Cyprus

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou on Wednesday extended to September 5 the suspension of a senior police officer implicated in a complaint filed against him by central prisons director Anna Aristotelous, in ...

A 68-year-old French tourist is in need on surgery for injuries she sustained after a palm tree fell on her, police said on Wednesday. According to Famagusta police spokesman Steve ...

A 57-year-old man has died after being found unconscious near a Limassol beach, police said on Wednesday. According to the police report, Michalakis Kleanthous was spotted around 5pm floating on ...

No one should underestimate and nullify the efforts and achievements of state schools, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday. He was responding to a comment published on social media ...

An evening of poetry on a Nicosia rooftop under the light of the July full moon is coming up thanks Ideogramma. As part of the Versopolis series of actions, a ...

The Cyprus lifesaving federation on Wednesday expressed its concerns of understaffing among its ranks after its latest call for applications for the summer months received just one response. Limassol district ...

The met office issued a new yellow weather alert over extreme high temperatures, valid from 10pm Wednesday night to 6am Thursday. This is the fourth such warning for July only, ...

Close to €7 million have been secured in state coffers from the execution of 45,283 fines over the past seven months, recent police data showed, while 1,039 jail terms have been issued. The ...

Turkey will decisively continue defending its rights in the eastern Mediterranean against any provocations, said Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on Wednesday during his address in the north at the ...

Police on Wednesday warned the public of a new email scam that uses the force’s logo and asks users to pay alleged fines. Several people have recently complained they ...

An online petition and an open letter to the president of the Republic will demand to revocation of the appointment of Dr Petros Agathengelou as one of the 13 board members ...

There has been an increase in the nesting of sea turtles and especially the caretta-caretta turtle in recent years said Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Wednesday, adding that he hopes ...

TUS Airways acquired an Airbus A320, the fifth plane in its fleet, it announced on Wednesday. The acquisition of the new aircraft seals the company’s commitment to support and ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) is warning of manipulation attempts against young people from ‘finfluencers’, employing methods such as ‘gamification’ in investment as it launches a new campaign ...

In the ninth instalment of “Weekend Escapes,” we visit the Amarande, a uniquely differentiated 5-star adults only hotel in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, integrating elegance, ultra-comfort, and minimal style with refined ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the appeal made by waste management company Helector relating to a case dating back to 2016 that saw a former Larnaca mayor, three state officials ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday dismissed the proposals prepared by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar earlier this month, saying they were a new attempt for a two-state solution. The proposals ...

Liberation from third-party dependencies and reunification are still the goals said President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday as Cyprus marked 48 years since the 1974 Turkish invasion. A memorial service was held at ...

Cyprus was upgraded to tier one status in the US’ annual human trafficking report, noting that “the government made key achievements” towards the elimination of such criminal activities. Judith Garber, ...

A fire that broke out late on Tuesday in a maisonette in Emba was caused by a lit candle, Paphos police said on Wednesday. Officers and firefighters rushed to the ...

A woman was jailed for three months suspended for three years for illegally employing two men in Limassol, police said on Wednesday. The 70-year-old woman was also fined €800. The woman’...

THEO PANAYIDES meets a man, born in Ceylon, who grew up all around the world with books and continues to live for knowledge, questioning everything even though he considers himself ...

Paphos police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly lightly wounded two people with a knife after they sought to calm an apparent domestic row. According to Paphos ...

Two drivers aged 21 and 25 were caught driving under the influence of drugs in Paphos late on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday. Paphos police CID chief and spokesman Michalis Nicolaou said ...