Cyprus

Cyprus’ six-point initiative on Gaza, proposed earlier this week, was set before (European People’s Party) EPP heads of state and government by President Nikos Christodoulides during a teleconference on ...

British bases police officers on Friday praised the quick thinking and bravery of a child for using the international hand signal for distress which led to their father being sentenced ...

Nicosia will spring to life this Sunday as another edition of the Indian Food Festival takes place. Transforming Eleftheria Square into a hub of flavours, spices and aromas, the festival ...

Continuing the effort to break the deadlock over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou will be holding separate meetings on Friday with the employers’ organisations and the trade ...

Mainly fine weather with passing clouds can be expected on Friday, with temperatures reaching 28C inland, 26C along the coast and 19C in the highest mountains. Winds will start off ...

A campaign launched by Gesy is urging people to take shingles seriously and get the free vaccine. People over 60 are encouraged to understand the risks and speak with their general ...

The Palestinian ambassador here on Thursday appealed to the Cypriot state to “immediately react” to the alleged beating up of a prominent Palestinian figure by his Israeli jailers. In a ...

Electricity supply to certain areas in Paphos will be interrupted next Monday due to maintenance work on the grid, the state-run power utility said on Thursday. The interruption will occur ...

Cyprus remains determined to safeguard peace, security, territorial integrity and its sovereign rights, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Thursday, marking the conclusion of a military exercise at the Kalo ...

Operations at Larnaca general hospital may be improving, but the facility still has room to better its organisation as well as the quality of service to patients, MPs heard on ...

In the centre of Cyprus — far from the island’s glittering coastline — stands a city unlike any other in Europe. Nicosia, or Lefkosia as locals refer to it, is the ...

The Nicosia municipality has been selected by the European Commission as one of the three finalists for the title of European Rising Innovative City 2025, it was announced on Thursday. “This ...

Cyprus supports Armenia’s path towards closer alignment with the European Union, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Wednesday evening. Speaking at the Armenian Embassy during celebrations for Armenia’s ...

The mayor of Paphos Phedonas Phedonos’ plan to convert the parking area on Konstantinou Kanaris street into a public square is reportedly facing opposition from a majority of the municipal ...

Cancer prevention, treatment and care must be prioritised during Cyprus’ 2026 EU Council presidency, Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras and MEPs Michalis Hadjipantela and Giorgos Georgiou have urged the health minister. The ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the media in both Greece and Cyprus to “not go overboard” with its reporting on differences of opinion between the two countries over the ...

The education minister’s proposal for teacher evaluations was thrown out on Thursday by teachers’ union Poed which, along with Oelmek, called on Education Minister Athena Michaelidou to an immediate ...

A 34-year-old man was on Thursday remanded for eight days after allegedly firing shots into the air in an attempt to intimidate his former partner in a neighbourhood in the ...

While Greek and Cypriot culture are often dismissed as the same, how much this is true is a matter of opinion. The language, the orthodoxism, a – literally – burning love for ...

Scientific and technical chamber (Etek) chairman Constantinos Constanti on Thursday said an Audit Office report which found that over 40 per cent of money spent on public works had gone to ...

Lawyer Christos Triantafyllides, representing former prisons director Anna Aristotelous, has renewed calls for an independent investigator to take over the probe into missing prison documents, arguing the police cannot handle ...

A fire broke out in the chimney of a fast-food restaurant in Larnaca’s Agios Lazaros area on Thursday, injuring a staff member. The employee was hurt while trying to ...

Separate meetings on Thursday of the trade unions and employers’ organisations with the ministers of labour and finance on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) dispute failed to break the deadlock, even ...

Cypriot member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou on Thursday said he had created a political party, which he has called ‘Direct Democracy’. “This is the biggest announcement of my ...