Pilides attends youth entrepreneurship event in London
Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Natasa Pilides on Thursday evening attended the launch of the Gen Y Innovation Network in London.
Gen Y was set up to act as ...
Police hunt for hit-and-run driver
Police on Saturday issued a public plea for information to help locate a driver involved in a hit and run that resulted to the injury of a 67-year-old woman who ...
Man sought for attempted murder
Limassol police on Saturday said they were investigating an attempted murder after a 44-year-old man who was assaulted the previous morning was treated in serious condition at the Nicosia general ...
Man remanded for stealing from chapel
Nicosia district court remanded a 36-year-old man for six days on Saturday on suspicion of stealing sacred vessels from a chapel in a school yard.
The theft was reported to ...
Cyprus, Italy working together on disease control
Cyprus is collaborating with Italian health authorities to formulate an agreement to cooperate on issues related to infectious diseases control, the health ministry announced Saturday.
The news came a day ...
Warm welcome for those seeking sisterhood
The Girlfriends Circle offers fun and friendship – without the oneupwomanship of other ladies groups finds Alix Norman
Many women’s groups are all about the ego. They solicit ladies of ...
Cyprus to submit ‘mortgage to rent’ scheme request to EU in June
Cypriot authorities are expected to submit a formal request to the EU’s Directorate General for Competition for the implementation of the European Commission’s ‘mortgage to rent’ scheme in ...
Cyprus Business Now
A third of all real estate transactions in Nicosia during the first quarter of 2022 concerned apartments, according to a report by the Council for Registration of Real Estate Agents published ...
New ferry link ‘creates great potential for maritime tourism’
Cyprus’ new ferry link with Greece creates great potential for maritime tourism between the two countries, deputy minister of shipping, Vassilios Demetriades said on Friday.
Speaking at a press conference ...
Police and clubs look at ways to avoid clashes ahead of Apollona – APOEL match on Sunday
Measures on how to deal with inherent hooliganism and avoid incidents escalating during the impending Apollona – Apoel match on Sunday in Limassol, were decided at a meeting held on Friday ...
Eleven kilos of cannabis seized at Tymbou airport
Turkish Cypriot police uncovered 11 kilos of Indian cannabis worth €375,000 (TL 6m) following a raid at Tymbou (Ercan) airport, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Friday.
Kibris Postasi’s website reported that ...
Police arrest third man in case of premeditated murder of 60-year-old
A 27-year-old man was taken into custody to facilitate investigation into the murder of 60-year old Leontios Pogiatzis last July, in Paphos district.
The body of the 60-year-old was found ...
EU tweaks Russia oil sanctions plan in bid to win over reluctant states, including Cyprus (Updated)
The European Commission proposed changes to its planned embargo on Russian oil to give some countries more time to shift their energy supplies, and to address shipping concerns expressed by ...
EU commissioner calls on young people to make their voices heard
European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel was in Cyprus on Friday to take part in the island’s first-ever Democracy Forum in Nicosia and called ...
Opinion divided over Queen’s charity concert
The charity concert to mark the Queen’s platinum Jubilee and the friendship between Britain and Cyprus organised by the British bases at Kourion on June 2, has come under renewed ...
Coronavirus: Free rapid test sites for eligible groups on Saturday
The ministry of health will operate 53 free rapid testing sites for eligible groups on Saturday, it announced on Friday.
Those entitled to a free rapid test include minors, the fully ...
Interior minister calls on public to donate blood
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Friday called on the public to become members of the large family of blood donors to support the work of the Cyprus Red Cross.
“Blood ...
‘Nicosia is a hub of art and culture’
Nicosia is a hub of art and culture, according to an EU commissioner who visited Nicosia who was taken on a tour of the capital’s museums and tech programmes.
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Two and a half years jail for car arson
A 56-year-old Larnaca man was on Friday jailed for two and a half years after he pleaded guilty to setting a woman’s Mercedes on fire, destroying the vehicle.
A ...
Tourism minister calls for internet searches to be translated into bookings
Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios on Friday called on tour operators and hoteliers to turn the increased interest from abroad in visiting Cyprus into bookings.
Speaking to the Cyprus ...
Anastasiades and Mitsotakis underline unity during Athens meeting
President Nicos Anastasiades met Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis in Athens on Friday where they spoke of the complete harmony and unity of the two nations in seeking peace and ...
Sanctions could hurt EU states more than Russia itself says FM (updated)
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said that he can no longer rule out the Kremlin resorting to nuclear weapons, as changes to the international order are on the scale of post ...
Free bus cards for low income groups
MotionBusCards will be given free to all social services card holders and recipients of low retirement subsidy, the ministry of transport said on Friday.
The MotionBusCard provides 50 per cent off ...
Cyprus banking sector faces Ukraine effects from a solid position, CBC governor says
Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Constantinos Herodotou said on Thursday that the banking sector of Cyprus faces the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from a financially ...