Cyprus

A fire-fighting helicopter from Turkey arrived in the north on Sunday, where it will be stationed, as announced by Turkish Cypriot ‘Prime Minister’ Unal Ustel after the recent major fire ...

The Cyprus Greens – Citizens’ Cooperation held a symbolic protest outside the Russian embassy on Sunday morning against the construction of a nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, Turkey by a Russian ...

Instead of protecting the national cheese through the PDO, the government could have destroyed Cyprus’ most important export The registering of halloumi as a PDO (protected designation of origin) was ...

Italian MP, Piero Fassino, on Sunday begins his official visit to the island as the rapporteur for the “Call for the return of Famagusta to its lawful residents” in the ...

Cyprus’ involvement in the ‘Agapinor-2022’ joint exercise with Israel sparked heated reaction from Turkey, who accused the island’s government of being insincere and destabilising the region. A spokesman for ...

Cyprus is promoting projects in excess of €1.3 billion for the protection of the environment, president Nicos Anastasiades said in a post on Twitter on the occasion of World Environment Day. “...

The head of the Church of Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos expressed his views on the candidates vying for the Cyprus presidency, in an interview with local Greek-language Politis newspaper. The cleric ...

A 25-year-old man from the Larnaca district, was arrested to facilitate police investigations in connection with a string of burglaries, thefts and malicious damage. “At around 3.30 in the morning of ...

Popular running event, ‘Run Around Paphos’ is back after a two-year interruption due to the measures implemented to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Runners set off at 9am on Sunday ...

Traffic police arrested an 38-year-old motorist on Saturday night for speeding along the motorway at 197km per hour. The legal speed limit on Cyprus motorways is 100km per hour. The ...

A 27-year-old tourist was being treated for his injuries at Paphos general hospital overnight after he was allegedly attacked and robbed. Police were informed of an injured person at Paphos ...

A 32-year-old food delivery man attacked and robbed at knife-point on Saturday night in Nicosia. The delivery man reported to police that at 9.30pm, while he was delivering an order ...

Runaway fuel prices, depleted stocks, and dwindling interest in the profession are sinking the island’s fishing sector Spiraling fuel prices are the last straw for the island’s fishermen ...

Despite the Russia-Ukraine war, the Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) on Saturday expressed restrained optimism for summer bookings in local hotels. The association’s director, Philokypros Roussounides spoke to radio Trito ...

The green party urges people to ask the older generation about how much richer and healthier the natural environment used to be in light of the world environment day in ...

For the first time in Cyprus, LGBTQI+ organisations and communities across the island are joining forces for a Pride march, bringing about two Pride parades this year in Nicosia. “United ...

Hail and rain are expected to hit the island on Sunday afternoon while temperatures will remain around the average levels for the season, the met office announced on Saturday. Following ...

The education ministry announced on Saturday it will proceed with “reasonable adjustments” to the university entrance exams for students with disabilities. The decision was announced a day after the ministry ...

The government on Saturday said the change to the status of the illegal Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north was another action on the part of Turkey to put the ...

Cyprus needs to improve its perception, attitudes, and behaviours towards diversity, acting Labour Minister Yiannis Karousos said Saturday, while presenting the completed and coming actions to support people with disabilities. ...

By Yiannis Seitanidis The deal between Greece and Saudi Arabia agreed earlier this week to launch a joint venture to lay fibre optic data cable that will link Europe with ...

Two men, aged 35 and 38, were remanded on Saturday on suspicion of assaulting and causing grievous bodily harm to another person during a bar fight in Paphos. The two appeared before ...

Three men were remanded for four days on Saturday on suspicion of stealing a €15,000 Rolex watch from a locked car. The theft was reported to the police by a 31-year-old ...

With restrictions over, this summer is a time many have been waiting years for, and will now head off for a longed-for holiday Last year, many of us stayed in ...