Cyprus

During the month of April the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) has exhumed additional human remains at an excavation site in Bellapais in the north, bringing the total ...

‘Pafos Zoo’ has welcomed the successful breeding of a rare parrot. In 2018, the zoo brought four pairs of the birds, ‘yellow-fronted parrots,’ (Poicephalus flavifrons) from Ethiopia in Africa with the ...

A fire that broke out in the industrial area in the Larnaca district was brought under control late on Thursday, but not before it gutted a warehouse. Fire service spokesman ...

Some residents of Akaki, outside Nicosia, were up in arms Thursday after they discovered that access to their homes and properties had been restricted by the installation of razor wire ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 26-year-old man wanted on suspicion of shooting and slightly injuring another man, 19, in Limassol in August last year. The suspect had fled to the north ...

Bruno’s natural place is not in an army camp, the Animal Party said in response to environment commissioner Klelia Vasiliou’s calls for the stray to be adopted by ...

More than 35,000 animals have been slaughtered for the Easter table this year, some 8,500 more than last year as consumers opt for local meat because of costlier imports. Veterinary services head ...

The Game Fund warned Thursday that fines for killing or harassing any species of wildlife were particularly strict between March and August because it is considered a reproduction season. In ...

A total of 57 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday that Turkish Cypriot and Turkish positions for the resumption of talks violate the UN mandate for a settlement. Speaking to reporters in Geneva at ...

Police said Thursday 27 cases connected to sex crimes have either been investigated or were under investigation by the force’s task force. Spokeswoman Eleni Constantinou said 14 cases have been filed ...

A large fire broke out in an area near the road connecting Anthoupolis and Ayioi Trimithia on Thursday morning. According to a statement released by a Fire Department spokesperson, firemen ...

More than 200 personal doctors and 45 Okypy doctors are interested in administering the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to their patients, the health ministry announced on Thursday. Last week, in a bid to ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating, he told CyBC on Thursday. The minister said he had undergone tests as a precaution earlier this week ...

The Nicosia District Court on Wednesday issued an injunction suspending the operation of a restaurant in the capital until May 12, when a case for violating the measures against the coronavirus ...

The number of coronavirus patients being treated in hospital is stabilising and is expected to fall as a result of the lockdown, Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Thursday. Using ...

By Evie Andreou in Geneva The third and final day of the informal summit on the Cyprus issue will start with a plenary session in the morning following news that ...

The Sovereign Area Base Police Community Units in both the Eastern and Western Sovereign Base Areas on Thursday completed the distribution of food and toiletries to 265 financially strained families in ...

Cyprus’ loan guarantee scheme will be credit positive for banks as long as they control their lending, credit rating agency Moody’s maintained in a note released on Thursday. “On ...

Ahead of Easter, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Thursday sent a message of hope during what she called “a difficult time for everyone,” while urging compliance with measures to contain ...

A total of 90 needy families will receive Easter packages with food and other basic necessities from the municipality on Good Friday, Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras announced on Thursday. “The social ...

All appointment slots for vaccinations which were made available for people aged 39 and 40 have ran out, but more will be added for all districts within a few minutes, the health ...

About half a kilo of duty-free tobacco was found in a car while 240 firecrackers were also confiscated during a coordinated operation in the Larnaca district on Wednesday. The operation was ...