Cyprus

The government has made payments of over €6 million to those affected by the Arakapas fire in July 2021 which killed four men and destroyed some 55 square kilometres of forest, cultivations, homes ...

Free Greek lesson will be offered to Ukrainian nationals who have fled to Cyprus, the ministry of education announced on Wednesday. The lessons during June and July have been planned ...

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The age at which children start preschool will be reduced, following a decision by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. The decision sees the age children will start compulsory education ...

A support scheme for cheesemakers who, due to the coronavirus pandemic, were left with a large excess stock of halloumi last year was launched on Wednesday by the agriculture ministry. ...

Dozens of national guard reservists have had their rifles taken away as they are no longer deemed suitable to be armed, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. “Since the beginning ...

A man has been hospitalised in serious condition after he was hit by a bus on the Nicosia-Limassol highway, police said on Wednesday. The accident occurred a few minutes after 2...

Police are investigating a case of premeditated murder and attempted murder after two people were found dead and two others were injured in a house fire in the village of ...

Trade unions representing workers in the electricity sector have sent a letter to Energy Minister Natasa Pilides asking her in turn to appeal to the EU in order to lower ...

Members of the Paphos Bar Association have submitted their resignation to the branch’s president in protest over the many disagreements they have had with him in recent months. In ...

Three days of mourning in honour of former Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou were announced by cabinet on Wednesday as they further detailed that she will lie in state prior to ...

Three people aged 31, 29, and 20 were caught driving under the influence of drugs in Paphos late on Tuesday. According to Paphos CID chief and police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, the three drivers ...

A 48-year-old man has been arrested after he was allegedly caught using forged documents to work in Limassol, police said on Wednesday. The man was employed by a construction company ...

A Cyprus project has been voted ‘Best Youth Initiative’ for Ocean Conservation in the EU4Ocean Awards. The Refill Cyprus project, created by Let’s Make Cyprus Green (LMCG), aims ...

In a man born to be a creative, THEO PANAYIDES meets a costume designer for whom the flow never seems to ebb, someone who uses humour to fight against feeling ...

The Federation of Environmental Organisations (Opok) said on Tuesday the intense lobbying from political parties and governmental organisations to speed up the implementation of the revised Akamas plan was a ...

Districts across the island were hit with power cuts at 9.20am as a result of a faulty production unit at the main Vasiliko station on Wednesday morning. Backup supplies went ...

Early tests carried out on a 34-year-old man who was admitted to Paphos general hospital on Tuesday night with a rash on his torso and face do not indicate monkeypox, ...

A 26-year-old man who was trapped near the Dimitrios II shipwreck in Chlorakas was rescued on Tuesday by the Paphos port police, the force said on Wednesday. According to Paphos ...

The administration of the British Bases on Monday called on people to make use of the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre to find out about the important environmental and cultural features ...

After isolated bouts of thunderstorms and hail hit the island on Tuesday, particularly in mountainous areas, the weather is expected to improve on Wednesday. However, clouds are expected in the ...

Total employment for the first quarter of 2022 increased by 1.9 per cent when compared to the corresponding quarter of 2021, according to a preliminary estimate by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) released ...

Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday blamed the government after learning that the much-trumpeted opening up of the electricity market will be delayed once again. The decision to push back the date ...

Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the USA on Tuesday held their first ministerial meeting on climate action, deciding to form a joint technical committee of experts to submit recommendations over a ...