Cyprus

Asylum seekers held an anti-racism protest on Thursday in Nicosia, to demand the immediate examination of their applications. A group of asylum seekers gathered near Paphos gate in the capital ...

Disy Euro-MP Loukas Fourlas has been named the best MEP in the health category by The Parliament magazine, the first Cypriot to secure the award, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...

I’ve said it already and I will say it again. I love witnessing the evolution of Nicosia’s culinary scene. I can’t claim to know what the capital ...

President Nicos Anastasiades spoke briefly with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan during the Euro-Atlantic meeting in Madrid and reiterated his readiness to resume negotiations towards a lasting solution to the ...

Two people both aged 20 were arrested early on Thursday morning in Ayia Napa for illegal possession and use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), police said. According to the police, two ...

Larnaca hoteliers are ‘relatively satisfied’ with occupancy rates in June, especially in view of the loss of tourists from two of their main markets — Russia and Ukraine, the Larnaca Tourism ...

The stalemate in efforts to solve the Cyprus problem was among the issues which Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades discussed on Wednesday with the US President Joe Biden and British Prime ...

In today’s episode, around 80 percent of businesses in Cyprus used social media in 2021 to get their message across, a steep rise on 2015 when the figure was just under 60 per ...

Two men aged 21 and 26 are under arrest as Paphos police investigate a complaint by a 25-year-old that he had been abducted and assaulted. The alleged incident occurred on June 27. The ...

Thursday will be mainly fine, but increased cloud after midday may lead to isolated showers, mainly in the mountains, the met office said in its early morning forecast. Temperatures will ...

A 35-year-old motorcycle driver from Paralimni died early on Thursday after sustaining serious injuries following a road accident a few hours earlier. Giorgos Koronides was riding a motorbike which was ...

Cyprus Union Of Shipowners president Andreas Hadjiyiannis on Wednesday hailed the recent decision by the European Parliament to approve shipping’s inclusion in the EU emissions trading system. The plan ...

Almost 80 percent of businesses in Cyprus used social media in 2021 to get their message across, a steep rise on 2015 when the figure was just under 60 per cent, data released by ...

Measures must be taken immediately to tackle the pollution caused by EAC substations in Dhekelia and Vasiliko, the House environment committee heard on Wednesday. Deputy committee chair Nicos Kettiros said ...

The 27-year-old soldier who was critically injured during training exercise earlier this week has died, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. He has been named as Panayiotis Yiannios. The ministry ...

The House education committee on Wednesday discussed a bill drafted by the education ministry that would change legislation concerning the way students are assessed at state secondary schools. Education Minister ...

The Cyprus National Guard is set to be supplied with personal protective equipment from Israel, under an agreement signed in Nicosia on Wednesday. The same PPE is used by the ...

It is time to prove that public interest and the rule of law come first for the government, House legal affairs committee chair Nicos Tornaritis said on Wednesday as the ...

Some nine per cent of young people aged 14 to 18 use cannabis, and one in five of these do so daily, the House legal affairs committee heard on Wednesday. The figures ...

Rating Agency DBRS Morningstar on Wednesday slashed Cyprus’ baseline growth rate by 0.7 per cent for 2022, citing a deteriorating outlook following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In its updated sovereign baseline ...

Finance Minister Constandinos Petrides met with political party leaders on Wednesday to present the comprehensive and holistic framework for the management of non-performing loans as well as protection measures of ...

Three men, aged 21, and one, 22, were arrested on Wednesday after a safe was found with about half a kilogramme of cannabis in the home of one of the suspects, police ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides expressed concern on Wednesday over the details of Turkey’s agreement with Nato – namely its likely participation in Pesco, as part of Ankara granting approval for ...

A campaign to combat visual pollution will be held in the tourist areas of Larnaca to remove all illegal signage The campaign Broom will be held on July 4 and 5, by ...