Cyprus

Paphos police on Saturday said the drug squad (Ykan) made two arrests related to drugs offences after placing an apartment complex in Paphos under surveillance. The arrests were of two ...

A 27-year-old Paphos football fan is in hospital after falling during a match, police said on Saturday. According to the police report, the man had been participating in celebrations after ...

High concentrations of dust were being recorded on Saturday according to measurements from ground stations of the air quality monitoring network operated by the department of labour inspection. The public ...

This May, the island’s biggest dog show will be hosting a parade of shelter dogs. Alix Norman finds out more There are close on 200,000 stray dogs in Cyprus. Nobody ...

Inflation’s surge following excessive stimulus and an energy crisis makes the way ahead hazardous By Andrew Shouler Stagflation is upon us, inflation leading towards economic stagnation. Western economies are ...

Police have made a sixth arrest in relation to a drugs raid in Nicosia in February. According to a police report, a 40-year-old man, was arrested by police late Friday. ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios earlier this week said that small, local communities are at the heart of the national tourism strategy moving forward. Perdios’ comments were part of ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday night expressed the hope that prospects for the peaceful resolution of global disputes, including that of the Cyprus issue, could come about from the ashes ...

Adolfo Laurenti, Principal European Economist for multinational financial services firm Visa, earlier this week participated in an event co-hosted by the Cyprus Economic Society, as well as the Cyprus Association ...

The Famagusta Tourism Board (Etap) on Thursday night held an event designed to showcase the district’s tourist product to Polish tour operators. The presentation took place at the Thalassa ...

Initiatives costing €397 million in the works A whopping 194 initiatives at a total cost of €397 million are in the process of being implemented in an effort to re-develop and jumpstart life ...

The leader of Socialist Edek party, Marinos Sizopoulos, late on Friday announced the convening of the party’s Pancyprian Congress on Saturday at 5 pm. He also announced the holding of ...

Google results for Cyprus in the past few months topped the number of searches for the island in 2019, a record year for Cypriot visitors, deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdios ...

Cyprus recorded the third highest increase in domestic electricity bills, as prices rose by 36 percent in the second half of 2021 compared to last year, according to data released by Eurostat, ...

Authorities are working on amending the procedures followed for unaccompanied minors as police said Friday there were 14 unaccompanied children who continue to be missing after leaving from reception centres and ...

The finance ministry on Friday responded to accusations of procedural failings and weaknesses when it comes to complying with legal and regulatory provisions regarding payments, which included the purchase of ...

Cyprus’ fiscal accounts in the last quarter of 2021 generated a surplus of €37.7 million compared with a deficit of €648 million in the respective period of 2020. According to preliminary data released on ...

The interior ministry held a consultation on Friday with the union of municipalities to try and untangle the local government reform package. After about a decade of haggling, parliament on ...

Police investigations into the fallout from the investment for passport scheme are at an advanced stage, top members of a four-hour meeting of the key overseers heard on Friday. There ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides commemorated the fallen soldiers and those currently serving in the army as he marked Saint George’s day on Friday. In his speech at Lieutenant General ...

Cyprus and Estonia share a common outlook on many issues, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday continuing his official visit there, where he met Prime Minister Kaja Kallas in Tallinn. “...

The first ferry link between Cyprus and Greece – specifically, from Limassol to Piraeus – is to be up and running on June 19, it was announced on Friday, with the trip lasting ...

An unnamed law firm being investigated as part of the investment for passports scandal has had its request to tackle a police search warrant quashed by the supreme court. According ...

The health ministry will operate 63 free rapid testing units on Saturday for eligible groups. Those entitled to a free rapid test include minors, the fully vaccinated and those who have ...