Cyprus

In a joint operation targeting the trafficking of irregular immigrants between the British bases (SBAs) and the Republic, six suspected people smugglers and five undocumented migrants were arrested in the ...

A pod of eight dolphins was spotted off the coast of Larnaca during a diving event, with underwater photographers taking the opportunity to document the experience. “A pod of eight ...

United Nations envoy in Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin told Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis of a “failure to achieve the expected progress” on some issues related to the Cyprus problem, ...

Former Edek leader Marinoz Sizopoulos and former member of the European parliament Demetris Papadakis engaged in a heated argument on television on Friday, with the pair having been at loggerheads ...

Two sisters from Scotland have been named Ayia Napa “tourism ambassadors” after decades of holidaying in the popular Cypriot resort. Ashley O’Connor and Heather Dingwall received the honorary title ...

Solutions to disagreements between teachers and the government regarding planned reforms to the ways in which teachers are evaluated “can be found in parliament”, the education ministry’s permanent secretary ...

The police on Friday announced the arrest of a sixth man in connection with the finding of drugs and ammunition at a cafeteria in Limassol. The arrestee is a 43-year-old ...

The north’s ‘economy minister’ Olgun Amcaoglu on Thursday evening promised that “at least 28,000 new jobs” will be created as a result of the decision to relax laws relating to ...

The police are investigating an incident in which gunshots were fired at an office building on Ayios Andreou Street in Limassol, they said on Friday. The shots were fired around 7.25...

A 46-year-old was arrested in Limassol after police found a selection of drugs and an air rifle at his house, the police said on Friday. The man’s house had ...

A fire broke out in a microwave in an apartment in Larnaca on Friday morning, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said. He said the fire brigade had responded to a ...

A 47-year-old man has been arrested after importing products believed to contain controlled substances, the police said on Friday. The police seized two packages which had been brought to Cyprus ...

A car belonging to a 70-year-old man in the Larnaca suburb of Aradippou was set on fire for the second time in the space of six weeks, the police said ...

The Pancyprian examinations, which Cypriot high school leavers take to gain access to public universities in Cyprus and Greece, got underway on Friday. In total, exactly 5,119 people are sitting the ...

Australian Cypriot footballer Aziz Behich on Thursday night scored a last-minute winner for Australia’s national team against Japan to all but secure the Socceroos’ place at next year’s ...

Turkish Cypriots and other Muslims across Cyprus celebrated the beginning of Eid al-Adha, one of the two main festivals on the Muslim calendar, on Friday. The festival is celebrated during ...

Friday is set to be the hottest day of the week so far, with temperatures set to hit a maximum of 38 degrees Celsius inland. Elsewhere, temperatures will rise to highs ...

The cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) is a “blessing” and will not be scrapped, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday. “CoLA will be expanded so that it continues to operate, and, ...

Police on Thursday were investigating an incident where at least two shots were fired at the offices of a company in Limassol. The incident happened on Ayiou Andreou street in ...

Lawmakers on Thursday again decried the abject lack of progress in the scheduled expansion and upgrade of the neonatal intensive care unit at Makarios hospital, with the project apparently bogged ...

The Aids Solidarity Movement on Thursday announced the launch of Cyprus’ first support centre for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a medication that significantly reduces the risk of HIV infection. “The Cyprus ...

Amid much pomp President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a project further expanding the island’s two international airports, promising to service over 17 million passengers a ...

Police conducted a coordinated operation in Ayia Napa on Tuesday evening aimed at combating sexual exploitation, which led to the discovery of nine cases of illegal employment. “Members of the ...

The area of the old state fair in Nicosia is to be converted into a nature park, MPs heard with satisfaction on Thursday. Representatives of the suburbs of Engomi and ...