Cyprus News

A British man aged 21 was injured on Saturday in a fall at the Sea Caves in Cape Greco. Authorities said they received a call before 4pm and mobilised with a ...

The upsurge in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks is creating strife in the health service as authorities scramble to reopen Covid wards and increase the number of beds, ...

On-call clinics began operations across the island on Saturday, with Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela expressing great satisfaction about what he called a great achievement. He was speaking during a visit ...

Deputy minister for shipping, Vassilis Demetriades attended the christening ceremony of Safe Bulkers’ new cargo ship M/V Climate Respect on Saturday during his visit to Japan together with officials ...

The political leadership of Cyprus expressed its condolences Saturday on the assassination of former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe. In a post on his personal Twitter account, President Nicos ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Saturday took a dive in the newly completed underwater archaeological park at the ancient port of Amathus, which was inaugurated in the morning. The project ...

The Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira on Saturday visited various parts of Nicosia municipality accompanies by the capital’s mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis who gave a short presentation at ...

Another balcony collapsed at noon on Saturday in a building on the central Posidon Avenue in Kato Paphos, near the municipal baths, CNA reported. The debris fell on the pergola ...

No coronavirus protocol violations were noted among 873 checks carried out by police between Friday and 7am Saturday morning. Police checked 139 people in Nicosia, 373 in Limassol, 41 in Larnaca, 150 in Paphos, 138 in ...

A woman aged 29 has been arrested and a second woman is being sought on suspicion of pick-pocketing at a Limassol shop on Friday. According to police, a 39-year-old shopper filed ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar argued on Friday that the north should receive up to 30 per cent of the €1bn in EU funds being made available to Cyprus. He further ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Christodoulos Mavroudis The near fatal injuries sustained by three Nepalese workers as their third-floor balcony collapsed has caused outrage, with Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos slamming “greedy ...

Newly discovered Neolithic artifacts in the Akamas peninsula suggest the area may have played a more important role in prehistoric Cyprus than had been previously thought. In April 2022, lead by ...

The supreme court has cut the penalty imposed on a woman who was ordered to pay €450 for violating the Covid mandates, with the judges ruling it be reduced to €150. The ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday hailed the approval of Cyprus’ social cohesion policy programme Thalia 2021-2017, calling it a landmark moment in the country’s efforts to restructure and evolve ...

EU member states that are attempting to tackle illegal immigration have done so by placing barriers, increasing specialised patrols and enhanced their technological surveillance systems, the interior ministry said on ...

A fire that broke out close to Armenochori community in Limassol district at around 3pm on Friday was brought under control three hours later, authorities said. The fire service responded, ...

Former judges and cabinet ministers on Friday hailed the amendment of the constitution to allow for what they deemed faster and high-quality justice to prevail, but noted that this should ...

British bases (SBA) police Akrotiri division announced on Friday that the Kolossi-Akrotiri road by the Asomatos junction up to the south side of Alfa-Sigma supermarket was closed for road users ...

The introduction of a national minimum wage was part of president Anastasiades’ pre-election commitments, and it would have been introduced by the end of May this year had late minister ...

Huge strides have been made towards the strengthening the island’s defensive capability, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Friday addressing military academy graduates during their confirmation ceremony at the ...

As chaos continues at airports around Europe, the Consumer Protection Service on Friday outlined travellers when they are able to claim compensation for delayed or cancelled flights. Those who have ...

Cyprus has satisfactorily implemented nine of 16 recommendations made by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO and partly implemented six, GRECO said on Friday. One recommendation has still not ...

President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola on Friday reiterated the institution’s condemnation of Turkey’s continued violations of Security Council resolutions on Famagusta. She was responding to correspondence ...