Cyprus News

By Gregoris Savva Debt restructurings in Cyprus declined to €545 million in the first half of 2022, with loan renegotiations slowing down following a record 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and as ...

The body found on a beach in Paphos early Sunday has been identified as 57-year-old Greek Cypriot Andreas Katsaris who went to the area daily to swim, police said. His ...

The EU has punished Turkey for its behaviour towards Cyprus by freezing several chapters of the accession negotiations, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola was quoted as saying on Sunday. In ...

Professional fishermen in Paphos have been insistently calling for a new port to dock their boats, the head of the town’s fishermen’s association Leonidas Leonidou said after repeated ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Sunday defended expenditure by his ministry after a public spat with the health insurance organisation (HIO) from whom it is claiming back €120 million for using ...

Turkey’s resolve in the eastern Mediterranean should not be tested, the leader of Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) said on Sunday. Referring to the new mission ...

Seven people, contacts, of Cyprus’ first monkeypox case, were in the process of being vaccinated on Sunday, a day after a quantity of the jabs arrived in Cyprus. Cyprus detected ...

The people of Famagusta are tired of 48 years of false hopes of return and everything the government is doing is leading nowhere, the mayor of the occupied town has said. ...

Four new cases of illegal hiring and employment are being investigated by Famagusta police, they said on Sunday. On Saturday night, police carried out checks on clubs and pubs in ...

Temperatures on Sunday and for the coming days will be slightly down on what it has been over the past two weeks, the met office said on Sunday. Sunday should ...

The only way forward in Cyprus is dialogue and there is no alternative, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has said. Addressing an annual event on Saturday night in the Famagusta region, ...

In the last paragraph of my article, published in the Cyprus Mail and in Alithia, on October 4, 2017, I wrote: “I want to believe that the Greek foreign minister understands that ...

Environment dept due to deliver final opinion on Monday. And their decisions are binding By Elias Hazou The Akamas zoning/development plan, to be unveiled by month’s end, is ...

The first case of monkeypox was reported in Cyprus last Tuesday (two more were reported on Saturday), prompting a small but predictable wave of hysteria. The mother of the 40-year-old ...

By Patricia Jordan Here we are again in high summer. Whilst holidaymakers love the Cyprus sunshine, those with gardens here know it is a time to keep a watchful eye ...

A fire service that broke out in the area next to Alassa village near the Kouris dam in Limassol in the early afternoon on Saturday was bought under control some ...

With the peak holiday season coming up, police on Saturday issued advice on how best to protect homes from burglaries. “During the summer period, many people may be away from ...

With the arrival of autumn, an exciting musical happening will take place on the island as the American singer-songwriter LP will perform in Cyprus for the very first time. Laura ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Friday for wreaking havoc at Larnaca general hospital, threatening hospital staff and damaging a police vehicle. The man was taken to the hospital at 3.30 ...

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly seriously injuring a 60-year-old cyclist and then driving off. The 60-year-old was found by police early Thursday morning, laying on the ...

Police on Saturday announced that two police officers were injured in Limassol after a driver ran over them during a check. The driver then abandoned his vehicle and fled the ...

A 46-year-old man was remanded for four days on Saturday for allegedly injuring his housemate, as well as threatening violence for demanding personal property be handed over. According to a ...

OPAP Cyprus has provided the younger generation the chance to speak with local role models face-to-face, to chat to them, ask them questions, and to learn from their efforts and ...

Cyprus Association of Hotel Managers president Christos Angelides on Friday said that the hotel occupancy rate in the Famagusta district is expected to reach between 85 and 90 per cent in August. “...