Cyprus

Employees of the company operating Nicosia and Larnaca buses went on indefinite strike on Friday demanding their employer revoke early redundancies and resolve a number of problems. In a written ...

By Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle Russian businessman Roman Abramovich transferred a company he controlled with tens of millions of dollars of investments to a director of English soccer club ...

There is no room for complacency, Lieutenant General Dimokritos Zervakis said on Friday at his swearing-in ceremony following his reappointment as Chief of the Republic of Cyprus’ National Guard. During ...

Storm Philippos may have departed, but Cypriots will have to endure the cold snap for a while yet until spring weather can be enjoyed. Temperatures will be noticeably colder than ...

The International School of Paphos is organising a TEDx educational, informative licensed event featuring local voices and TED Talks videos under the theme ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’. “We are motivated to ...

A 37-year-old man who reportedly admitted to forcefully shaking his two-month-old baby resulting in her death will stand trial for manslaughter on April 14, while the mother of the infant was ...

Kebab shops, consumers fret as meat prices rise “It’s murder out there” one kebab shop owner told the Cyprus Mail as she spoke about the rise in prices in ...

Limassol police on Friday said they are looking for two people who scammed a hotel and left an unpaid bill of almost €2,800 this month. According to a police spokesman, an ...

Police in Limassol have arrested a 27-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman after finding five kilos of cannabis in the boot of their car. Anti-narcotics officers stopped the car driven ...

The CovScan Cyprus app used to check the validity of the European Digital Covid Certificates (EUDCC) is also now available for devices with iOS operating system, in addition to Android ...

Police arrested a 37-year-old in connection to the theft of catalytic converters in Larnaca between March 1-17. The police found the suspect in his car with four catalytic converters, several ...

A man aged 39 and a woman aged 45 were arrested as Paralimni police investigate a case of possession of cannabis, resisting arrest and obstructing police officers, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...

The health ministry on Friday reported another five deaths from Covid-19, all of which occurred last year, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 910 from the previously ...

More Covid-19 cases have been detected across all ages and districts, but hospital indicators show a downward trend so far, the biweekly epidemiological report by the health ministry showed Friday. ...

In today’s episode, procedures have been set in motion to help some 8,000 Ukrainians who have come to Cyprus as refugees or are stranded here because of Russia’s invasion ...

Man caught driving under influence of drugs, alcohol (updated) A driver whose vehicle overturned in Protaras after he lost control was found to have been driving nine times over the ...

Two businesses and 21 individuals were booked in the past 24 hours following 1,718 checks for violations of the decrees against the spread of Covid-19, police said on Friday. A police spokesperson told ...

Two people are under arrest on suspicion of breaking into a Paphos pharmacy and stealing cash after an alert off-duty police officer spotted the vehicle believed to have been used ...

The benefits of digital solutions and the resulting improvement in business competitiveness were highlighted at an event in Nicosia on Wednesday. The event was organised by IBM spinoff Kyndryl, whose ...

State-owned asset management company Kedipes announced on Thursday the launch of a new voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) in order to reduce the number of its employees, which the company considers ...

An article last week in the Cyprus Mail highlighting the work of volunteers offering support for Ukrainians in Cyprus sparked a strong response from readers who wanted to know what ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law on combatting terrorism, harmonising with a relevant EU directive over which Cyprus had earlier been warned for non-compliance. The bill passed ...

The island’s largest lender said Thursday it has no banking operations in either Russia or Ukraine, having wound down its business there years ago. In a statement released through ...

Diagnostic centres, particularly radiological facilities, effectively operate in a lawless environment, often carrying out unnecessary MRIs or using outdated and potentially hazardous machinery. What’s more, some doctors are shareholders ...