Cyprus

By Glafkos Constantinides The social and economic future of the old inner part of Nicosia, the Walled City, is in serious doubt. It is a unique area in many ways ...

Occupancy levels of hotels that are open in Paphos are not even reaching 20 per cent, president of the Paphos Hoteliers Associaion Thanos Michaelides said on Sunday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

A 40-year-old man remanded in police custody on Sunday won €14,000 in recent weeks from the Limassol casino after marking cards. According to Limassol CID on Saturday night the manager of ...

A 28-year-old man has been remanded in custody for four days following his arrest for allegedly cheating two people out of €39,700, paid for the supposed import of vehicles from overseas. ...

A military exercise with the participation of a frigate of the French Navy took place on Friday in the sea south of Larnaca, the ministry of defence said on Sunday. ...

The Test and Stay scheme to be introduced in schools as of Monday to allow close contacts to stay in lessons will only create more problems, deputy leader of the ...

The Argaka dam, which holds 990,000 cubic metres of water has overflowed, the local community leader said on Sunday. Community leader Spyros Pelopida said the dam overflowed earlier this year than ...

State support has been laughable say those in artistic community A year ago, the Cyprus Mail spoke to artists, actors, writers and musicians who were virtually all in dire straits ...

Traffic congestion has been caused on roads leading to Troodos as those with unsuitable vehicles have ignored police advice and headed for the mountains. The chaos picked up pace shortly ...

Coordinated police operations in Chlorakas continued over Saturday night with two people found illegally staying in the area charged. A new operation was staged on Saturday lasting from the afternoon ...

Concerns about the environmental costs and risks to public safety posed by the plans to upgrade the Chlorakas coastline were expressed on Sunday by President of the AKTI Rehabilitation and ...

Eight businesses in Nicosia were fined €500 for employees not having a SafePass while one was fined €1,500 because the manager was not wearing a facemask as almost 3,000 checks of Covid measures ...

As extreme winds grip the island the ministry of health on Sunday announced changes to its rapid testing locations. A site in Kyperounta due to offer free rapid tests to ...

No information so far indicated people in Cyprus were involved in the well-publicised rape of a 24-year-old woman in Thessaloniki, Cyprus the Cyprus News Agency reported on Sunday. From the ...

Roads to Troodos were closed to all traffic on Sunday morning police said as snow remained heavy in the area. The Platres-Troodos, Karvounas-Troodos and Prdromos-Troodos roads were closed due to ...

A 21-year-old has been charged in writing for the killing of a dog, illegal possession and transport of a firearm and explosives, and carrying a weapon to incite terror, police ...

An unprecedented level of voter apathy is expected to mark ‘parliamentary’ elections in the north today when Turkish Cypriots have to choose 50 representatives from eight parties in an early election, ...

Six deaths from coronavirus and 1,984 new infections were announced on Saturday, out of 82,187 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.41 per cent. Three of the deaths – men aged 66, 72 and 90 – ...

The protection of Salamis’ mosaics has been named as among the most significant successes of the bicommunal cultural heritage committee by Takis Hadjidemetriou, the outgoing head of the committee. Hadjidemetriou, ...

Paphos police on Saturday arrested a 32-year-old man suspected of being behind a string of burglaries across the district. Paphos assistant police chief Michalis Ioannou described the arrest as a ...

Close contacts of Covid-19 cases will only have to self-isolate for 10 days instead of 14 from Monday. Close contacts can also released earlier than the 10th day if they have a ...

A new addition to Nicosia’s art scene showcases folk printmaking from the 18th to 20th century. The exhibition recently opened at the Hambis Printmaking Museum in Nicosia with works ...

Paphos police said on Saturday that they are investigating two break-ins, one in a warehouse in Agia Marina and one in a shop in Kato Paphos. According to a police ...

Overcrowding is forcing Paphos schools to share facilities and new schools need to be built urgently, district president of the teacher’s union (Oelmek) Giorgos Yiallouris said on Saturday. He ...