Cyprus

A total of 1,271 inmates were taken to state and private hospitals in 2024, the prisons department said on Tuesday, slamming press reports questioning the administration’s policy as “unfounded”. Replying to ...

The health ministry “recognises the seriousness” of eating disorders, minister Michael Damianos said on Tuesday. Addressing a workshop aimed at making progress towards the development of a government strategy to ...

The “biggest professional wrestling event in Cyprus history” is to go ahead in May, wrestling company Pro Wrestling Cyprus announced on Tuesday. The event is set to take place on ...

Cyprus has reaffirmed its commitment to Francophonie, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday as a month of French speaking events kicks off. The event holds special importance as Cyprus ...

Ten third country nationals were due to be repatriated on Tuesday afternoon after 14 others were returned on Saturday as part of a coordinated return flight arranged by Italian authorities, police ...

Facing charges of laundering the proceeds of crime and operating illegal gambling websites, chairman of Kythrea-based Turkish Cypriot football club Miracle Degirmenlik Hakan Torehan, appeared in court in Kyrenia on ...

The 2024-25 academic year marks the fourth edition of The Heritage New Writing Contest, a national creative writing competition run by The Heritage Private School, looking to find, celebrate and ...

The fire department has not settled on a single cause for the deadly fire that claimed the lives of a five-member family in Limassol on February 15, it said on Tuesday. ...

An ancient bible dating back to 1795 AD was handed to the antiquities department by the customs department on Tuesday following a ruling by Nicosia district court. The book was seized ...

Special education teacher by day, football referee by weekends and afternoons. This dual profession is not groundbreaking, but in Cyprus if you are a woman on the football field it ...

Two boys remained in hospital on Tuesday after they suffered serious burns the previous day in an explosion. The teenagers were burning items in a barrel, when they appear to ...

An interview with Mikhail Fisher, Head of Sales (commercial real estate) at INEX In recent years, INEX has been transforming commercial real estate in Cyprus, creating high-quality workspaces that meet ...

The finding of an unexploded mortar shell on the grounds of what will soon be Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s official residence in Ayios Dhometios caused the adjacent crossing ...

The government on Tuesday rubbished remarks by Disy MP Onoufrios Koullas, saying he was intentionally trying to mislead public opinion regarding multiple pensions awarded to officials, especially in relation to ...

Cyprus will be make its own plans soon to strengthen defence and security, on condition that Cypriot companies participate in the production of any equipment purchased by the Republic of ...

Exactly 25,489 children have been treated at the children’s accident and emergency unit at the Nicosia general hospital since it opened two years ago, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on ...

A record low temperature of -3.7C was reported in Athalassa on Monday night, the lowest temperature recorded since the opening of the meteorological station in 1981 while Frenaros at -1.2...

Two municipalities in the Larnaca district on Tuesday demanded payouts for their position near Larnaca airport, due to the “impact” the airport has on the two areas. The municipalities, the ...

The former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides lashed out at the Christodoulides government accusing them of creating a financial and safety scandal over the controversial Paphos-Polis Chrysochous motorway. “Instead of admitting its ...

By Philippa Tracy Thirty years ago, only one school in Cyprus was an IB World School, offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) qualification. That was the American International School in Nicosia (...

Flying kites and drones near Larnaca and Paphos airports will be prohibited on Green Monday, March 3, due to the risks they pose to flight safety and air traffic. Authorities have ...

Students and their families in eastern Limassol braved the icy weather on Tuesday to demonstrate against the education ministry’s decision to dismiss plans for a regional gymnasium in Parekklisia. ...

Paphos’ hotel association and the city’s tourist board have welcomed the planned resumption of flights from Israel to Cyprus in March, saying that the Israeli market was one of ...

A proposed photovoltaic park in Troulloi in the Larnaca district will not be going ahead, as environmental concerns outweighed the benefits of the project. The project with an electricity production ...