Cyprus

Limassol’s school board was on Wednesday questioned over its installation of padel courts at schools by the House education committee. The padel courts are operated by private firms, with ...

The controversy surrounding the suspended former volunteer commissioner Yiannis Yiannakis’ ongoing salary payments was raised in parliament on Wednesday. During a discussion of the Cyprus youth organisation (Onek) budget for 2025 ...

The new migrant centre in Limnes, near the Larnaca district village of Menoyia, is to be completed by the end of the year, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Wednesday. ...

A bill to regulate adoption was approved by the ministerial cabinet on Wednesday, aiming to modernise outdated procedures and safeguard the best interests and fundamental rights of children. Deputy Welfare ...

Huseyin Tufekci, the director of Turkish Cypriot construction company the Tufekci Group, was arrested on Wednesday, accused of forging documents to win a tender for the construction of the north’...

The Supreme Court has ruled that the 2024 law imposing a special tax on credit institutions is unconstitutional. The law, passed by the House of representatives, was meant to fund state ...

Cyprus has recorded the highest ratio of departures to arrivals among EU member states in 2024, with a rate of 179 per cent. A total of 10,941 people left the country in the ...

Cyprus saw the first rain fall of the month on Wednesday, amounting to 2.8 millimetres, accounting for 3 per cent of the usual average amount for the month. The highest rainfall during ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved the provision of free bus travel for people whose vehicles have been immobilised as part of government decrees related to faulty airbags and other faults on ...

The Greek defence minister met with his counterpart in Cyprus to discuss bilateral cooperation and upgrading the Republic’s defence infrastructures on Wednesday. The meeting came in the wake of ...

A long-standing fixture of Nicosia’s dining scene, India India is situated at a busy traffic intersection and it is hard to miss – not least because it has been there ...

Cyprus betting revenues rose 13 per cent year-on-year during the third quarter of 2024, according to the National Betting Authority. The authority on Wednesday reported that total betting revenues from Class A (...

Car dealerships in Cyprus are set to collect millions by charging administrative costs or free airbag replacements in affected cars. Toyota’s dealership, which has the largest number of cars ...

Police in Cyprus have confiscated more than 1,450 cannabis-based products, including jellies and cookies containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), weighing a total of 29 kilogrammes in the past year. The seizures took place throughout 2024 ...

A truly exciting event is on today in Limassol as the Pattihio Theatre hosts Hollywood director and Disney animator Saul Blinkoff for an empowering evening. Besides this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the ...

Social welfare officers in Ayioi Anargyroi have announced a spontaneous strike from 12:30 – 13:30 on Wednesday in response to a break-in by a homeless man at their office on Tuesday evening. A ...

The government on Wednesday approved a bill to itself the power to ban away fans from football matches “in exceptional cases”. Speaking after the day’s cabinet meeting, Justice Minister ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Wednesday that his administration’s annual press conference, reviewing the past year’s work, will be held in early March. Addressing the start of a ...

A minor had been identified by Paphos police on Wednesday as responsible for the desecration of a monument to Eoka freedom fighters in the city. The incident came to light ...

The road transport department (TOM) and a car importer could face legal action if the attorney-general’s office determines they bear criminal liability for the death of 24-year-old Kyriakos Oxinos, ...

A 56-year-old Paphos man is in police custody on Wednesday after the drug squad arrested him while driving and seized a large quantity of narcotics. According to information released by ...

An improvised bomb was discovered on Wednesday morning at the entrance of a real estate agency in Kiti, Larnaca district. According to the police, the device failed to detonate due ...

A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old are in police custody on Wednesday in connection with arson of a kindergarten and a car in Nicosia. The teenagers were arrested on Tuesday for ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, expressed his solidarity with the Swedish people following the shooting at an education centre in Sweden on Tuesday. “Devastated by the tragic events in Örebro,” Christodoulides said ...