Cyprus

The burning issue of inflation was the subject of an online event held last Wednesday by the Cyprus Association of Economists (EOK) titled ‘Price Rises: Inflation Principle or Something Else?’. ...

A bomb exploded at a horse racing betting agency in Paphos late on Tuesday, damaging the premises and four cars that were parked in the parking lot. According to police, ...

Tourist arrivals reached 148,973 in November of this year, a massive jump over the 8,952 during the same month in 2020, but still down on the 169,392 tourist arrivals in November of 2019. For the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has reportedly sounded out a former foreign minister to return to his job, temporarily replacing Nikos Christodoulides who is thought to have aspirations for the presidency come 2023. ...

Larnaca is a step closer to getting the island’s biggest development project as an environmental impact study greenlighted the proposed €1.2bn port and marina. Planned to host cruise ships ...

Pafilia, a major developer, was on Tuesday fined €13,000 by the labour inspection office after a fatal work-place injury was blamed on a lack of measures being in place. Details of ...

Cyprus plans to spend €461.9m on the agricultural sector over the five-year period of 2023-2027, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday after cabinet approved the country’s strategic plan ...

The interior ministry on Tuesday defended government authorisation for a 10-storey building on Nicosia’s Kinyras avenue as Akel and the Greens scolded the government, citing objections from experts. The ...

No deaths from Covid-19 were recorded on Tuesday but 806 new infections were reported, the health ministry said as 176 people are in hospital receiving treatment for the virus. Of those in ...

Police have finalised their case against two men, brothers aged 33 and 44, involved in the murder of two Russian women and will face court on Wednesday. The case stems from a ...

Appraisal drilling has begun at the Glaucus-2 site in offshore block 10 of the island’s exclusive economic zone, the ministry of energy said Tuesday. The exploration licence is held by ...

Over the past five weeks, the highest number of coronavirus positives by age group belonged to the 6-17 bracket, the majority of all positives were tracked in the Nicosia district, ...

Condolences poured in from both sides of the divide for the death on Tuesday of the co-conductor of the Bicommunal Choir for Peace Lena Melanidou. “We lost our conductor Lena ...

A new wing will operate at the Eden Resort rehabilitation centre in Tersephanou for post-Covid patients, making Cyprus only the second EU country after Germany where such services are offered ...

Turkish Cypriots announced on Tuesday they have detected two cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the north. The two individuals did not have any travel history. They were ...

Authorities will implement a 90-day rule for British nationals living in the north of the island as of January 1, 2022, the British High Commission said on Tuesday. In a statement released ...

Weekly tests, delayed reopening of schools and halving of the period for the recovery certificate are among measures announced on Tuesday afternoon by the health ministry to slow the spread ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites, 23 in total, for eligible groups for Wednesday. Eligible for a free rapid test are minors (5-17) who do not have consent from ...

Provisions are to be added to current regulations to allow the carrying out of civil weddings at specified ancient monuments and museums at a specific fee and with a set ...

The Larnaca criminal court on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year-old and a 24-year-old to four years in prison, and a 52-year-old to one year in prison in cases concerning possession of 5.8 ...

Environmental art is changing people’s view of the world by bringing it onto the canvas. PAUL LAMBIS meets a local artist who allows nature to do the talking Since ...

Hundreds of high school pupils took to the streets on Tuesday calling for the exemption of final year students from the twice-yearly exams citing heavy workload, while teachers threatened with ...

The cabinet on Tuesday extended an incentive scheme for airlines aimed at addressing the effects of the pandemic on the island’s air links. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said the ...

Authorities on Tuesday transferred around 600 migrants from an overcrowded reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia to a facility near Kofinou, in the district of Larnaca, after an outbreak of the coronavirus. An ...