Cyprus

The House interior committee will discuss the possibility of postponing the next local elections, as parliament ponders on local authority reforms. Akel MP Aristos Damianou said MPs will discuss the ...

A 68-year-old Famagusta resident was arrested on Wednesday as a second suspect in a case of fraud by false representation, police said on Thursday. The alleged offence was reported to ...

Police on Thursday said they fined five businesses a total of €7,000 for violating coronavirus protocols as part of 3,184 nationwide checks. The checks were carried out between 6am on Wednesday and 6...

Police are investigating a complaint that hackers stole more than $35 million (approximately €29.5m) in cryptocurrencies earlier this month. The crime was reported to the police on Wednesday by the 39-year-old ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of threatening and stealing €3,740 from a family in Limassol. The incident was reported by a 27-year-old man who said that on August 30, four ...

The public deficit has fallen by 0.2 per cent in the first seven months of the year, with preliminary fiscal results by the Cyprus statistical service showing a General Government deficit ...

Cyprus must progress from lip-service to serious action if Cypriot consumers are ever to see serious reductions in their inexcusably high energy costs. Household electricity prices shot-up by 38 per cent ...

The quality of life of thousands of Nicosia and Limassol residents is affected by environmental noise both day and night, MPs heard on Wednesday. The House environment committee discussed a ...

Cyprus will take part in the multinational military exercise Bright Star 2021 that starts on Thursday in Egypt, it was announced on Wednesday. Greece will also take part with air, naval ...

Greeks and Greek Cypriots want to scrap Turkish guarantees and get rid Cyprus of the Turkish army, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday. Tatar, who was visiting the ...

Four people died from Covid-19, as 256 new infections were detected after 44,929 tests, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Forty-nine people were being treated in hospital in serious or critical condition. ...

MPs agreed on Wednesday that legal provisions were necessary to tackle offensive behaviour on social media without however curtailing people’s rights. The House legal affairs committee also discussed a ...

The health ministry has announced 35 rapid testing sites for Thursday for eligible groups of the population. People need to present proof of identity to get tested, such as ID, passport, ...

A 43-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Wednesday in connection with a hit and run in Paphos last month which police are treating as murder attempt against two ...

Main opposition Akel lambasted the government on Wednesday for its policy on the Cyprus problem as President Nicos Anastasiades outlined his proposal over a possible restoration of the 1960 constitution to ...

By Stefanos Messios The Karaiskakio Foundation has made September as ‘Leukaemia Month’ by organising a series of events, to inform and raise awareness among the public about leukaemia and bone ...

The environmental consequences of the oils slick that approached the Cyprus coast are already starting to be counted as a small turtle was pulled out of the sea dead by ...

Cypriot Paralympic athlete Karolina Pelendritou took gold in the 100m breaststroke final for the SB11 category on Wednesday, setting a new world record with a time of 1.19.78. Pelendritou qualified for ...

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot unions on Wednesday jointly called for reconciliation and cooperation to mark World Peace Day in memory of the millions of victims of Nazism. During a ...

Pope Francis confirmed that he is set to visit Cyprus during a tour of other European countries later this year, marking the first papal visit since 2010. Speaking to Spanish radio ...

The interest rate on consumer credit registered a decline to 3.03 per cent in July compared with 3.14 per cent in the previous month, the central bank said on Wednesday. However, the ...

The police cybercrime unit is investigating reports of death threats made against Zoe Dorothea Pana, one of the government’s coronavirus advisors. The alleged death threat was reportedly sent to ...

Admissions at the Famagusta referral hospital for Covid patients has dropped to 36 per cent of bed capacity, Amalia Hadjiyianni, the facility’s scientific director said on Wednesday. Speaking to the ...

Cyprus Post said on Wednesday it had suspended all post to Nigeria. “Due to the impossibility of finding air carrier for the transport of mail, the acceptance of mail of ...