Cyprus

Major wildfires are “the new reality”, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Friday. In her address to the day’s joint session of the House agriculture, environment, and interior committees ...

Three men aged 52, 42 and 39 were seriously injured in an explosion at a metal recycling plant in Aradippou on Friday morning, though doctors at Larnaca general hospital say their condition is ...

Demetris and Maro Philippides, the elderly couple who died in the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district last month, “ignored instructions” given to them by the police, leading to ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou spoke of “unprecedented weather conditions” which exacerbated the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last month. Addressing a joint session of ...

A beloved summer meal for many Cypriots is a juicy plate of kleftiko – not a light meal in the slightest yet certainly flavoursome for meat lovers. Every September, rural associations ...

Two men were arrested in Larnaca on Friday after police said they discovered tools which could be used to facilitate a break-in and other valuables in their car. The suspects, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar late on Thursday night issued a 1,000-word statement attacking his opposition-backed election opponent Tufan Erhurman, saying that his “political success” is zero and accusing him ...

A 57-year-old man has been arrested in Larnaca as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged financial and document fraud, the police said on Friday. The police confirmed the arrest ...

Up to 20,000 saplings will be planted in land belonging to the state, village councils, the church and other shared spaces across the areas of the Limassol district which were impacted ...

A spell of seasonal low pressure is influencing Cyprus, bringing mostly clear weather with some local cloud activity later in the day. On Friday, skies will be mainly sunny. However, ...

Ensuring the availability and quality of drinking water for the mountain communities is the water development department’s (WDD) priority, it announced on Thursday, adding that measures to control water ...

Cyprus is not among the countries which regularly get screenings for cervical and colorectal cancer, Eurostat data showed on Thursday. When it came to cervical cancer screenings, data for Cyprus ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the arrest of the man who stands accused of espionage, and the subsequent search of his apartment, were legal. According to newspaper Phileleftheros, ...

Cyprus suffered a 91-64 defeat at the hands of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the opening night of EuroBasket at the Spyros Kyprianou arena in Limassol. Thursday was Cyprus’ national basketball ...

Cypriot champions Pafos FC have a mouthwatering tie ahead of them in this year’s Champions League, having been drawn to play German juggernaut Bayern Munich at home. Bayern Munich ...

Trade unions doubled down on Thursday, threatening possible nationwide strikes as of next week unless government mediation efforts come up with a proposal on the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) ...

The Green Party on Wednesday raised serious concerns over ongoing work at the Peyia sea caves, describing the site as under “continuous abuse.” “They have not had enough of destroying ...

The new road which will link Paphos and Polis Chrysochous will cost a total of €90.2 million plus value added tax, the public works department said on Thursday. It explained that ...

A 79-year-old woman was found dead inside her home in Pervolia on Thursday, after a fire broke out in the property. Larnaca police said the blaze started at about 12.30pm ...

A discarded cigarette caused the devastating wildfires sweeping through Limassol district last month, according to the findings of American investigators released on Thursday. “The cause of the fire was a ...

Authorities on Thursday questioned the mother of one of the main suspects in a sprawling investigation relating to alleged corruption in the leasing of firefighting aircraft at the Forestry Department (...

House president Annita Demetriou on Thursday said she “unequivocally” condemns a missile attack launched by Russia on the European Union’s mission in Kyiv earlier in the day. “Today, Kyiv ...

Former Greek deputy foreign minister Tasos Chatzivasileiou on Wednesday night called on the European Union and its member states to “not forget” Cyprus in conversations concerning the future of defence ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month were on Thursday taken back to the crossing point through which they entered the north on the day ...