Cyprus

US oil major Exxon Mobil will resume offshore drilling for natural gas later this year, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides revealed on Tuesday. She said the drilling would take place around ...

A new initiative will see Larnaca’s beekeepers offer interactive programmes and tours to visitors, the Larnaca tourism board (Etap) announced on Tuesday. The Honey Road initiative is “a sustainable ...

The health ministry announced a total of 67 rapid test sites that will operate around the island on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

Police, assisted by the counter terrorism unit, arrested five people on Tuesday in connection with two separate cases, one involving shots fired at the home of a man in Larnaca ...

A typical hotel which installs 80 solar panels will have energy savings from heating water of between 30 and 40 per cent, an Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) official told an online seminar. ...

The balance between benefits and risks of vaccinating 16 and 17-year-olds against Covid-19 with mRNA vaccines is very similar to that for adults, member of the government’s epidemiological team Zoe ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Tuesday said he was proud Gesy was introduced during three-year term. While assessing his ministry’s work before leaving his post, the outgoing minister said ...

Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis and interior minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday presented the recently completed first phase of a regeneration project which saw sections of Trikoupi, Aeschylus and Lefkonos streets ...

A new eco-friendly lifeguard tower is being built in Oroklini, the community’s leader Neophytos Fakontis said on Tuesday. The tower will have sanitation facilities, electricity from renewable energy sources, ...

The Animal Party on Tuesday called on the public to protect their pets and livestock during the current high temperatures. Animals should not be left on balconies or terraces nor ...

The possible reinstatement of the SafePass outdoors would be a setback for businesses, the president of the hospitality venues association (Osika) Neophytos Thrasyvoulou said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

Cyprus Eagles CTL played their first game in the West group of the CCA #BAOFinancial T20 Cup, and gained a hard-fought win over Limassol Moufflons. The match was something of ...

A 37-year-old man arrested for bank fraud will be extradited to Romania within 10 days, police said on Tuesday. The man was arrested in Paphos on Sunday, in connection to a ...

Fireworks are a “serious threat for the natural environment” the forestry department said on Tuesday, following reports concerning their illegal use at events such as weddings and birthdays. The department ...

Paphos police are looking for two men, 33 and 27, on suspicion of breaking in and stealing 17,000 worth of items from an Emba home. The burglary was reported to the police by ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Monday unveiled the second supplementary state budget for 2021, a stimulus package aimed at continuing support to businesses struck by the coronavirus-related measures – although the single ...

A teenager was arrested after he was found riding a stolen motorcycle in Limassol, police said on Tuesday. Traffic police stopped the 17-year-old for a check around 3.25pm on Monday. ...

The met service expanded the yellow weather warning for high temperatures until 5pm on Tuesday. Temperatures were expected to reach 41C inland, and around 32C in the mountainous areas. The ...

By Pavlos Loizou, Managing Director, WiRE FS It is a paradox that currently only a handful of people in Cyprus are still concerned with the matter of NPLs. Maybe they ...

The Paphos community is rallying around those families that were affected by the fire that raged in Tala on Saturday that saw them lose all of their belongings. Three houses ...

Cyprus’ tourism industry has much more to offer than just the sun and the sea, deputy minister Savvas Perdios said at an event to rebrand the island’s tourism profile. “...

President Nicos Anastasiades said a return to strict measures is not currently on the cards but gave an unambiguous message to get vaccinated. The president said any incentives for the ...

New positive cases of the coronavirus spiralled to 314 on Monday, reflecting a positivity rate of 0.84 per cent. No deaths were announced, but 53 people were in hospital with the virus, of ...

Hoteliers on Monday said they were thinking of hiring only vaccinated staff citing reluctance by some of their employees to take the jab. Head of hoteliers’ association Pasyxe, Haris Loizides, ...