Cyprus

Four individuals were remanded for eight days by the Limassol district court on Monday for attempting travel with stolen and forged passports. Following a passport check on Sunday, three women ...

Every year wildfires grip the island. On July 23, firefighters and volunteers battled blazes in the wine villages of Limassol, taking two days to bring the situation under control. The fires ...

President Nikos Christodoulides raised the issue of the five Greek Cypriots who remain in custody in the north after having been arrested last month during his final meeting with outgoing ...

The trial of former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, who stands accused of having forged a high school diploma, a university degree, and a letter of recommendation, was postponed again on ...

Lawsuits were threatened in the north over the weekend over an alleged “campaign aimed at discrediting” a man who stood as a defence witness in the case of the five ...

A coordinated police campaign in the Limassol municipality of Polemidia resulted in multiple vehicle seizures and dozens of traffic violations on Sunday evening, according to the police. The operation, carried ...

The child who fell nine metres out of a window in the early hours of Sunday morning is in a “serious but stable” condition, paediatric surgeon at Nicosia’s Makarios ...

A ‘Green Kiosk’ was opened in the Paphos district village of Polemi, the village’s council said. The council explained that the kiosk is “a small sorting centre for recyclable ...

A drunk driver attempted to give cash to the police to ensure his release after being pulled over, the police said on Monday. According to the police, the man, aged 35 ...

Party lovers and electronic music fans, a beach party arrives in August. It has become a summer institution and an anticipated event for electronic dance music and techno music enthusiasts. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday night expressed his fury at outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart’s interviews given to news outlets, in which he ...

Monday’s weather will be mostly hot and sunny across most of the island, though increased cloud cover will be observed in some parts, most likely in the mountains and ...

On a warm afternoon in Nicosia’s old town, the scent of cinnamon-dusted koupes wafts from a street vendor’s cart while, just a few steps away, a kafenion serves ...

Police on Sunday night warned the public not to be fooled by posts on social media falsely claiming to be made by victims of the recent wildfire that tore through ...

“We receive nothing,” the union of Cyprus municipalities told the Cyprus Mail, outlining the long-standing structure governing traffic fine revenues in Cyprus. The union confirmed that local councils currently do ...

Seven people were arrested on Sunday afternoon as police investigated a case of abduction of two people in Limassol, which was reported to them earlier in the morning. According to ...

A 49-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday as police investigate a case of misappropriation of property by false representation and money laundering. According to a police report made on June 11 ...

August is one of the driest months of the year here and it is unlikely that we will get any rain to help our gardens along. There was not much ...

Despite not seeing any real negotiating framework develop in the four years he has been on the island, departing UN envoy Colin Stewart on Sunday said he thought the Cyrus ...

Val’s Place in the quiet village of Gialia will host yet another edition of the Paradise Jazz Festival this summer. This will be its 25th anniversary and so the ...

More than a week after the devastating wildfires struck, the 16 affected villages in Limassol find themselves surrounded by ash. A burnt smell lingers in the air, and even though the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides “insulted” the Turkish Cypriots with his statements over the detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Sunday. In a ...

The legacies left to us by Archbishop Makarios III are the only ones that will lead us out of the current impasse, Archbishop Georgios said on Sunday. He was speaking ...

A 23-year-old was remanded in custody for eight days by the Limassol district court on Sunday after he was found collecting a drugs-stuffed package from a courier office the previous ...