Cyprus News

In today’s episode, President Nicos Anastasiades has told the 26th UN Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow that more than €500 million will be allocated by the Cyprus government by 2026 for ...

An asylum seeker was arrested at Paphos airport on Tuesday after attempting to depart using fake travel documents. The 25-year-old man of African descent, showed a Finnish passport while trying ...

Two people, 25 and 37, were arrested as part of investigations into two separate theft cases in Paphos and Polis Chrysochous, police said on Wednesday. The arrests came after a shop owner ...

Two businesses in Paphos and Limassol as well as 21 individuals were fined for violating coronavirus measures, police said on Wednesday. A Limassol-based petrol station was booked €500 for allowing an employee ...

The Cyprus property market is suffering from a misalignment between what is primarily available and what is being sought after by property seekers, a report from independent real estate asset ...

Retail trade experienced a boom in Cyprus during August, both in terms of value and volume. According to data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), the Turnover Value Index ...

The House human rights committee on Tuesday underlined its support for shelters to house unaccompanied teenager migrants, calling for the programme to be strengthened. So far 57 teenagers have made use ...

Ruling party Disy on Tuesday sought to dispel the notion that it is looking to meddle with the setup of the General Healthcare System (Gesy), saying it only wants to ...

Amid warnings from officials that at the current rates of violations being recorded by newly installed traffic cameras many drivers will end up losing their licences, police on Tuesday issued ...

Police on Tuesday confirmed that Cyprus received a request from Germany to extradite a permanent resident of the island arrested last month in connection with a cross-border trading fraud investigation ...

One Covid-19 death and 249 new coronavirus infections were reported by the health ministry on Tuesday evening, raising the death toll to 575. There are currently 70 patients receiving treatment for Covid-19 in ...

MPs on Tuesday gave authorities a month to help farmers address a shortage in labour created in part by foreign workers taking up undeclared work elsewhere or applying for political ...

Cyprus on Tuesday presented its initiative for coordinating climate change actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) during the UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow. The summit brings ...

The north on Tuesday called on the government to cooperate over the issue of irregular migration, arguing that it is impossible for a single ‘country’ to tackle this on its ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 53-year-old woman wanted in connection with the theft of around €70,000 from an apartment in Kato Paphos last week. The woman was a ‘key’ person in ...

Halloumi is not the means to achieve political goals, a state official said on Tuesday after reports that Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar tried to get the European Commission to ...

A total of 24 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Religion and science should be kept separate, Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Tuesday as he got a booster shot, and called on everyone to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The archbishop was ...

Cyprus will allocate more than €500 million by 2026 to policies to tackle climate change, President Nicos Anastasiades told the 26th UN Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow on Tuesday, as he pledged ...

It’s a very modern concept but an upcoming workshop will take self-care back to the basics finds Eleni Philippou Self-care. It’s certainly having its moment in the spotlight ...

The biggest challenges in the country’s road to digitisation are the lack of talent and professionals and mentality, Innovation and Digitisation deputy minister Kyriacos Kokkinos told MPs. Kokkinos said ...

Police said Tuesday they have charged a 54-year-old man with lighting a fire and making threats, after he was reported for setting fire to a field outside Nicosia on Sunday. ...

The health ministry announced on Tuesday that arrangements will be made to provide booster shots against the coronavirus to bedridden patients at home. This refers primarily to people who received ...

Stepping up measures against the coronavirus is not on the cards right now, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Tuesday, though concerns have been voiced over the recent uptick in ...