Cyprus

The bill for the creation of a separate ministry of culture was approved by the cabinet on Wednesday, Education minister Prodromos Prodromou announced on Twitter. Culture currently comes under the ...

The European Commission on Wednesday announced the launch of the ‘EU Scholarships for the Turkish Cypriot community Programme for the Academic Year 2021/22’ funded under the Aid Programme. In this round, ...

People with a disability in Cyprus experienced the lowest rate of housing cost overburden in the EU in 2019, Eurostat has reported. The housing cost overburden rate is defined as the ...

Two more children aged four and seven have been transferred to the paediatric ward at Makarios hospital with coronavirus, director of the ward Avraam Elia said on Wednesday. The two ...

Just as Cyprus began to raise its hopes of an influx of British tourists from the end of May, and with preparations underway to take bookings from April1, according to ...

Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs increases the risk of causing an accident, police said on Wednesday after they caught 15 people driving while on drugs in the last ...

Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said the first official East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) meeting, which took place in Cairo on Tuesday had been “particularly productive” Pilides said all seven founding ...

The director of BirdLife Cyprus says controlled hunting can be compatible with wildlife conservation Conservationists and hunters should talk more, but dialogue with the hunting lobby is not my favourite ...

According to data published by Eurostat on Wednesday, the share of people reporting crime, violence or vandalism in their neighbourhood varied across the EU member states in 2019. While 11 per cent ...

From 6am on Tuesday until 6am on Wednesday police carried out 10,590 checks for breaches of coronavirus protocols and fined 168 individuals, including two business owners, for violations. The businesses concern a ...

Supposedly protected coastal areas are being nibbled away by development Uncontrolled development is destroying natural habitats and all that is unique about the island, environmentalists say. Nowhere more so than ...

The Paphos regional board of tourism is looking towards the domestic market to kickstart the sector and expects the government to give the green light to lift restrictive measures put ...

The House commerce committee is trying to afford small businesses protection from unfair terms and conditions included in standard bank contracts through a bill on consumer protection, MPs said on ...

The EastMed pipeline could be in place within five years, Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Tuesday, describing it as an extremely important project. “In Israel we have a ...

Nicosia on Tuesday welcomed EU High Representative Josep Borrell’s comments which emphasise that “the Cyprus problem is clearly an EU problem”. Government Spokesman Kyriacos Koushos referenced Borrell’s comments ...

The fourth ministerial meeting of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) on Tuesday saw France become a member and the US join as an observer. Attended by Energy Minister Natasa ...

The health ministry announced 420 new cases on Tuesday from a total of 34,799 tests, a positivity rate of 1.21 per cent, although no new deaths were reported. The total number of deaths ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris visited a migrant and refugee camp Samos on Tuesday, during his two-day visit in Greece. The minister was accompanied by Asylum Seekers Reception General Secretary Manos ...

Italy strongly rejects any attempt to secure a solution to the Cyprus problem that is outside the scope of UN agreements and decisions, the country’s foreign minister Luigi Di ...

Parliament had no role in the approval of citizenships as part of Cyprus’ controversial investment programme, its director told an inquiry on Tuesday. Socratis Socratous said parliament staff had no ...

A group of Nicosia residents spend last Sunday morning cleaning up Pedieos riverbed, following reports of large amounts of rubbish dumped in the area. Large pieces of wood, plastic and ...

Rapid test prices fell between October and February as a result of the government stimulating competition through tenders, the health ministry said on Tuesday. In a statement, the ministry said ...

Cautious optimism following President Nicos Anastasiades’ morning meeting with the coronavirus advisory team for the next phase of gradual relaxations was brought into question later on Tuesday when the health ...

A total of 58 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Wednesday the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...