Cyprus

By Martin Clark After this wet winter, it has finally been warming up here in Cyprus and this is the signal for wildflowers to begin blooming. Cyprus is famous for ...

Cyprus averages 149 car thefts per 100,000 people each year or four a day, confused.com – a UK digital marketplace for insurance, has reported citing Eurostat data. The platform conducted a study ...

Diko announced late on Tuesday night that talks with Akel over the potential collaboration for the 2023 presidential election have not had the desired result, adding that it will now consult ...

The future of the Cypriot economy and which path it should take after the tectonic shifts following recent developments were addressed by three key party leaders at a Nicosia conference ...

Parliament on Tuesday wrapped up discussion of legislation aiming to convert the Natural Gas Public Company(Defa) into a state entity governed by public law, with one MP saying that ...

The government wants an exhumation to be carried out at a landfill in occupied Dikomo, at a mass-grave site where it’s thought the remains of dozens of missing Greek ...

The health ministry announced two Covid-19 deaths and 1,692 infections on Tuesday evening, adding that 31 patients with the virus are in serious condition. The deaths are of two women, aged 81 and 88, ...

Cypriot grape production has collapsed by 93 per cent over the last 30 years, as the island has shifted from being a grape exporter to an importer. MPs were presented with the ...

Limassol, a laggard in recycling, is launching a new campaign to encourage residents to separate and recycle their household waste. Mayor Nicos Nicolaides told a press conference on Tuesday that ...

Disappointment and discontent were expressed by the 15-year-old who addressed a conference on Monday, organised to present a report on the impact of the pandemic measures on children, an initiative ...

Dipa president Marios Garoyian was back at Diko headquarters for the first time in several years on Tuesday, but his call for a consensus candidate for the 2023 presidential elections to ...

By Kyriacos Nicolaou and Elias Hazou Inflation is probably here to stay, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Tuesday, voicing doubts about the planned transition to ‘green energy’. He made ...

Time is running out and the issue of missing persons in Cyprus must be depoliticised, the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances stated in its latest report. The experts, who visited ...

The transport ministry has signed €1.03 million contract to acquire a road surface assessment system aiming at improved safety and comfort on the island’s roads, Minister Yiannis Karousos said on ...

Wednesday’s free testing sites for eligible groups. District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Lefkosia (23 units) Nicosia Mall 9 am – 6 pm 77774400 Agios Georgios Church, Latsia 9 am – 6 pm 96625766 Dali Community ...

The government could consider subsidising Cypriot families to host Ukrainian refugees, currently being offered accommodation at local hotels, Disy president Averof Neophytou suggested on Tuesday. He was speaking to reporters ...

A senior UN official held talks with President Nicos Anastasiades in Nicosia on Tuesday, telling reporters that the world body remains committed to supporting efforts for a Cyprus settlement. For ...

As part of an international week to look at the sustainability of the fashion industry, an upcoming one-day festival looks at what is happening on the island. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds ...

A second team of Cypriot health professionals have travelled to the Romanian town of Siret, close to the Ukrainian border to provide medical assistance to refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion ...

Four people, three men and one woman are under arrest as Paphos police investigate a case of burglary and car theft. Two men are being held for conspiracy to commit ...

Ypsonas Municipality has become the first local authority in Cyprus to sign a pledge to become a zero waste town, it said on Tuesday. This follows a signing ceremony on ...

Cyprus ranked sixth among the most popular countries in the world where Britons are likely to travel to in 2022, according to a survey carried out by UK search engine for ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos called the Russian invasion of Ukraine “unjustified” and said the scenes the world witnesses every day cannot be explained in any way. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC on ...

A Greek Cypriot man from Xylotymbou will appear in an SBA court in Dhekelia on May 10 after being arrested last Friday for possession of 40 Easter bangers, riding a motorcycle without ...