Cyprus

On Tuesday the weather will be mostly clear although locally increased cloud cover will be observed at times, especially in the western half of the island. Winds will be south-westerly ...

Paphos hoteliers association (Pasyxe) president Thanos Michaelides on Monday said that hotel occupancy rates in the district are ranging between 80 and 85 per cent, before falling to approximately 70 per cent in ...

The creation of a Special Education Assessment Centre was decided by the Council of Ministers, at Monday’s meeting in Troodos with President Nicos Anastasiades. The Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou, ...

Two Bangladeshis appeared before a court in the north as they are accused of attempting to assist 322 compatriots to irregularly enter Europe. They are further accused of charging each person €6,000 ...

Lights out, popcorn ready, roll the film! While the capital’s cultural life quietens down in August, its summer cinema thrives. Dozens of European and international independent films hit the ...

Approximately 250,700 taxpayers had processed their individual income declarations so far this year, Tax Commissioner Sotiris Markidis told the Cyprus News Agency, adding that, compared to last year’s number of ...

A flurry of congratulations followed Cypriot gymnast Marios Georgiou’s success at the European Championships in Munich, where he won the gold medal in the men’s horizontal bar competition. ...

The first of two phases in the government’s development of the Akamas state forest area has already begun, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday. He explained that the ...

The cabinet has expanded the list of vulnerable groups that are entitled to sponsorship for the installation of photovoltaics and thermal insulation of roofs with eight additional categories. As announced ...

The people depicted in recently published photographs appear to be included in the list of missing persons, presidential commissioner Photis Photiou said on Monday after a cabinet meeting at the ...

The blaze between Pelathousa and Polis Chrysochous is now under control, but firefighters will remain on scene overnight as an outbreak is possible. Fire department spokesman Andreas Kettis said on ...

The case involving the Greek state’s attempt at eavesdropping on Greek EU lawmaker Nikos Androulakis continues to rock the Cypriot political system with government spokesman Marios Pelekanos clarifying on ...

A couple hand rearing plants and turning the produce into jams and sauces is about to take things up a notch. ALIX NORMAN gets a taste for something spicy At 2.2 ...

Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni announced on Monday that it has made a significant gas discovery in the Cronos-1 well, located about 160 kilometres off the coast of Cyprus ...

The citizenship by investment scheme remained “fragile until the end”, resulting in the loss of millions in public revenue, the Audit Office said on Monday as it published its report ...

Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou is due to hold talks with government representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) about migration flows to Cyprus after he travelled ...

Cyprus has the second lowest coverage of very high-capacity fixed connections (VHCN) in the EU, after Greece, information released by Eurostat on Monday showed. Fast internet connectivity in Cyprus stood ...

Dali mayor Leontios Kallenos said on Monday he was ready to take legal action due to the delay over the relocation of the area’s asphalt plant to Mitsero. A ...

Two people aged 28 and 30 were arrested on Sunday just after 9pm at a beach bar in Paphos for causing a disturbance in a public place while under the influence of ...

Not a single one of Ineia’s demands for modifications to the Akamas plan has been respected, community leader Yiangos Tsivicos said on Monday, adding that myths about the region ...

Artists meet the people, people meet the artists. An open day in the heart of Limassol aims to bring together local creatives and the public, allowing the latter to get ...

In today’s episode, there was a strong police presence in Lara in the Akamas peninsula on Sunday in efforts to prevent the residents of Ineia from digging turtle nests ...

Extensive damage to the front of a vehicle was caused by a fire that broke out in the early hours of Monday morning in a parked vehicle outside a home ...

EU member states are preparing for an expected increase in Covid cases in autumn and winter, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakidou, said in an interview for ...