Cyprus

Four young men who can expect an especially exhausting lead up to Christmas are a group of university students planning a 240-kilometre run from the Akamas to Cape Greco in ...

Passengers onboard a flight from Prague were on Sunday afternoon put through a two-hour delay as poor weather conditions at Larnaca airport meant it couldn’t land. The flight initially ...

The holding of the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament in Cyprus on Monday is a moment of particular political importance for our country, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said ...

Foreign investment in Cyprus banks confirms global confidence in the island’s banking system and, by extension, in the dynamics and stability of the Cypriot economy, governor of the Central ...

Police warned drivers on Sunday afternoon that roads in the mountains had become treacherous following heavy rains. Rocks and soil had fallen onto them making them slippery and hazardous, police ...

Cyprus’ efforts to get aid through to the people of Gaza has been “very positive and constructive”, Israeli president Isaac Herzog said on Sunday. In an interview with Phileleftheros, he ...

For the last month of the year, Rialto Theatre has prepared a packed calendar of music and theatre performances sprinkled, of course, with some Christmas productions for all ages. Here’...

Despite everything else going on at the moment, like Christmas shopping, writing Christmas cards and wrapping parcels, the garden doesn’t stop growing and there can be a plethora of ...

A 14-year-old boy was injured on Sunday when the car he was driving on a rural road in Athienou overturned. The accident happened under circumstances being investigated by the police ...

The world is filled with sunken cities. One study has counted 2,600 in 19 countries – victims of the Great Flood myth that permeates various ancient cultures from the Sumerians to the Bible – ...

The young driver of a car in which a teenage girl lost her life on Friday night was on Sunday remanded in police custody for three days by Famagusta district ...

Cyprus, as the upcoming president of the EU council, took an active role in the COP30 negotiations in Brazil, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Sunday. Europe, she added, insisted ...

A 49-year-old man was remanded in police custody for four days on Sunday after shots were fired in a residential area early the previous day. The man faces charges of ...

An eight-day remand order was re-issued against a 58-year-old man on Sunday after the stabbing of 26-year-old Alexandros Antoniou in Konia ten days ago. Police investigator Andronikos Tsappis said the ...

Shortly before midnight on Saturday, police received information about shots being fired at a building in Nicosia. Police officers went to the area to conduct examinations found holes in the ...

The Pachyammos Kato Pyrgos road has been branded dangerous by the police after heavy rainfall overnight made slippery. Police said the heavy rainfall had made driving conditions dangerous, and called ...

Increased security measures for a football match between Limassol teams Ael and Apollon were announced by the police on Sunday. Police press officer Marina Christodoulidou said they will implement a ...

Turkish Cypriots entering or leaving the Republic can now present their identification documents at the same counters as all other travellers, after the Greek Cypriot side seemingly abolished the long-standing, ...

An apparent contradiction has emerged in recent weeks, on the subject of migrants and asylum seekers. On the one hand, the government’s refrain for most of the past year ...

Two wildfires near the villages of Kivides and Dora, in Limassol, have been brought under control as of Saturday afternoon. No livestock structures were at risk in either incident. The ...

The conference of presidents of the European Parliament will visit Cyprus on December 1 and 2. The visit comes ahead of Cyprus taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday outlined a series of government actions aimed at supporting the construction sector and strengthening the wider economy. Speaking at the annual general assembly of the ...

By Philippa Tracy When you get to late middle age, which I can still just about claim to be, and wonder whether it’s time to join a gym, there’...

Police in Nicosia are investigating the theft of holy relics from a small chapel in Pano Deftera, after unknown intruders broke in and removed items kept in a dedicated reliquary. ...