Cyprus

A 48-year-old man has been arrested after a hoard of smuggled tobacco products were found at his house, the police said on Wednesday. The man was arrested at his house ...

A bill has been tabled in the United Kingdom’s parliament with the aim of allowing direct flights between the country and northern Cyprus. The bill, an “early day motion”, ...

Temperatures are set to hit a maximum of 35 degrees Celsius inland on Wednesday as summer beckons. On the west coast, temperatures will reach 28 degrees Celsius, while temperatures will reach 30 degrees ...

By Marianna Charalampous Since October 2024, something extraordinary has been rolling along the roads of Cyprus – a minivan unlike any other, designed to spark curiosity and bring the wonders of the ...

Bel Espoir (Beautiful Hope), a “training ship for peace” sailing the Mediterranean, will be in Cyprus from June 6 to 9 as part of the interreligious and intercultural initiative MED25 Odyssey-Bel Espoir, ...

The top tax official will on Wednesday give wayward football clubs one last chance to comply with their obligations or else, reports said on Tuesday. Tax commissioner Soteris Markides will ...

Parents must be formally included in evaluating teachers and schools, the Nicosia federation of primary school parent associations proposed on Tuesday. The group argues that involving parents in the new ...

Young people from Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic have been participating in “From Do Nothing, to Do Something for Climate,” a project in Pervolia aiming to promote ...

Giorgos Koumas, the controversy-ridden head of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) announced on Tuesday that he will step down in order to ‘protect’ the sport. Koumas will quit well ahead ...

Concerns have been raised over Limassol mayor Yiannis Armeftis’ lack of clarity regarding whether he will participate in a real estate conference organised by the Israeli Nadlan Centre in early ...

Nicosia municipality is taking flak from all sides over its recent decision to partly reopen Makarios avenue to normal traffic, with media reports on Tuesday suggesting that it could also ...

High school online registrations are currently open for students to attend the second and third classes of the gymnasium and all classes of the lyceum and technical schools, the education ...

Two industrial dustbins were torched behind the Elias Neocleous & Co law offices in central Limassol over the weekend, fuelling growing concern over a string of unexplained bin fires in ...

Official efforts towards nursery school teachers to cancel strike measures were unsuccessful, the education ministry said on Tuesday, hours after the teachers went on strike. The ministry said a dialogue ...

Cyprus’ defence industry has expanded significantly in recent years, growing from just a handful of companies to around 30, and now generates approximately €40 million in annual revenue, the House energy, commerce ...

The government said on Tuesday it has no intention of scrapping the so-called ‘penalty’ on pensions imposed on those retiring early at age 63, provoking a tussle in parliament between the ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Tuesday once again insisted that the arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north are ...

Two young tourists were injured on Tuesday afternoon after their off-road vehicle plunged into a 29-metre-deep gorge in the Akamas region. The incident occurred at around 1.10pm, according to Paphos ...

Cyprus will roll out a €67.5 million investment scheme this Thursday as part of its strategic plan under the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP), government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed on ...

The government is committed to implementing tax reform on January 1, 2026, and “this is something that cannot be changed,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. The president convened a meeting to ...

A fake news scam which has circulated on social media in recent weeks has posed as the Cyprus Mail and Cypriot businessman Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. The website, hosted at “zenform....

The new technical gymnasium will open its doors in September, “signalling a new era for education in Cyprus” and providing “real opportunities” to students, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

The electricity authority (EAC) is to propose a 3 per cent increase in the price of electricity paid by consumers, its chairman George Petrou said on Tuesday. The plan comes after ...

More than a thousand people have added their fan cards to the government’s digital citizen app since its integration to promote sports safety was launched on Monday, government spokesman ...