Cyprus

Paphos police are investigating a case of unlawful detention of a minor after a mother reported her former husband travelled to Russia with their daughter and has not returned. The ...

AstroBank appointed two new board members on Friday, September 10. In an announcement released on Thursday, September 16, the bank said that Michalis Sarris and Evi Rossidou have joined the board. Rossidou ...

The mooted deal for Bahrain’s national airline Gulf Air to use Larnaca airport as a hub for a number of international destinations has the potential to open up the ...

The excess mortality rate in Cyprus in July was much higher than in other EU countries, according to a Eurostat report. According to the data, the excess rate in Cyprus ...

An elderly woman, reported missing since Tuesday, was on Thursday found dead in an open-air area near the Polemidia reservoir in Limassol. The body of Varvara Pouri, 70, was spotted by ...

Police in Paphos are seeking a 24-year-old man, suspected of raping a young woman last Sunday. According to the account of the 22-year-old alleged rape victim, the incident occurred around 11...

Health authorities on Thursday announced one more death attributed to Covid-19, while testing yielded 124 new positives. The latest death, a woman aged 92, takes to the toll to 545. Earlier in the ...

The health ministry on Thursday revised its Covid-19 death tally, adding to the count nine more people who had not been included at the time of death. The addition of ...

Following the success of its summer campaign to attract domestic tourism, the Paphos regional board of tourism announced that it will be extending its inbound tourism promotion for a further ...

The House plenum on Thursday voted for the postponement of local government elections as part of the sector’s reform. The elections were to have taken place in December. Postponement ...

Limassol mayor Nicos Nicolaides on Thursday biked to work to mark the beginning of European Mobility Week, which aims to encourage the use of clean modes of transport. “This week’...

Women’s organisations held a protest outside the Supreme Court on Thursday morning in solidarity with a British woman who had convicted of lying about being gang raped by Israeli ...

President, Nicos Anastasiades will have a working breakfast with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in New York, the president confirmed on Thursday during his ...

A total of 26 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

Deficit spending will be the norm for the next three years, according to finance minister Constantinos Petrides who presented the state budget for 2022 to the council of ministers as well ...

Supermarkets on Thursday hit out against the SafePass requirement in food stores which they said has only caused conflict with members of the public. In a letter to the health ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its decision on whether to uphold or remove the conviction of a young British woman who was handed a suspended four-month prison sentence last ...

The cabinet has appointed George Theocharides as the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission’s (CySEC) new chairman, promoting him from the post of vice chairman, which he held since July ...

Church and state on Thursday welcomed back to Cyprus the central, or royal doors, of the iconostasis of the church of Ayios Anastasios in the village of Peristeronopigi which had ...

Labour unions have warned that a major demographic shift due to ageing populations in the EU requires the restructuring of pensions. At a European conference on Thursday, the Democratic Labour ...

With only a few months before it opens its doors, the CYCLOPS (Cyprus Centre for Land, Open Seas and Port Security) currently under construction in Larnaca, aims to become a ...

Private universities in Cyprus will accept students with a physical presence in the new academic year on presentation of a SafePass which will be required to enter university premises. As ...

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides will hold on Thursday a meeting with Austria’s minister for the EU and constitution, Karoline Edtstadler who is on a working visit to Cyprus. The ...

Paphos police are investigating one more case of forgery after the arrest of an African man at Paphos airport. According to police, the man was arrested on Wednesday at the ...