes (MIEEK) will be on the House’s education committee agenda for the new session it was announced on Wednesday. MPs sitting on the committee ...

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday announced talks will begin early next month in an effort to push through important family law reforms before the presidential elections in February 2023. ...

The summer’s busy fiesta-filled agenda may be coming to an end yet September has plenty of exciting events going on. One of them is another unique evening by the ...

Police have arrested a 64-year-old man in connection with the death of a woman who was found in a Nicosia house on Tuesday afternoon. According to the police report, the ...

The full implementation of e-justice system is on track for January 1, 2023, with the final pilot phase beginning on September 12 to iron out any final kinks. The positive review of the ...