Cyprus

Cyprus, with typically over 300 sunny days a year, has emerged as a lockdown-breaker for Russians as Moscow embarks on a wide-ranging lockdown. Lockdown in Moscow? No thanks! I’ll have ...

It is not the title that’s important but the mandate, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday commenting on the expected appointment by the UN of a Cyprus envoy. The ...

Nineteen per cent of Cypriot children were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2020, according to a Eurostat study published on Thursday. The study covered all age groups – minors, ...

A number of church services and school parades took place on Thursday to mark Ochi (No) day, when Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas rejected the ultimatum given by Italian dictator Benito ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Friday, 21 in total. To get tested, people need to present an ID, passport, or driver’s licence. Districts Testing Sites Work ...

The Cyprus Environmental Movement announced on Thursday it was calling off a protest set for Saturday and urged all those who would have attended to instead back Akel’s rally ...

Dr Andreas Demetriades, who pioneered cardiothoracic surgery in Cyprus and remained true to the Hippocratic oath, has died at the age of 93. Demetriades is also known for his work at ...

The University of Cyprus has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the transport ministry to create and implement integrated technological solutions for the development of intelligent and sustainable transport systems. ...

Ahead of Sunday’s start of the hunting season, the game and fauna service released an updated list of rules to ensure safe hunting for everyone participating. An announcement published ...

The chief of police said on Thursday that a Supreme Court decision that retention of customer data by telephone providers for six months is illegal will be thoroughly examined together ...

Limassol and China’s Weinan municipality have agreed to launch a process to become twin cities and develop relations in several sectors. Limassol municipality said it signed this week, in ...

Conservation group Terra Cypria has recently completed extensive restoration work at Lady’s Mile and Akrotiri salt lake, two locations considered vital parts of the wider wetlands system. The work ...

Police on Thursday called on people to be alert after receiving complaints of messages aimed at obtaining recipients’ bank account details. According to the police, many people have complained that ...

Lions groups from both sides of the divide met recently for the first time since 1974, in a friendly gathering with the members agreeing to hold joint service activities as soon ...

Cyprus was among nine EU member states that recycled more than half the plastic packaging waste generated in the country, according to the latest Eurostat figures. The EU’s statistical ...

Eight individuals and four Paphos businesses were fined for violations of Covid measures in a total of 2,967 checks across Cyprus in the last 24 hours. In Nicosia, two people were fined ...

In today’s episode, Larnaca district court has found three teenagers guilty in the bullying death of a 16-year-old who died from alcohol poisoning in April 2019. In other news, Cypriot ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has fined Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus’ largest lender, €277,000 over violations of the anti-money laundering law in the period 2008 until 2015. An AML audit in the ...

The newly completed multi-purpose social welfare centre of Paphos will be officially inaugurated by President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday. The ceremony, which will be open to the public, will commence ...

Paphos police and the fire service on Thursday were investigating arson after three vehicles caught fire in Tala, Arodon and Inias communities. According to preliminary examinations, police said the vehicle ...

Police arrested three men, 24, 31 and 34 in relation to the discovery of 5.8 kilos of cannabis in Larnaca. The first arrest occurred when members of the drug squad stopped the car of ...

Quant Insight (Qi), a new quantitative financial market analytics and trading insights provider, announced on Wednesday that it has opened its new headquarters in Limassol. The company also has offices ...

The total amount of non-performing loans (NPLs) decreased by approximately €8 million in July over the previous month. This has resulted in a reduction of the NPLs index to 17.4 per cent ...

Amid long-drawn-out discussions on the reform of local government, a Council of Europe (CoE) report on Wednesday said Cyprus was still too ‘centralised’ and that “too little progress” had been ...