Cyprus News

The outgoing year saw a number of key events in Cyprus’ economy and business world, ranging from domestic legislation to influential international incidents By Kyriacos Nicolaou Resilience amidst adverse conditions ...

The average gross monthly earnings of employees in Cyprus marked a 5.3 per cent year-on-year increase in the third quarter of 2022, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus ...

Workers unions on Friday issued their 2023 agendas addressing key issues such as the need for more collective agreements, increase of pensions and implementation of legal framework for remote work and ...

Police on Friday arrested an 18-year-old resident of a village in the Nicosia district to facilitate investigations in an ongoing case of illegal possession of drugs, with the aim of ...

Cyprus provides many opportunities for investment in all areas of the business spectrum and can help strengthen India’s economic and social relations with the European Union, said Foreign Minister ...

Greek lender Eurobank Ergasias on Friday announced a new acquisition of shares in Hellenic Bank, further increasing its stake in Cyprus’ second largest lender. Eurobank S.A., a subsidiary of “...

This coming February, Israeli singer-songwriter Hanan Ben Ari will travel to Limassol for a one-night-only performance at Monte Caputo. Currently, he is one of the most popular artists in his ...

By Sarah Ktisti There is no common point of reference between the two sides in Cyprus and a “mountain of differences” exist on the perception of the nature of a ...

Nicosia never gave consent for the works carried out at Cetinkaya stadium, foreign minister, Ioannis Kasoulidis, reiterated on Thursday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Kasoulides characterised the completion of works at ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) will appoint an investigator to examine complaints that three patients were turned away from A&E departments, its chief said on Friday. Speaking to ...

An eight-year-old is being treated at Makarios hospital in Nicosia after she was found to have a Strep A infection. According to Politis, the girl was taken to the hospital ...

Scouting, the largest voluntary youth movement in the country, is celebrating 110 years on New Years Day. Cyprus scouts’ association will hold a series of activities and events to mark this ...

A 64-year-old man who raped a 25-year-old autistic man had his prison sentence increased to 10 years, following a Supreme Court decision. In assessing the case, the Supreme Court said the ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenue for the period between January and October 2022 reached 90 per cent of those recorded in 2019, despite arrivals reaching 80 per cent of those recorded during that year, according to ...

EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides on Friday urged health ministers across the bloc to assess their coronavirus protocols and be well prepared amidst a surge in infections in China. Health ...

A Supreme Court decision found the communications commissioner did not exceed his authority through his efforts to mediate a dispute between state telecoms Cyta and Primetel, it emerged on Friday. ...

Sea turtle populations are increasing in the areas around the sovereign bases following conservations efforts by military and civilian volunteers, officials said on Friday. In 2022, a total of 172 green and ...

There is a “terrifying increase” in drug use in Cyprus, bringing about impoverishment of the public, the Supreme Court said on Friday rejecting two appeals for leniency in prison sentencing ...

After much back-and-forth between the Prastio village authorities, Paphos District Officer Mary Lambrou and MPs, the electricity authority (EAC) on Friday afternoon accepted a payment of €2,000 and reconnected electricity to ...

Police in Larnaca on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old man for possession of drugs and money which appears to have been obtained through illegal activity. According to the police, shortly after 10...

Police were on Friday investigating another case of online fraud in involving loss of thousands of euros. According to a police statement, the 36-year-old manager of a Limassol-based social media ...

Police on Friday arrested a man for possessing an unregistered metal detector following a car chase. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, shortly before 1am a crime prevention patrol in ...

A total of 2,602 new coronavirus infections were detected in Cyprus from 53.528 tests in the past seven days, giving a positivity rate of 4.86 per cent, the health ministry said on Friday. ...

In today’s episode, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela is threatening to revoke the licences of doctors working in a private hospital in Nicosia who turned away two women in urgent ...