Cyprus

A 35-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Tuesday by the Larnaca district court following his arrest the previous day to facilitate a police investigation into aiding and abetting ...

State-owned asset management company Kedipes announced on Monday that it repaid €100 million in state aid during the second quarter of the current year. Following the latest tranche, Kedipes’ state aid ...

RCB Bank on Monday announced that the sale of Tranche B of its performing loan portfolio to Hellenic Bank has been successfully completed. This follows the original statement released on ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday announced that the UCLan Cyprus University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Cyprus Commercial Representatives Association (CCRA). The ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos has stirred the pot with allegations that presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides had suspect dealings with a – now deceased – Greek financier accused of corruption. The mayor’s ...

Concerns over possible unilateral actions violating the sovereignty, sovereign rights and territorial integrity of any country in the wider East Mediterranean region were top of the agenda for the the ...

The Earl and Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie arrived in Cyprus on Monday to start their visit to the island and the Sovereign Base Areas of ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday briefed political party leaders on the state of play with regard to Turkey’s growingly aggressive rhetoric toward Cyprus and Greece, while arranging for a ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Monday said his ministry was concerned by this year’s high number of road fatalities, going against the consistently falling rates seen in the past ...

More than two million visits by foreign nationals and more than one million by Greek Cypriots were made to the north in the first five months of this year, Turkish ...

With a new taste for all the family, street food is cheap accessible and enjoyable. And it is a growing trend in Cyprus finds ALIX NORMAN Gone are the days ...

A 50-year-old driver found to be over the alcohol limit received a 30-day jail term on Monday and was slapped with a three-month driving ban, along with five points on ...

The government is evaluating which targeted measures it could employ to alleviate the pressure faced by the most vulnerable sections of society amid rising prices, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said ...

Bird experts from the Spanish region of Andalusia will be in Cyprus this week to hold a seminar explaining how to identify poisoned baits, BirdLife Cyprus said on Monday. The ...

A man suspected of sexually exploiting a young woman earlier this month in Nicosia, was remanded in custody for four days on Monday, police said. During the investigation of the ...

The first ferry trip between Cyprus and Greece in 21 years dropped anchor in the Greek port of Piraeus at 6.30pm on Monday afternoon, marking the reconnection between the ports of ...

Demonstrating residents of nine communities in the Vassiliko area on Monday blocked entry to the facility to protest the environmental degradation of the area. Holding placards reading ‘Health and safety’, ‘...

Closer trilateral ties will be promoted during meeting between officials of Greece, Cyprus and Armenia in Patra on Friday. Greece will be represented by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andreas ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said some issues are yet to be solved at Larnaca general hospital after he visited the facility on Monday, although two new specialists have been requested ...

Closer cooperation on voluntary returns and integration were the main focus of a meeting on Monday between the interior ministry and senior officials from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). ...

A total of €850 million has been paid out to farmers since 2014 from European and national funds, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday. He was speaking at an apricot celebration ...

The Minister of Justice Stephi Dracou, late on Monday announced her intention to suspend a senior police officer implicated in a complaint filed against him by central prisons director Anna ...

Sheep and goat farmers met Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis at the presidential palace on Monday to discuss ongoing issues with the handling of the halloumi PDO. The meeting, which Kadis ...

Kyriacos Koushos was on Monday named as labour minister following the death of Zeta Emilianidou earlier this month. Koushos, who has most recently been serving as the president’s undersecretary, ...