Freedom of foot
Friday is Flip Flop Day. But in Cyprus, flip flops are worn all summer long! Devotee ALIX NORMAN finds out more about the island’s favourite footwear
I have over 20 ...
Human health not threatened by Vasiliko fire, environment commissioner says (Update 2)
Human health was not directly threatened by a fire that broke out in Vasiliko during the weekend, authorities said on Monday after surrounding communities staged a protest to express their ...
Man arrested for Sunday hit and run (Updated)
Police on Monday arrested a 36-year-old man suspected of causing a deadly traffic collision in Paphos over the weekend.
Around 10.55pm Sunday, a 59-year-old from Georgia was hit by a ...
All you need to know about dragonflies but didn’t ask
A new book details the lives of the colourful insect that can be found around the island, including the biggest and smallest in the world
With over 6,000 recorded species in ...
All schools to have air conditioning under new €100m plan, Prodromou says
The education ministry has prepared a five-year programme costing around €100 million for air conditioning in schools, minister Prodromos Prodromou has revealed.
He told CNA the policy position was that there ...
Cypriot presidents: Missed opportunities and bad choices
A new book on the island’s leaders says the first president was incapable of taking decisions that did not have general and universal acceptance
Poor leadership, which takes decisions ...
Pelendritou reaches finals at the Madeira 2022 championships
Cyprus’ Olympic champion, Karolina Pelendritou, went through to the finals of the Women’s 50m Freestyle S11 at the Madeira 2022 Para Swimming World Championships taking place from 12-18 June 2022.
The ...
Burglars steal €30,000 from house in Yeroskipou, also take CCTV system
Burglars netted around €30,000 euros in cash from a house in Yeroskipou, police said on Sunday.
Paphos CID is investigating. Police said the culprits had also taken the CCTV system set ...
Cyprus wins Small States of Europe track and field championships
Cyprus, for the third consecutive time has won the track and field Championships of the Small States of Europe (CCSE) held in Malta on Saturday.
According to a press release ...
There is no God
In a secular state the Church cannot relinquish its spiritual role for cheap politicking
I have been led to the conclusion that there is no God by Archbishop Chrysostomos, with ...
Sakura cherry park inaugurated in Kambos (with video)
The Sakura Japanese Cherry Park in of Kambos was inaugurated on Saturday as part of celebrations to mark 60 years of diplomatic ties between Cyprus and Japan.
Japanese ambassador Izumi Seki ...
WHO pandemic treaty: Global technocrats vs local elected officials
Is it right to have national health policy being dictated, top-down, by a global entity asks Theo Panayides
The annual summit of the World Health Assembly – the decision-making body of ...
Neophytou takes swipes at rival presidential candidates
Ruling Disy’s presidential candidate Averof Neophytou took swipes at his rivals in the February 2023 elections honing in on the Cyprus issue and the energy crisis.
In an interview with ...
Erdogan’s rhetoric rattles east Med region
Analyst says the level of anti-Greek sentiment in Turkey right now is historically high. ‘We haven’t seen anything like it in some 30 years’
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly ...
Isolated showers expected in some areas on Sunday
Beachgoers who headed out of the city for the holiday weekend should expect cloudy weather and isolated showers at least on the south-eastern end of the island on Sunday, the ...
Cavusoglu arrives in north, heading to Lapithos on Sunday
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived in the north on Saturday night for meetings with the Turkish Cypriot leadership on Monday, reports said.
Cavusoglu is due to remain in the ...
Fire at tyre processing centre under control, residents furious (Update 1)
A fire that broke out on Saturday afternoon in an open area filled with old tyres at a processing centre for Vasilikos, was brought under control before midnight, the interior ...
Ireland and Cyprus face common challenges as island states, Irish Speaker says
Ireland and Cyprus as two island nations with maritime history and tradition are facing common challenges Speaker of the Irish House of Representatives Seán Ó Fearghaíl said on Saturday.
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Blaze in tyre storage area caused by shredder malfunction (Update 2 with video)
A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in an open area filled with old tyres at a processing centre for Vasilikos, between the villages of Kalavasos and Mari, mobilising the ...
Uncertainty and ECB rate hike announcement push Cypriot bonds yields upwards
Economic uncertainty amid the Ukraine war and the European Central Bank rate hikes announcement are pushing Cyprus bond yields upwards in the wider context of sovereign bond sell-off in secondary ...
Cyprus satisfied with outcome of EU Council decisions on migration
The interior ministry on Saturday said its efforts to control migrant influxes had yielded results and these were reflected on the outcome of the EU Home Affairs Council and the ...
National Guard concludes readiness drill (with video)
The National Guard on Saturday announced that the Nikitis-Dimitra 2022 military exercise was successfully concluded.
The exercise was large-scale and was conducted on land, sea and air. Government agencies and services ...
Moped driver, 52, killed in road collision
A 52-year-old Sotira resident died in a car crash early on Saturday when his moped was hit by a car on a main road, police said.
“At eight o’clock ...
Suspect arrested after shots fired at house in Moutagiaka
Police on Saturday said that a house in Moutagiaka, a village on the outskirts of Limassol, was shot at around midnight on Friday night, leading to the arrest of a 57...