Cyprus

Cyprus has been leading the way in building the link between the Middle East and Europe, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, ...

Open letter addressed to the attorney-general of the Republic Dear Mr Giorgos Savvides, I am monitoring the issue of the resettlement of the Famagustians in their properties, within the fenced-off ...

Substantial confidence-building measures (CBMs) are not made to deceive the Turkish Cypriots, President Anastasiades said Sunday, responding to statements made by the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. The president was ...

A total of 38 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Police are investigating a €13,500 theft from a safe box in a Limassol home after a 69-year-old man reported the incident, it emerged on Sunday. According to police, the theft took ...

Large British expat communities no longer have any say in how local affairs are run By Bejay Browne British permanent residents living in Cyprus have now officially lost the right ...

A 24-year-old driver in Larnaca was arrested for driving almost twice over the speed limit, police said on Sunday. Officers intercepted the vehicle at 11:15pm on Saturday on Spyrou Kyprianou ...

A night club owner in Larnaca was ordered to suspend operations after police found it violated COVID-19 measures. The police fined a total of 11 citizens and seven businesses, according to ...

Cypriot citizens are advised to avoid travel to Ukraine, the foreign ministry said in an advisory on Sunday, following indications of a potential escalation of the tension in the area. ...

The Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, has a working visit to Cyprus on Sunday, during which he will discuss with Foreign ...

‘He was bit obsessive… always taking pictures of himself… always out posing…’ Everyone knows online dating can be dangerous, but that never stopped anyone from swiping right. Men who used ...

This week’s assassination has highlighted the grip of organised crime By Esra Aygin The brutal assassination of a Turkish Cypriot businessman with alleged links to the underworld, days after ...

The health ministry announced that five people had died of Covid-19 and that 2,120 had tested positive from 83,144 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.55 per cent. The deaths concerned ...

On February 12, 2022, with the truckers’ convoy still going strong in Canada, people – and a few noisy trucks – gathered in Nicosia from all over Cyprus, to protest against Covid measures and ...

Man’s best friend will soon be aiding efforts to protect Cyprus’ endangered Griffon vulture population thanks to a new initiative of an EU-funded programme to find and remove poison ...

The testing sites for Sunday are as follows: District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Limassol (15 units) My Mall Limassol (Entrance D, next to “Public” store) 9 am – 6 pm 94041843 Pano ...

Scores of protesters in Cyprus protested against coronavirus restrictions and health mandates on Saturday with a convoy of cars that set off from Paphos on its way to Nicosia. The ‘...

Some 363 unemployed people showed up for job interviews at the Alexander The Great hotel in Paphos, the local hoteliers association head Thanos Michaelides said on Saturday, as the local industry ...

Police handed out fines totalling €5,750 to five businesses for violating health protocols to contain the spread of coronavirus in the 24 hours to 11:15am Saturday. The businesses, along with 15 individuals, were ...

Four people were arrested on Friday night in Paphos after police said they found drugs and a number of potentially stolen items in two homes, including jewellery, watches, laptop computers, ...

By Athanasios Gavos Friendship and democracy bind Cyprus and the UK, the Speaker of House of Commons has said ahead of a visit to the island next week. The bilateral ...

Rental values for both apartments and houses rose during the fourth quarter of the previous year, according to a report released this week by independent real estate asset management and ...

Renewable energy accounted for 37.1 per cent of the total energy used for heating and cooling in Cyprus in 2020 – the ninth highest rate in the EU and up from 19.97 per cent ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Friday announced that it has been named ‘Best Private Banking & Wealth Management Bank’ in Cyprus for 2022 after an online voting process surveying customers on ...