Cyprus

A new working group has been formed by the Union of Cyprus municipalities (UCM) to collaborate with the ministry of agriculture on implementing the “Pay as you throw” waste management ...

The energy minister and the natural gas infrastructure company (Etyfa) met on Tuesday to review the state of play with the LNG project at Vasiliko and what the next steps ...

Parliamentarians on Tuesday renewed calls on car dealerships to fully cooperate on the issue of faulty Takata airbags, stressing that the government will regardless press on with efforts to alert ...

The Cyprus Environmental Movement on Tuesday added its voice to calls to stop the destruction of the landmark teacher’s bank building in central Nicosia. The Teachers’ Savings Bank building ...

Both lanes of the Limassol to Nicosia highway were closed on Tuesday afternoon following a traffic accident. As a result, heavy traffic was reported moving towards Nicosia. Police urged drivers ...

Limassol police are looking for two people after an attempted robbery of a kiosk in Yermasogia in the early morning of Tuesday. Around 3am, two people entered the kiosk and ...

Τhe medieval fountain in the centre of the Paphos village of Choulou has been fully restored, mukhtar Marios Lazarou said on Tuesday. The fountain was restored by the antiquities department ...

The Nicosia district court has ruled that the government is not responsible for repaying the debts of the Kofinou abattoir, the legal service said on Tuesday. The decision, issued on ...

The patients’ federation (Osak) on Tuesday called on patients to report doctors if they tried to exploit them as the police said investigations are ongoing into a doctor sacked on ...

The Media Ethics Committee on Tuesday came down hard on the Alpha television channel for airing a talk show in December where a guest made sexist remarks that sparked a ...

Chinese New Year (on Wednesday) was welcomed in Cyprus in a festive atmosphere, full of colour and traditional decorations that transformed the usually quite drab university amphitheatre into a Chinese ...

The number of asylum seekers has dropped considerably over the past two years, the interior ministry said on Tuesday citing data after the mayor of Nicosia claimed that migrants released ...

Two people arrested in connection with an attempted murder in Kornos were remanded in police custody for eight days on Tuesday by Larnaca district court. The suspects, aged 25 and 24, were ...

Paphos airport is safe, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou insisted on Tuesday, after Israeli airlines suspended their operations in and out of Paphos, Cyprus’ second airport. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

The owner of a hotel development in Latsi has continued construction work despite a lack of permits as the Paphos district organisation (EOA) said on Tuesday it will seek its ...

Russian billionaire and former Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich avoided paying tax on his fleet of yachts through a scheme based in Cyprus, according to reports released on Tuesday. ...

Wizz Air, as part of its aim to connect people from Cyprus to Europe and the Middle East, has broken its own record once again, by welcoming 62.8 million passengers in 2024 ...

Banana farmers in the Paphos district are anxious over the district’s water supply and the impact it may have on their bananas after the draining of the Mavrokolympos reservoir ...

One of two Ukrainian brothers masterminding massive money laundering operations from Limassol has been arrested abroad on a European warrant in the framework of a Europe-wide clampdown, according to Cyprus ...

Negotiators from Cyprus’ two sides will meet on Thursday to discuss the opening of new crossing points, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s special representative Gunes Onar confirmed on Tuesday. ...

After the initial hiccups, the major problems faced by district organisations in their first months since they took over in the summer last year, have boiled down to sewerage, waste ...

To tackle traffic congestion and improve urban development, the municipalities of Limassol, Amathus, and Polemidia have teamed up on a collaborative spatial planning initiative, aimed at enhancing the city’s ...

Tuesday’s weather will be mainly clear, with increased clouds present during parts of the day. Temperatures will rise to around 20 degrees Celsius inland and on the coasts, and 10 degrees ...

Cypriot natural gas will be extracted from under the sea for the first time in 2027, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. Speaking to Politis radio, he said he expects ...