Cyprus

The attorney-general said Thursday the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (Intosai) had ignored a key provision of its own guidelines in a statement it issued expressing concern over the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday he would participate in an informal meeting with the political will to find common ground with the Turkish Cypriots that would lead to substantive negotiations ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Thursday announced the gradual return of high school students to classrooms from March 1 as part of the next phase of relaxations while calling on the ...

Interest has been expressed in the construction of a large rehabilitation and hospital care centre in Engomi near the Nicosia state fair, Engomi municipality announced on Thursday. It said the ...

A special unit of Famagusta police has received four domestic violence complaints since it became operational on February 15, it was reported on Thursday. “The complaints were lodged by women against ...

The fisheries department said no signs of tar have been seen on the Cypriot coastline, as neighbouring Israel is dealing with what has been described as one of the worst ...

The Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) is asking the government to bring forward implementation of an agreement with Israel facilitating travel between the two countries so as to capitalise on increased ...

Cypriot authorities have filed a report over the advertised sale on e-bay of a tile advertised as a piece of the floor from the ancient city of Salamis, a senior ...

Engomi municipality recycled the most household waste per capita in the Nicosia district in 2020, the municipality said on Thursday citing official data from Green Dot. Green Dot Cyprus is responsible ...

A 21-year-old man who lost the fingers of his right hand in a workplace accident in Paphos suffered serious injuries, but his condition is not considered life threatening, the Cyprus ...

Cyprus is one of six countries participating in the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Pathways Across Europe (Mappae) project, project coordinator for Cyprus Yioula Michaelidou Papakyriacou told the Cyprus Mail on ...

Limassol police have booked 13 people for gathering at a home in Ypsonas in violation of coronavirus-related decrees and for illegal gambling. Police told the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday that ...

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres intends to convene an informal five-plus-one meeting on the Cyprus issue in Geneva, Switzerland, from April 27 to 29, 2021, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, has ...

Cyprus is one of the EU countries where few people wear smart watches and other smart wearables such as connected clothes or shoes, Eurostat reported on Thursday. In 2020, around a ...

During 24 hours from Wednesday until Thursday morning police carried out 9,493 checks to enforce coronavirus decrees and booked 102 individuals, including four business owners, for violations. In Nicosia, 1,440 checks were conducted, in ...

Police on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the possession of illegal drugs with intent to supply in Nicosia. Members of the drug squad stopped and searched the 34-year-old ...

Despite concerns about the negative epidemiological picture in Limassol, the government is expected today to announce relaxations across the board such as the gradual return of all high school students ...

Cyprus’ official music video ‘El Diablo’, the country’s Eurovision song contest entry for this year, was released on Wednesday. The song is performed by Greek singer Elena Tsagrinou. State ...

Cyprus’ legislation on asset statements by politically exposed persons (PEP) is a ruin which has not been restored, experts who have drafted a White Paper on the issue said on ...

A 21-year-old man sustained serious injuries to his right hand after an explosion at his workplace in Paphos. According to the police, the explosion occurred in an electric appliances repair ...

Cancer patients still have access to the right treatments and care despite hiccups, Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (Pasykaf) said on Wednesday. An article published on Wednesday morning ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced one death and 143 new cases of Covid-19 from 26,603 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.54 per cent. The death concerned and 86-year-old woman ...

Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Cypriot authorities to lift the “unlawful and disproportionate” blanket ban on demonstrations while also criticising the police for using unnecessary and excessive use of ...

The central bank of Cyprus (CBC) had no involvement in the citizenship by investment programme, but it intended to fine the bank that handled the case of Malaysian businessman wanted ...