Cyprus

The government has installed a gate at the Ledra Street crossing to the north of the island, prompting criticism that it had turned it into a hard border. The interior ...

A Nicosia restaurant announced it will be accepting payments with cryptocurrencies, the first such business to introduce this, it said on Thursday. Think 30, located on Stasikratous Street in Nicosia, citing ...

A Larnaca court on Thursday sentenced three young men to 18 months in jail suspended for three years, in the bullying death of a 16-year-old in Larnaca in 2019 that was described ...

The Delta variant (Β.1.617.2) remained dominant among Covid-19 samples sent for sequencing to the ECDC and a private lab in Cyprus, the health ministry announced on Thursday. The Delta Plus sub-variant (...

Revenue from ship management showed a small increase in the first half of 2021, reflecting the recovery in global shipping after the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic. According to the ...

Police and the fire department are investigating the arson of two Game Service vehicles in the Limassol area of Mesa Gitonia. According to a statement released by the police, the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is to visit Spain on December 9 after accepting an invitation by the country’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, it was announced on Thursday. According to government spokesman ...

A man has been reported to police after he was caught deep fishing illegally with lights and a speargun and threatening fisheries officers in Paphos, it was announced on Thursday. ...

Men’s health – mental and physical – is in crisis. But what are the issues behind the annual Movember campaign? Here CHRISTOS MICHAEL looks at problems with the prostate With the ...

The event at Aphrodite Hills Resort takes place on December 11, and gets underway at 8:30am. Participation costs €20 for adults and €15 for kids This includes a wristband with a unique number ...

Two people were arrested at Paphos airport after trying to depart the island using fake and stolen travel documents, police said on Thursday. The arrests concerned a 27-year-old Congolese woman, ...

In today’s episode, the government will seek the European Commission’s permission to suspend asylum applications from irregular migrants entering the country via the buffer zone. We also discuss ...

Famagusta police said Thursday they arrested two men after finding burglary tools in their car, which was also without registration plates. The suspects, 20 and 21, were arrested after traffic officers spotted ...

The group of 61 irregular migrants who arrived at Paphos port on Wednesday day spent the night on the boat, authorities said early on Thursday. The group consists of 11 women, 22 men ...

Police booked 23 people during 2,871 nationwide checks for the implementation of coronavirus protocols in the last 24 hours. Most fines were issued in Limassol, where the least number of checks, 221, were carried ...

Cyprus must move quickly to implement the projects necessary to meet the objectives mandated by the EU’s Green Deal and simultaneously lower electricity prices, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit recorded an annual increase of €715.1 million during the first nine months of 2021 according to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Based on Cystat’s report, the trade deficit ...

The only plan being implemented in the Akamas is one of reducing the extent of the protected areas and conceding rights for large developments, the deputy chairman of the House ...

An eight-year-old girl with Covid-19 died in the north on Wednesday. ‘Prime minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu, in a post on social media confirmed reports of the girl’s death. “Unfortunately, an ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday sent out a message for the peaceful coexistence of all communities on the island during the inauguration of the Cyprus-Armenian Friendship Park in Nicosia. ...

A 27-year-old man is being investigated for aiding third country nationals enter the country illegally after being caught on Wednesday smuggling people in the government-controlled areas near Pyla and Oroklini. ...

One death from coronavirus and 275 new infections were reported on Wednesday out of 51,166 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.54. The death was of a man, aged 85. The number ...

The Supreme Court has expressed disagreement with a government bill creating a commercial court and an admiralty court because it did not provide for them to be two distinct entities, ...

We are aiming for a 10 per cent reduction in landfill waste by 2035, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said at an event held to celebrate Cyta’s fifth consecutive year as a “...