Cyprus

The Green Party on Tuesday is proposing the government-owned Nicosia’s state fair area be turned into a park. The proposal was addressed to Zacharias Kyriakou, the mayor of Engomi, ...

Righteous ‘crime’ spree turns Cyprus animal welfare on its head Bird trappers and hunters who mistreat their hunting dogs beware: this novel could well give ideas to those infuriated by ...

On the occasion of International Child Helpline Day which is marked on May 17 ever year, Hope for Children on Tuesday published information on the helplines it operates. “Helplines can be ...

An ambulance driver has reportedly admitted to drug use while on duty, while police confirmed a positive cocaine and cannabis reading from the subsequent narcotest. The incident occurred at about 7...

Paphos police have obtained testimony linking a 27-year-old man already in custody for burglary with three other cases, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. Police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou said ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides underlined the need to speed up the enlargement process in order to avert the Western Balkans becoming vulnerable to the influence of third countries such as ...

In today’s episode, we hear that Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou is in critical condition at an Athens hospital after lengthy surgery to treat a cerebral aneurysm. There’s also ...

Saying the detention of Australian activist Julian Assange was illegal and anti-democratic, the Assange Initiative and the Cyprus Union of Journalists held an event in Nicosia on Monday calling for ...

Presidential hopeful Nikos Christodoulides has let go of one of his spin doctors after it turned out that several of his talking points bore an uncanny similarity or were identical ...

A Ukrainian court has seized assets of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman worth 12.4 billion hryvnia ($420 million), Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said on Monday. She wrote on Facebook that the assets ...

Evripides Frangou, 20, has been discharged from the hospital where he was treated with burns to 45 per cent of his body following violent incidents involving football fans over two weeks ago, ...

The face mask mandate continues to be implemented in private and public means of transport as the limit on the maximum capacity of passengers is lifted, the transport ministry said ...

Limassol police on Monday arrested a 48-year-old man for animal cruelty after they found 27 dogs living in poor conditions at his house. Following a tip-off, officers conducted a search in ...

Bank employees’ union Etyk has issued a rallying cry, calling on all its members to show up and vote for strike action to deter Hellenic Bank from going ahead with ...

A 43-year-old man was arrested on Monday after police found drugs and firearms in his possession. The items were discovered during a police operation at the suspect’s house, as ...

Two people, both aged 17, were arrested on Monday in Paphos in connection with three separate robberies at different bakeries committed between March and May. The first case took place on ...

Between January and April this year over 9,000 people were detected on the Eastern Mediterranean migratory route with half of these concerning Cyprus, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has convened a meeting of ministers for Friday to explore ways of providing relief to people amid the rising cost of living. Announcing the meeting on Monday, ...

The education ministry has launched a European project aimed at mitigating the digital divide in remote school communities and is calling on all school units interested in participating to submit ...

One out of five people in Cyprus suffers from hypertension, the Cyprus Cardiology Society said on Monday. The figures were released on World Hypertension Day, which falls annually on May 17. ...

No one can see the future but, in an ever-changing economic environment, it can sometimes be difficult to make decisions in investment and plan ahead. Real estate is more tangible ...

Labour minister Zeta Emilianidou remains in critical condition in an Athens hospital after lengthy surgery to treat a cerebral aneurysm, the health ministry said on Monday. In a brief announcement ...

Police on Monday said they are “sparing no effort” in locating missing persons while many resources are being given to locate the 14 unaccompanied minors who disappeared from the facilities in ...

Solitary bees, which make up the vast majority of Cyprus bee species, are the island’s best pollinators. With World Bee Day approaching, ALIX NORMAN asks what can we do ...