Cyprus

The Ministerial Councils of Cyprus and Egypt will jointly convene soon, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides has said. In statements as he wrapped up his visit to Cairo Saturday and the ...

A total of 52 people and two businesses were booked for in a span of 24 hours for violating coronavirus measures, police said on Sunday. Between 6am on Saturday and 6am on ...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades travels to Brussels Sunday to attend the special meeting of the European Council, to take place 24-25 May. A press release by the Presidency says that ...

Cyprus’ authorities announced on Sunday that they are investigating a new case of blood clot in a 40-year-old female, who is being treated at the Nicosia general hospital two weeks ...

Cypriot banks’ sizable property portfolios expose them to excessive property market risks, the Central Bank of Cyprus said in its Annual Report for 2020. According to the report, as of September 30, 2020, ...

In one week parliamentary elections will take place but there has been a lack of vision although the word change has been bandied around, few have said how that will ...

One person died from coronavirus on Saturday as 91 new cases were recorded from 61,069 tests, a positivity rate of 0.15 per cent. The death brings to 353 the total number of people who ...

The UN Secretary General’s Cyprus envoy Jane Hall Lute is expected to travel to Greece and Turkey later this week, according to diplomatic sources. She will explore the possibilities ...

A fire destroyed dry grass and vegetation in a Nicosia rural area, fireservice spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Saturday. The fire broke out at around 2.45pm between Ayioi Trimithias and ...

A total of 85 sites providing free coronavirus rapid tests will operate nationwide on Sunday, the health ministry said. The sites aim to assist the mandatory testing of 50 per cent of ...

Main opposition Akel on Saturday accused President Nicos Anastasides of acting like Disy’s party leader and being involved in “pre-election conflict” after he publicly responded to the party’s ...

The animal party will hold a protest march with dogs on the Oroklini coastal road on Sunday against the decision of the community council to ban dogs from the area ...

Police on Saturday arrested two more people, 38 and 36, on suspicion of assisting two third-country nationals enter the country illegally. Two men, aged 52 and 45, are already in police custody for the ...

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi on Saturday expressed his country’s support for a solution to the Cyprus problem during a meeting in Cairo with Foreign Minister Nikos ...

Support for local businesses affected by the pandemic will continue to prevent a rise in unemployment despite the gradual restart of the economy following the improvement of the country’s ...

A 14th century gravestone found in a field by a resident has been handed over to cultural activist known for her work in combatting art trafficking Tasoula Hadjitofi, it emerged ...

A 48-year-old man who is suspected of stealing €200,000 worth of car parts was arrested late on Friday in Larnaca. During investigations into recent thefts of catalytic converters from cars in ...

Paphos district court on Saturday remanded a 32-year-old man for five days for attacking another man with a knife late on Friday. The incident was reported to the police by ...

As road safety week continued police on Friday night arrested two people, aged 42 and 51, for traffic violations. Limassol traffic police arrested a 42-year-old man speeding at twice the maximum speed ...

Cyprus has administered more than half a million coronavirus jab doses, with 20 per cent of the eligible population having completed their vaccination, the health ministry announced on Saturday. The ministry ...

The latest developments in the Middle East and the Cyprus problem will be among the issues Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides will discuss on Saturday with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry ...

Police fined 24 people, including one business owner, for violating coronavirus measures after 4,757 checks across the island in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Saturday. The majority of checks concerned ...

Set in the Cyprus of the 1950s, GOLDIE and the Power of Love is written in both English and Greek Cypriot. Alix Norman finds out more about a favourite goat, ...

Corruption remained the number one problem for people whose majority also believe that an acceptable and viable solution of the Cyprus problem was out of reach, according to a survey ...