Cyprus

Police on Monday arrested a 39-year-old woman who was driving almost five times over the legal alcohol limit. The woman was stopped for a check while driving on Kofinou-Larnaca motorway ...

Amid light snowfall at intervals in Troodos, police said on Monday that the Troodos-Prodromos, Platres-Troodos and Karvounas-Troodos roads are open only to four-wheel drive vehicles and cars equipped with snow ...

Animal welfare is among the government’s priorities, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday in his address at the fourth annual conference of the Animal Party. The well-being of animals ...

One death and 448 new Covid-19 cases were announced on Sunday by the health ministry. The death concerns an 87-year-old man who died on Saturday at the Nicosia general hospital. This ...

Ancient trees and ancient skills live on in a very special Paphos village By Paul Lambis The village of Salamiou is a living museum that presents a rich historical and ...

Restrictions no longer a red or green affair but a multi-coloured spectrum By Nick Theodoulou Are you green, purple, blue, yellow-orange, or red? It’s not some elaborate party trick, ...

A 26-year-old man from Britain who was a permanent resident of Cyprus died earlier on Sunday in a road accident in Paphos. Police said they were investigating the conditions of ...

No major problems were reported so far on Sunday due to Storm Carmel with authorities urging motorists to be alert due to excess water on the roads. Police in the ...

Police on Sunday said they arrested a 35-year-old man in Limassol for the possession of and transport of explosives, hurling threats, intoxication, assaulting an officer, causing bodily harm and resisting ...

An events planner was fined €8,000 for violations of the measures against the spread of Covid-19, police said on Sunday. The case concerns an organiser of a private company event in ...

A 74-year-old man who confessed to killing his wife, 75, on Saturday evening in their home in Tremithousa in Paphos, was remanded on Sunday for eight days. The remand hearing took ...

A total of 22 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Monday, for eligible groups, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has ...

Anger, suspicion and some sympathy – villagers say asylum camp out of control By Theo Panayides The Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers outside Kokkinotrimithia, on the outskirts of Nicosia, has ...

The health ministry announced that two people had died of Covid-19 and that 508 had tested positive from 75,844 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.67 per cent. The deaths concerned ...

Fans who will ago to the Nicosian derby match between Apoel and Omonia on Boxing Day have been asked to bring a teddy bear with them to be given to ...

Paralimni municipality on Saturday announced plans for the construction of the final leg of its coastal promenade that will stretch all the way to its border with Dherynia. Upon completion, ...

A total of 45 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Sunday, for eligible groups, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has ...

Police on Saturday called on members of the public not to trust people they meet online after a man from Limassol lost more than €108,000 after investing it in two cryptocurrency ...

Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Photis Photiou was on Saturday tasked with informing the family of a seven-year-old boy killed by British soldiers in 1956 that authorities had identified his remains, ...

Some roads in the higher mountainous areas are only open to vehicles with four-wheel drive or snow chains, police said on Saturday. Due to snow, the roads between Platres, Troodos ...

Civil defence on Saturday said they were working in close cooperation with the fire service to deal with any problems that may arise due to extreme weather forecast to hit ...

Passengers arriving from the UK will have to self-isolate upon arrival to Cyprus until their PCR test results are out, the health ministry said on Saturday. This measure has been ...

The interior and foreign ministries in cooperation with the immigration department, police and the government of Vietnam on Friday, repatriated 258 Vietnamese nationals who were staying illegally in Cyprus. The repatriations ...

Well-known Nicosia lawyer, and chairman of ANT1, Loukis Papaphilippou died just before midnight on Friday aged 84, the family and board of the TV station announced on Saturday morning. Details of ...