A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
The latest series of works by Zenon Jepras reflect his lockdown. THEO PANAYIDES meets a man who puts his success down to luck and compulsion
Can we say self-deprecating? Zenon ...
A Cypriot fishing vessel was harassed and damaged by the Turkish coast guard as it attempted to fish in international waters.
The incident was reported by the owner of Ta ...
US Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) applauded the Committee passage of their new legislation to bolster the United ...
Police on Wednesday said they arrested two people, aged 32 and 38, on suspicion of assaulting a man and a woman at an apartment building in Paphos.
The incident took place at 8...
Police have arrested a 21-year-old driver who allegedly ran a red light and hit a motorcyclist late on Tuesday in Limassol.
The accident occurred at the Christaki Kranou traffic lights ...
Two drivers were arrested for traffic violations, specifically drink driving and speeding, Larnaca police said on Wednesday.
The first driver, aged 36, was arrested around 3.20pm on Tuesday after he tested ...
The UK government is to review the Traffic Light classification system for travel destination countries on Thursday, but reports say that little change is expected.
The PC Agency, an old ...
The radio broadcasting industry in Cyprus has remained strong while in most of the EU it is declining.
Cyprus has 37 broadcasters, the European Union’s statistical service (Eurostat) noted in ...
The 2nd Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, based in Episkopi, tested out its new equipment on Tuesday morning and pledged closer cooperation with the Cyprus army.
Brilliant day testing out ...
The health ministry announced 122 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Tuesday.
There are 47 coronavirus patients in hospital, 19 of whom are in serious condition. Of the 19 patients, nine are ...
All aspects of life in the Tylliria area will be covered by an integrated development plan of the area, commissioner for the development of mountain communities Costas Hambiaouris on Tuesday ...
Paphos criminal court on Tuesday ruled a 25-year-old man guilty on 18 counts of sexual abuse of a minor on different charges, and set July 7 as the date for sentencing.
The ...
Gesy beneficiaries will receive emails containing the indicative cost of health services received after each doctor’s appointment, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Tuesday.
Up to now, Gesy ...
The chair of the European Parliament’s committee on culture and education Sabine Verheyen has expressed concern over the education ministry’s decision to launch a disciplinary investigation against art ...
Hope for Children issued a missing child alert on Tuesday for 15-year-old Denisa Belova Kasapoglou. from Limassol.
She has been missing since June 18.
Denisa is 1.65 metres tall, with blonde shoulder-length ...
The health ministry announced a total of 68 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Wednesday.
The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...
A report into the now-defunct citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programme, released on Tuesday, conveys a picture of an almost total system failure – authorities and actors across the board not doing proper background ...
The House selection committee on Tuesday agreed on presidents for the 16 parliamentary committees and scheduled a new meeting for Wednesday to decide on the deputy chairs and members.
The committee ...
Some 2,500 drivers were booked for traffic offences over the long weekend, the majority of them for speeding, police said on Tuesday announcing the results of a campaign to avert road ...
President Nicos Anastasiades replaced the ministers of health and justice on Tuesday and appointed a junior minister for welfare at the newly created department.
Anastasiades also appointed a new government ...
Some 2500 drivers were booked for traffic offences over the long weekend, the majority of them for speeding, police said on Tuesday announcing the results of a campaign to avert road ...
Turkish Cypriot authorities say they expect 3,000 Greek Cypriots to file applications with the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) in the north over their properties in the fenced area of Varosha.
There ...
Saying that we must learn to live with the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Tuesday voiced concern over an increase in positivity rates of rapid tests and the ...
Paphos Hotels saw occupancy rates of close to 60 per cent over the long weekend, a significant jump from the 15 per cent averaged over the month of June, Thanos Michaelides, president ...