Cyprus

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides and Justice Minister Stephie Drakou appealed to MPs for the umpteenth time on Wednesday to pass vital justice reforms, despite the supreme court’s opposition to certain ...

A total of 28 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

Government departments and the power company (EAC) expect to finalise a discounted rate on electricity bills in the next few days, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Wednesday. The minister ...

Excavations near a chapel in Protaras have brought to light archaeological finds that may indicate ruins of a sanctuary of Aphrodite, according to Paralimni Mayor Theodoros Pyrillis. These are being ...

Any proposals or ideas on the Cyprus problem should not stray from the framework of the UN Security Council resolutions, President Nicos Anastasiades told UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie on ...

Cabinet on Wednesday announced that the disciplinary procedure against controversial public school headteacher and artist Giorgos Gavriel will be dropped, amidst wide condemnation of the way the government handled the ...

Authorities are expected to demolish Dianelleios technical school entrance hall building in the coming days, Petros Chrysostomou, chairman of the Larnaca school board told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday. ...

Women’s organisations will hold a protest outside the Supreme Court on Thursday in solidarity with the appeal of a British woman who was convicted of lying about being gang ...

State doctors’ union Pasyki said on Wednesday they are close to taking measures over what they say is failure by the state health services (Okypy) to comply with an agreement ...

A motorcyclist has been hospitalised with serious injuries after an accident in Liopetri, in the Famagusta district, at 2.40 pm on Tuesday. According to police, the 59-year-old motorcyclist was involved in ...

Police on Wednesday said they had fined a cafeteria in Nicosia €8,000 for failing to check customers for a SafePass. The violation was identified during 2,975 nationwide checks that also resulted in ...

Cyprus-based troops from the Second Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment have been reflecting on the part they played in the evacuation of more than 12,000 British nationals and entitled Afghans out of ...

Authorities were investigating on Wednesday after a car was destroyed in a fire that broke out outside an apartment building in Larnaca. The fire started a few minutes after 2am ...

A 52-year-old man was arrested late on Tuesday in Paphos on suspicion of stealing electronic devices. Acting on a tip-off, police searched a house in Kato Paphos around 5.30pm on ...

Nicosia drug squad arrested two men late on Tuesday in connection with two separate cases of illegal drug possession. The first man, 27, was stopped by members of the drug squad ...

The ninth edition of the Cyprus Energy Symposium will put the spotlight on all energy-related issues pertaining to Cyprus, a statement by its organisers said. The symposium, which will be ...

CyprusInno has launched a new coworking space called The Base in Nicosia’s Ledra Palace buffer zone. The centre will not be limited to coworking elements as it wil also ...

A fully automated system to come online perhaps by the end of the year will address the problem of the long delays in the processing and disbursement of benefits, Labour ...

Amid complaints from parents, Nicosia and Larnaca bus operator Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) on Tuesday assured that inconveniences with issuing and renewing student bus passes are just a one-off and ...

UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie on Tuesday clarified what he said in an interview last week was trying to pick up from where Crans Montana ended is a recipe for ...

The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19 and that 126 people tested positive on Tuesday. But it said not all data for tests taken privately had been collected so the ...

Cyprus was sixth among EU nations for the decrease in commercial flights in August 2021 compared to 2019, with a slump of 23.8 per cent. Although a considerable knock, the reduction was notably ...

The top priority of the House ethics committee is to work towards the modernisation of the law on officials’ declaration of wealth, it announced on Tuesday a day after all ...

The House selection committee unanimously decided on Monday there was no legal reason justifying the exclusion of an MP from any parliamentary committee, after Edek chairman Marinos Sizopoulos refused to ...