Cyprus

By Mary Spyrou One person has been arrested for human trafficking and eight possible victims were identified in Cyprus as part of a joint European operation by Europol. The investigation ...

News that the UK government might open up summer holidays abroad for vaccinated Britons have been welcomed by tourism industry players in Cyprus, who hope that less red tape for ...

A pathologist hired by the family of a national guardsman who died 16 years said Thursday his death was the result of strangulation and not suicide. Demetra Karayianni said she had ...

A 77-year-old woman told police that two men broke into her house in Dhekelia while she was asleep and robbed her of jewellery worth around €2,400. The woman said the incident ...

Police on Wednesday seized two firearms and a quantity of dynamite, found in a field in Deftera, in the outskirts of Nicosia. Officers found the cache at around 2pm after ...

Federal Reserve officials signaled on Wednesday that they expected to raise interest rates from near-zero levels sooner than they had previously forecast. The euro and the pound both fell sharply ...

Agriculture minister Costas Kadis on Thursday highlighted the importance of the new Mammari firefighting aircraft base in Wednesday’s efforts to extinguish a fire in the Ayia Marina Xyliatos area, ...

Cyprus has only managed to reduce its road deaths by 20 per cent in the past ten years, the seventh country that has been least effective in helping the EU reach ...

With political will and commitment, and with flexibility and creativity, the two sides in Cyprus can find the necessary common ground to build a common future, British High Commissioner Stephen ...

The health ministry announced 68 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Wednesday. There are 38 coronavirus patients in hospitals, 12 of whom are in serious condition. Six of the 12 patients are ...

Efforts to extinguish a fire that started around 2.55pm on Wednesday in Ayia Marina Xyliatou are still ongoing and will continue through the night, the forestry department said. Forestry department ...

Afternoon teachers in state schools will not give up until their demands are met, trade union Sek said during another protest by striking teachers on Wednesday morning. Teachers working in ...

Limnes migrant detention centre in Menoyia on Wednesday received a donation of 80 housing units from the Polish embassy to help speed up processing asylum applications. Polish ambassador Irena Lichnerowicz Augustyn ...

A group of demonstrators on Wednesday gathered outside the offices of the legal service to protest against a decision by the attorney-general not to prosecute 15 police officers named in an ...

After the blow inflicted by the UK’s decision to delay the easing of coronavirus measures in England, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios reiterated on Wednesday that Cyprus deserves to ...

The health ministry announced a total of 65 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The rift splitting the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus remains in place after six out seven of its members who disagreed with Archbishop Chrysostomos’ recognition of the independence ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a finance ministry decree obliging doctors, lawyers and retail businesses among others to accept plastic money in a bid to fight tax evasion. It is ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a supplementary budget worth around €148.5m to cover additional expenditure in various sectors. The extra spending concerns €20m for support schemes for workers and businesses ...

Smaller parties, which include far-right Elam, ought to have a House committee chair in the name of cooperation and consensus, ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Wednesday. “The elections ...

A further round of relaxations will see fans attending sports events, at 50 per cent of the facility’s capacity, and ten people per table at cafes, bars and restaurants. The ...

Cyta saw its highest after-tax profit in nine years of €70.8 million for the full year of 2020, and announced a positive outlook for its results in 2021, at a press conference on ...

Cyprus was the EU top country whose citizens believe corruption has increased over the past year according to Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer. On the index, 65 per cent of ...

Police arrested three suspects and seized three pistols and 1.5 kilos of crystal meth during an operation in Limassol on Wednesday morning. Officers raided six addresses and arrested two foreign men, 37 ...