Cyprus

A strike by Canadian postal workers means post to the country has been cancelled. The Canadian post office is not accepting traditional postal items of any category, except for the ...

A tussle at a concrete factory on Monday was immediately downplayed by police and union Sek as a minor incident, while the union said the long-running strike would end as ...

EnErgo movement announced its intention on Monday to file a lawsuit against the Republic of Cyprus regarding its failed housing, food and decent living policies. The movement said it sent ...

The Forestry Department announced on Monday the start of maintenance work on the pedestrian paths in the Academia park in Nicosia. It said the works will last approximately for 20 days ...

Three people staged an armed robbery in the early hours of Monday at a kiosk in Tseri. The three people, armed with a pistol, entered the kiosk at around 4.15am ...

A van on fire was reported to the police on Monday morning, in a remote area near the archaeological site in Lempa community. Further investigation showed that the van was ...

Two new categories of people are now eligible for the electricity authority’s discounted pricing for vulnerable consumers, the EAC announced on Monday. The move comes after a decision by ...

Nicosia police were on Monday investigating a case of attempted murder after four people were injured in an attack. According to police, the attack happened around 2.30am in Strovolos when ...

The Cyprus Yacht Owners Association has called for the immediate return to the previous Larnaca marina fees. On Monday, the association called on Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades, after a cabinet ...

“I want to do a crossover with the English-speaking audience,” says Athena Xenidou, sounding almost impatient. Xenidou is the director of Nachtland, a play by German writer Marius von Mayenburg ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs, reckless and dangerous driving, and other offences. Polis Chrysochous police arrested the man near the village of ...

The police association (Sak) on Monday wished a speedy recovery to a colleague who was injured in a traffic accident in Larnaca. The accident happened on Sunday shortly before 5pm ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou is in Warsaw on Monday to participate in the first coordination meeting of the EU Council of Agriculture and Fisheries presidencies. The presidency trio comprises Poland, ...

Monday will start off mostly clear, later turning cloudy with afternoon rains expected, as the Bora storm system which affected Greece starts to move in, although in a weakened state. ...

The award-winning film Gomsu (Neighbour), a poignant exploration of memory and resilience in post-invasion Cyprus, is to be screened at the Cyprus high commission in London on December 4. Sponsored by “...

Concrete manufacturers and traders are to continue their strike on Monday after workers and their employers failed to reach an agreement over the regulation of overtime pay. Both trade unions ...

European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis stressed the importance of his role on his first day in office on Sunday. Kadis, a Cypriot national, told newspaper Phileleftheros he ...

Cyprus is “awaiting further actions from the United Nations” with regard to the planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the early part of next year, deputy government spokesman ...

The three 24-year-old menwho attacked a taxi after its driver refused to drive them to the hotel in Larnaca in which they were staying were remanded in custody for a ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Sunday described the European Union’s outgoing High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell as a “true friend of Cyprus”, as his tenure in Brussels ...

Three and a half years since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood inside the former Dianellos cigarette factory which has functioned as the Turkish Cypriot legislature since 1974 and promised a ...

The 24-year-old man who fell out of a moving vehicle in the early hours of Saturday morning remains in a critical condition after having undergone surgery, the police said on ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Sunday said he is “optimistic” that an ongoing dispute between doctors and the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be resolved within the week. He ...

Sunday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear, with increased cloud cover in some parts of the island during the afternoon hours. Temperatures will rise to 20 degrees Celsius inland, 21 ...