Cyprus

The House education committee on Wednesday discussed extending all-day schools and changing opening hours to reduce traffic congestion. It also called for the evaluation of analytical school programmes to promote ...

A police officer was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a case of stalking and physically harming a woman in Nicosia. The 48-year-old woman reported the officer was threatening her ...

Authorities temporarily closed two lanes on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway following a mechanical failure of a cement mixer. The incident occurred near the GSP Stadium, affecting traffic heading towards Nicosia. Traffic ...

Syria and energy issues were the focus of Wednesday’s meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, sources said. Christodoulides arrived in Cairo on Wednesday ...

The suspect in a murder case committed on July 3 in Peyia on his brother-in-law is to answer the charges at the Paphos Criminal Court on January 31. The 50-year-old, who had ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is making an extraordinary visit to Cyprus on Thursday. Citing sources, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported that Herzog’s visit is related to the “intergovernmental ...

The year 2025 marks 25 years since the Cyprus Classic Motorcycle Museum first opened its doors to visitors in the walled city of Nicosia, near Paphos Gate. During its quarter of a ...

Mayor of Larnaca Andreas Vyras on Wednesday called an emergency meeting to discuss the lack of safety felt by residents of Drosia. Residents said that since December they had been ...

Police on Wednesday are continuing their investigation into a brawl at a minors’ housing facility in Limassol which resulted in damages and two injuries. Police were interrogating eight young offenders ...

The Cyprus Radiologists Society (Aek) on Wednesday condemned the decision of the health insurance organization (HIO) to replace radiologists with “other doctors” to perform radiological examinations as of January 2025. In ...

Police in Kiti on Wednesday are investigating a new case of robbery and threatened assault against a 22-year-old food delivery man. According to the police, at around 9.20pm on Tuesday ...

Wednesday will be partly cloudy with temperatures rising to 18C inland, 20C on the coast, and 10C in the higher mountains. Winds will be mainly north-to south-easterly and in the ...

The Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) in Cyprus recorded a modest improvement in December 2024, rising by one point compared to November, according to the Economics Research Centre of the University of ...

The north’s ruling coalition partners “have not met in 20 days”, ‘deputy prime minister’ and DP leader Fikri Ataoglu said on Tuesday, as coalition partner YDP mulls a potential withdrawal. ...

Police launched a manhunt on Tuesday afternoon for a 39-year-old who was in custody for theft, who slipped through their fingers while being treated at Nicosia general hospital. The man ...

Two teenagers were placed in custody on Tuesday for maliciously causing damage to AEL’s indoor stadium in Limassol last week. Police sources said the two boys, aged 15 and 16, were ...

Four patients are currently intubated with flu in intensive care units, while seasonal infections and covid are pushing hospitals to their limits, state health services organisation (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou ...

The Turkish Cypriot side on Tuesday crowed that a draft six monthly report issued United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the state of play in Cyprus contains not a ...

Environmental organisations Terra Cypria and BirdLife Cyprus found on Tuesday that a wind farm in Kellia state forest in Larnaca, which had been put on hold by the Environment Department ...

Cosmetic products that are considered unsuitable under European legislation, have been found in several EU countries, including Cyprus. Some ingredients of the hair, skin and make-up products may cause irritation ...

The Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) in Cyprus recorded a modest improvement in December 2024, rising by one point compared to November, according to the Economics Research Centre of the University of ...

The average time to review applications for Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) has been cut to 60 days, the deputy welfare minister said on Tuesday. In a video message, Marilena Evangelou said ...

Cyprus’ international investment position (IIP) showed slight improvement during the third quarter of 2024, according to a report released this week by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). The IIP recorded ...

MPs on Tuesday decided to give the attorney-general’s office a fortnight for feedback on some loose ends relating to a bill changing the way in which Turkish Cypriot properties ...