Cyprus News

Cyprus ranked amongst the top for rates of car use in the EU with 645 passenger cars per 1,000 people, far outstripping neighbouring Turkey and Greece but at a similar rate of ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar paid a visit to the Abdulhamid Han drillship at Tasucu port in Mersin for a briefing and a photo-opportunity. Photographed in front of the drill ...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will visit Cyprus on Thursday. He will attend the Meeting of the Heads of the Diplomatic Missions of Cyprus, who are currently in Cyprus, and ...

Police booked 34 people – including for illegal employment — after carrying out checks at 38 premises early on Wednesday as part of coordinated operations in the tourist resorts of Protaras and Ayia Napa ...

Occupancy rates at Paphos hotels in August will be around 80 to 85 percent, compared to last month’s rate of 80 percent, the President of the Paphos Hoteliers Association Thanos Michaelides told ...

In an athlete of the gods THEO PANAYIDES finds a can-do, tough-minded dancer combining an African upbringing with a Western mentality, still searching for something new in his chosen art ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is considering “all options” amid an escalating row over cabinet’s decision to appoint the head of the Cyprus medical association to the HIO board, government spokesman ...

Activists holding anti-racism banners gathered outside Larnaca court on Wednesday in solidarity with a Congolese woman assaulted earlier this month by a Greek Cypriot man while holding her infant in ...

Paphos municipal workers will stage a two-hour work stoppage on Thursday to press the municipality to go ahead with the hiring and promotion of workers in line with a relevant ...

The summer is flying by but fear not. There is plenty of time for beach lounging, festival-going and road-tripping and several exciting events are taking place this week to bid ...

A 58-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attacking a younger man with a knife in Paphos, police said on Wednesday. The 34-year-old injured man was transferred to the ...

The world conference of overseas Cypriots continues its work on Wednesday, in Limassol, with addresses by Greek officials. The conference, held by the World Federation of Overseas Cypriots (Pomak), the ...

A 32-year-old man is wanted by police after he assaulted two officers who were transporting him to a detention facility following his arrest for illegal stay in the Republic, police ...

By Stella Koukounis Drafting contracts and conducting due diligence under the traditional legislative framework requires a considerable amount of human input, in collecting and evaluating documentation. Part 1 of this article ...

In today’s episode, Turkish Cypriot ‘Prime Minister’ Unal Ustel on Tuesday told the media that two people have been fired over the use of the wrong photo on lottery ...

Tryfon Tseriotis, a company that markets and distributes more than 40 local and international brands, on Tuesday announced that it will be providing its employees with additional days of annual leave ...

The goal of the deputy ministry of tourism is to generate sustainable development for tourism in Pyrgos Tyllirias and Polis Chrysochous, deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios said on Tuesday. “All ...

In the tenth instalment of “Weekend Escapes,” we visit the Paphos Waterpark. High-speed slides, a lengthy lazy river, a wave surge pool, many bathing places, a stunning kids’ water play ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) on Tuesday called for measures to prevent fires in and around heavy industrial zones after a fire broke out at Strovolos industrial area the ...

Social Welfare Deputy Minister Anastasia Anthousi on Tuesday pledged the state’s continued support for social welfare initiatives while speaking at a press conference reviewing the work of Schedia Support ...

The summer music scene is at an all-time high as festivals feature local and international acts and music venues have a steady set of live performances. This July and August, ...

The ombudswoman has advised authorities to offer redress to a woman to whom the government offered a pittance of state land in exchange for her own expropriated land. In 1985 the ...

As high temperatures continue to grip the island, the Met office on Tuesday evening issued a yellow weather warning for Wednesday. It said the warning will be in place from 12 ...

Sparks flew during an extraordinary House education meeting on the English School dispute on Tuesday as the school’s board of management refused to attend, communicating their position in writing. ...