Cyprus

Why do so many tenders for large public projects crash and burn? Sometimes the bidding competition gets bogged down in endless legal wrangling, eventually scrapped, and authorities have to go ...

A 54-year-old woman was caught driving under the influence on the Nicosia-Larnaca motorway on Saturday morning, police confirmed. The incident took place shortly after 9.30am near Aradippou. Officers from the ...

More than €730,000 has already been disbursed to families whose homes were destroyed or damaged in the deadly July wildfires, with authorities aiming to complete all emergency payments by early next ...

An extra 852 BMW cars in Cyprus must be taken off the road immediately due to a serious safety risk from faulty Takata airbags. The recall was ordered after BMW informed ...

Arriving in China from Cyprus, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the size of everything. The airport itself was enormous, as it should be for what is one of ...

The Cypriot government has strongly condemned the ongoing detention of five Greek Cypriots by the Turkish Cypriot authorities in the north of the island. In a written statement, the director ...

An 87-year-old woman was killed in a road accident in Lakatamia on Saturday morning. The incident happened around 8am on Plato street. Police said the victim, Ifiigenia Krassia, was crossing ...

The pier at Limni, once a popular viewing spot for visitors, remains abandoned and in poor condition. It was previously used for the export of minerals from the area but ...

An 11-year-old girl was injured, in a traffic accident yesterday afternoon in a village in the Nicosia district. According to police reports, the incident occurred at around 6.20pm. The girl ...

Relatives and friends gathered on Friday morning to say a final farewell to Demetris and Maro Filippides, aged 81 and 77, who died trying to escape the wildfire that swept through the ...

A 20-year-old motorcyclist is fighting for his life after a serious road accident in Nicosia on Friday evening. The crash took place at around 6.20pm on Strovolos avenue. According to ...

Police in Paphos were called into action on Thursday evening after a foreign man phoned the emergency number 112 asking for help, but could not say exactly where he was. According ...

The municipality of Polis Chrysochous has cancelled the only bid it received to operate its local campsite and has decided to re-launch the tender. The move follows a decision by ...

Russia’s foreign ministry has named Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and House Speaker Annita Demetriou in a new online list highlighting what it describes as hostile language from Western officials. ...

A seasonal low-pressure system is influencing the region on Saturday, bringing a mix of sunshine, patchy clouds, and rising winds. While the weather will stay largely clear, certain areas may ...

The annual Countryside Animafest Cyprus – Views of the World returns to Salamiou village this August for its 24th edition. A weekend packed with animation screenings in the field, workshops all ...

Dr Pantinos Mavrogenis, member of the Gynaecological Society of Cyprus, has openly criticised the health insurance organisation (HIO) over its proposed system of financial penalties for doctors performing high rates ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on suspicion of espionage in the north last month in the early hours of Saturday morning learned that they will remain in custody ...

Roadworks will be carried out in Nicosia and Paphos in August, specifically on the Aglandjia-Yeri road and the Paphos-Limassol motorway. Repair works on the Aglandjia-Yeri road (E119) will be carried ...

Cyprus’ population continued its upward trend in 2023, reaching a total of 966,400 by the end of the year, an increase of 17,300 compared to 949,100 in 2022, according to official figures released by the ...

Reports prepared by the fire service, the forestry department, the civil defence and the police, regarding the wildfire that swept through Limassol last week, were handed over to President Nikos ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on suspicion of espionage in the north last month spent more than ten hours in a military court in northern Nicosia on Friday. ...

Palestinian ambassador Abdallah Attari stressed the urgent need for support from friendly countries, such as Cyprus, during a meeting on Friday with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos. In a written statement, ...

Farmers in the Aradippou municipality have begun collecting hay bales and animal feed to support their colleagues in villages affected by the recent wildfires. “Within two days, a large quantity ...