Cyprus

Lawmakers hope to pass a bill levying a tax on property transactions, the revenues from which will go to supporting Greek Cypriot refugees, before the summer recess. The government bill ...

Two Air Tractor aircraft leased by the Republic are expected to arrive from Latin America in the next day or so. The AirTractors will be incorporated into the current force ...

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Kyrenia after throwing his dog from the fifth floor resulting in its death, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Tuesday. The incident took place ...

A second small earthquake in a few hours rattled Limassol once again on Tuesday evening. According to the Geological Survey Department, the 2.7 magnitude earthquake was again centred in the area ...

All presidential candidates should have equal media time to present their positions to the public, former UCY rector Constantinos Christofides, who is running for president next year, said on Tuesday. ...

The tourist season in the north is expected to be better than the two previous years, despite the suppressed number of arrivals, with the general notion being that things could ...

Cyprus is at the forefront of a shifting pattern of illegal border crossings on the Eastern Mediterranean route, an EU agency for Asylum report said on Tuesday, confirming the pressures ...

The economic sentiment in Cyprus deteriorated in July, pushed downwards by weaker business confidence in services, industry and retail trade. The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) compiled by the University of ...

Paphos criminal court on Tuesday handed six-year concurrent sentences to a 23-year-old man over the rape and sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl from the United Kingdom. The two individuals ...

A woman’s right to terminate pregnancies should be fully covered by the national health scheme (Gesy), including psychological support, presidential candidate and lawyer Achilleas Demetriades said on Tuesday. Against ...

For a local cover band it’s all about the music discovers PAUL LAMBIS A cover band might conjure up images of a mundane act that performs at wedding after ...

Ahead of the launch of tenders, authorities have reached out to property users on Larnaca’s Piale Pasia Avenue informing them of an ambitious revamp of building facades. The letters ...

Face masks will become obligatory in pharmacies and laboratories this week, less than a month after their use became optional, the health ministry announced on Tuesday. Following a recent increase ...

Cyprus can become a regional educational, research and excellence centre, said President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades addressing the graduation ceremony of the University of Cyprus on Monday evening. In ...

Cyprus supports the creation of a common platform for the supply of natural gas, as well as the EU providing financial support for innovative green technologies to mainly address the ...

Nearly 25,000 people have been vaccinated with the fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine the deputy director of nursing services Evagoras Tambouris said on Tuesday. Speaking to CyBC the Tambouris also ...

The 27-year-old special forces contract soldier who was injured as part of a military training exercise on Tuesday remained in critical condition at a Nicosia general hospital ICU. Authorities are ...

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 ...