Cyprus

Over the last two years, parliament has approved relaxations that mean the penalty for limesticking has been slashed to just €200 for up to 50 birds It is coming back, creeping into ...

The companies running the commercial activities at Limassol port have agreed to suspend hiking their freight and handling fees until the end of the month while talks are ongoing with ...

A well-known Turkish Cypriot businessman was attacked and killed by gunmen while in his car in Kyrenia, media in the north reported on Tuesday. Halil Falyali was reportedly being driven ...

The health ministry’s epidemiological team is open to criticism about the handling of the pandemic, one of its members said on Tuesday, after a group of professionals questioned the ...

One in four Cypriots will suffer from cancer in their lifetime, while around 42 children under 10 are diagnosed with cancer yearly, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday during a ...

The health ministry announced seven deaths and 2,885 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday. All seven deaths were men, aged 93, 82, 77, 76, 71, 63, and 58, bringing the total death toll to 756. There are 206 people being ...

MPs have taken the initiative and will be drafting legislation governing bank fees charged to account holders after the government said there was not much it could do about it. ...

The Green party has condemned the demolishing of ten traditional Turkish Cypriot houses in the Paphos village of Androlykou, stating that cultural heritage and history is being lost. The Greens ...

A five-year-old boy has been hospitalised after falling off a tractor in Kofinou, police said on Tuesday. A police spokesman said the accident took place around 10am, in a field ...

A total of 79 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

The government will channel 15 per cent of its revenue from the operation of the casino resort in Limassol to the Cyprus Land Development Corporation (CLDC) to finance housing schemes – including ...

Work is progressing on the construction of 16 wave breakers off Pervolia and Oroklini in a push to tackle erosion that is affecting the entire coastline from Zygi to Pyla, the ...

A Limassol resident reportedly located and played a key part in the arrest of the thief he had reported to the police. The 37-year-old suspect was remanded for eight days ...

The island’s second largest dam, Asprokremos, overflowed for the eighth time since it was built in 1982 on Tuesday, Kitas weather reported. The overflow, which started at 2.20pm, would be “...

A bill to protect victims of crime is set to be voted on in March, following the completion of discussions on the matter at the House human rights committee. The ...

The Cyprus met office has issued a yellow alert for Tuesday night and Wednesday, warning of heavy thunderstorms and rain. The warning is in force from 10pm on Tuesday evening ...

A 21-year-old man was on Tuesday remanded as the fifth suspect involved in the theft of ammunition from a secured container in Limassol last year. The theft was reported by ...

Farmers working near the village of Denia in the buffer zone were on Tuesday threatened by five soldiers from the north, some of whom were armed, according to community leader ...

Parents of nursery school children on Tuesday called for frequent self-tests as a more efficient way of monitoring the coronavirus situation than a proposal for a weekly rapid test. Self-tests, ...

A 24-year-old woman was arrested for possession of forged documents after she attempted to board a plane to Germany using a Belgian passport. The woman is reportedly not cooperating with ...

Cypriots’ top priorities for the European Parliament is protecting public health, the economy, migration, the rule of law and protecting human rights, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. The overall ...

Two sisters reported their older brother was sexually abusing them for four consecutive years, when they were both under the age of 13, it emerged on Tuesday. The abuse started 12 years ...

In today’s episode, the government said yesterday it will use any safeguards in the contract governing the long-awaited liquefied natural gas import terminal, sounding an upbeat note that any ...

Internet users in Cyprus were the least likely among their counterparts in the EU 27 member states to change their internet browser settings to prevent or limit cookie use, according to ...