Cyprus

Postal services (regular mail, registered, insured mail, parcels, EMS /Datapost) to China have resumed for all services, Cyprus Post announced on Tuesday.

President Nicos Anastasiades will attend a dinner for EU and NATO leaders that will take place on Wednesday in Madrid. As the Director of Anastasiades’ Press Office Andreas Iosif had ...

In today’s episode, we hear that Diko has backed presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides. Elsewhere, the interior minister has called on both sides in the Akamas debate to acknowledge that ...

On Tuesday the weather will initially be mostly fine, however, from midday onwards, clouds will develop with the likelihood of isolated showers in the mountains. The wind will be initially ...

A lit votive candle was the cause of a fire in a house in Agia Fyla, Limassol on Monday. No one was inside the structure at the time the fire ...

A 31-year-old man appeared before the district court of Nicosia on Monday, where he was issued a warrant for eight-day detention to facilitate investigation into a case of theft. According ...

Shipping Deputy Minister Vassilios Demetriades on Monday flew to Lisbon to attend the UN Ocean Conference taking place in the city, co-hosted by the Kenya and Portugal governments. A press ...

The Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) conducts its business with profligacy and has lax bookkeeping, as a result of which it wastes a great deal of taxpayer money, a new report ...

The face mask mandate may be reintroduced in pharmacies following the health advisors’ recommendation on Monday, amid an uptick in Covid cases. At the request of Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela, ...

The general secretary of Turkish Cypriot movement Sol Hareket was banned from entering Turkey during his recent trip there, it emerged on Monday. Abdullah Korkmazhan was denied entry upon his ...

Police on Monday arrested a 23-year-old man, who was wanted on suspicion of assisting illegal entry into the Republic last year. An arrest warrant was pending against the suspect for ...

Authorities on Monday were investigating the circumstances under which a contract soldier was critically injured during helicopter training. The 27-year-old special forces contract soldier was hospitalised with brain swelling and ...

There is still a lot of work to be done regarding the rights of people with disabilities, the House labour and human rights committees concluded on Monday after a joint ...

Credit Suisse CSGN.S was convicted by Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court on Monday of failing to prevent money-laundering by a Bulgarian cocaine trafficking gang in the country’s first ...

Faced with pushback from MPs and building industry stakeholders, the government on Monday agreed to -again – rethink parts of a bill providing for reduced VAT on first homes. The matter ...

The ongoing fiasco at the central prisons currently under investigation has raised the issue of cell phones within the facility, their use by inmates and the means employed to counter ...

Rainfall so far in June was ten per cent over the average for the month in the government-controlled areas, the meteorology department said on Monday. According to the data, the ...

A batch of frozen chicken burgers was withdrawn from the market after they were found to contain salmonella bacteria, the health services announced on Monday. The product is sold by ...

USB HUB SELF IMPORT AGENCIES and USB HUB Gembird, made in China, were withdrawn from the market because they are made in a way that does not meet standards essential ...

Trust between the two sides in Cyprus is at a low point and without rebuilding it, it will be difficult to move forward with the political process, a UN official ...

A boat carrying irregular migrants was spotted in the sea area west of Limassol on Monday morning. The incident was confirmed by the British Bases of Akrotiri which was monitoring ...

Publicly baring one’s bottom is illegal in Cyprus. But that’s not stopping the island’s dedicated nudists from finding a spot to sunbathe finds ALIX NORMAN “Taking it ...

The fourth dose of the Covid vaccine is now being administered through walk-in vaccination centres operating in all districts. The booster is optional, The ministry of health said on Monday. ...

Given recent reports from the public about turtle sightings in shallow waters around the coast, the fisheries department said on Monday it was normal and no reason for concern. “During ...