Cyprus

Police on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for a 35-year-old man who earlier in the day escaped from lawful detention while being driven in a vehicle in Nicosia. Authorities identified ...

The Cabinet approved on Thursday the establishment of a Cyprus Studies chair at the University of Thessaloniki, a move expected to promote knowledge of the island’s history and civilisation. ...

The new administration chief officer of the British bases (SBA), Clare Simpson, has said she is looking forward to working closely over development projects with community leaders in the villages ...

The head of the government’s Covid-19 advisory team has issued a strong call for a revision of the current measures – perhaps most notably that the vaccinated should be subject ...

Cabinet on Thursday approved the administration of booster jabs against Covid-19 to people 50 and over and to everyone with severe obesity, regardless of age. It also approved the proposal by ...

Nicosia municipality on Thursday announced the closure of the old GSP stadium as revamp works are set to start next Wednesday. The stadium, which provided free parking for hundreds of ...

Nicosia’s Christmas fair will this year return to the moat around the old city in the Davila bastion parking space, leading to the closure of the parking area for ...

In today’s episode, we hear that Cyprus has topped 125,000 reported Covid-19 cases. Still on the virus, a father has lost a case to vaccinate his two teenage children despite ...

Paphos police arrested a 33-year-old woman while a man, 26, is being sought in relation to a case of illegal possession of explosives and illegal property possession. The woman was arrested ...

Police booked 22 people after more than 3,000 nationwide checks were carried out for the implementation of Covid protocols in the last 24 hours. Most people were booked for failing to wear a ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) released a statement this week refuting any suggestions that the investment sector is experiencing an employee number contraction. This relates to publications in ...

Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) and Invest Cyprus’ seventh iteration of the International Funds Summit drew international attention to the island’s progress and potential as a fund management and ...

Alpha Bank Cyprus has announced the appointment of Michael Colakides as its new chairman of the board of directors. “The choice of Michael Colakides, who has served successfully in leadership ...

Paphos regional board of tourism (ETAP) and local hoteliers were in London this week to establish contacts at the World Tourism Market (WTM), which opened on Monday. The three-day travel ...

The House education committee on Wednesday once again called on the English School’s staff union (Essa) and board of management to cooperate on finding common ground as the conflict ...

Aglandjia municipality said it will be collecting children’s coats throughout the week to make sure no pupil will be left without one this winter. The municipality called on people ...

UN Permanent representative Elizabeth Spehar and US ambassador Judith Garber on Wednesday brought together ‘Youth Champions’ from both sides to learn about environmental leadership. The programme, run by Unficyp, is ...

The number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began topped 125,000 on Wednesday when 188 new infections were detected. No deaths from the virus were reported. The 188 new cases were detected out ...

The island’s Maronite community on Wednesday celebrated a church service to their patron saint, Ayios Georgios tou Sporou, at Kormakitis village in the north in the presence of the ...

Some 2,000 civil servants are participating in the management of private companies in some way without prior permission from the finance ministry, the House ethics committee heard on Wednesday. Its chairman, ...

New consumer loans, mortgages and new loans above €1 million increased in September compared to the previous month of this year, data released by the Cyprus Central Bank, on Wednesday show. ...

The Cyprus government and the social partners (trade unions and industrialists and employers) held the first session of the Labour Advisory Body for the adoption of a minimum wage by ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Wednesday alerted the public that a malicious email on booster jabs doing the rounds is misleading people into thinking it was sent by the ...

The government will hold one more month of consultations with Akamas communities before the formal publication of its plan for the area, a peninsula of high environmental importance. The decision ...