Cyprus

Invest Cyprus issued a statement on Monday underscoring the significance of five strategic Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed on January 8 at the Egyptian presidential palace in Cairo. These agreements were ...

The Museum of Templar Ages recently completed its first year of operation in the village of Pano Arodes, in Paphos. Evidence for the presence of the Knights’ Templar in the ...

Kazakhstan plans to soon open an embassy in Cyprus, its government confirmed on Monday. The decision was relayed during a meeting in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, between the permanent ...

The intensity of greenhouse gas emissions in Cyprus decreased by just over 26 per cent from 2013 to 2023, according to data published by Eurostat on Monday. This compared to a drop of 32 ...

More than 900 Syrians have withdrawn their asylum applications over the last month, the government said on Monday. In a post on X, Deputy Minister of Migration Nicholas Ioannides said that ...

Cyprus could up its spending cap if it convinces Brussels that the models the latter uses systematically ‘downgrade’ the island’s economic indices, the head of the Fiscal Council asserted ...

The Greek Cypriot Brotherhood in the UK welcomed in the New Year on Sunday with the annual cutting of the vasilopita. The cutting was blessed by Archbishop Nikitas while 140 members ...

Following a complaint from a company director, police in Limassol are looking into a fraud case involving the theft of €700,000. A 45-year-old man was taken into custody by police on ...

A 57-year-old woman got scammed online and ended up losing tens of thousands of euros. The woman reported to the Limassol police on Monday, that she found a website advertising ...

House president Annita Demetriou expressed her commitment to deepening collaboration with Spain during a meeting on Monday with the Spanish congress president, Francina Armengol Socias. The Spanish delegation, which includes ...

A Nicosia football club will be facing trial this week over the non-payment of €2.3 million in social insurance contributions, it emerged on Monday. It is apparently the first such trial ...

In a move aimed at addressing challenges faced by the media sector, President Nikos Christodoulides, announced an initiative for dialogue with all involved stakeholders to find solutions to the sector’...

It began with a theft.   The theft itself wasn’t unusual – Cyprus is all too used to its artefacts being plundered. In our time, we’ve lost the Kanakaria mosaics, ...

A 35-year-old woman died after falling from a block of flats in Yermasoyia, Limassol, and police are looking into all possibilities. A resident notified the police at 9.30am that a ...

Customs officers seized over 34,000 cigarettes at Paphos airport on Saturday, after checking the luggage of a three-member Turkish Cypriot family departing for the UK. The passengers, holding Republic of Cyprus ...

A special police officer already in custody was rearrested on Monday in connection with a second corruption case. Nicosia district court renewed the officers’ remand order for a further four ...

Stargazers have a treat coming up, when the seven planets of the solar system that are visible from Earth will align for just one night. This spectacular planetary phenomenon will ...

The first witnesses in the opening golden passport trial, linked to the Al Jazeera documentary, did not appear in court on Monday and the next hearings have been set for ...

Pressure is mounting on the government amid calls for the resignation of the justice minister and the police chief, following the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Pakistani man during a ...

The trial of Turkish-Jewish land developer Simon Aykut, who was arrested in early June and is accused of occupying Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied regions, has been rescheduled by ...

The opening of a crossing point at the Turkish Cypriot-held enclave of Kokkina was revisited by the mayor of Polis Chrysochous Yiotis Papachristofi, and Kato Pyrgos community cluster leader Nikos ...

The latest microbiological testing showed no pollution of the waters at Geroskipou beach, therefore it is safe to swim in the area, according to the Municipality of Ierokipia on Monday. ...

Announcements by political parties insinuating a police cover-up in the case of the death of the 24-year-old Pakistani national, are premature and utterly unsubstantiated, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on ...

An off-duty policeman caught two men red-handed on Sunday loading a stolen water heating solar panel into a car. The incident happened at 9.15pm on Sunday. A Polemidia police officer ...