Cyprus

Paphos secured the silver medal for the quality of its coast from among 100 green tourism destinations at the European Quality Coast Awards, the regional tourism board said on Wednesday. Etap ...

Two men are wanted on Wednesday for a car bomb explosion overnight in Limassol which damaged three vehicles and the roof of a home. Police inquiries resulted in the naming ...

Cyprus along with other United Nations member states advanced a joint declaration for the protection of humanitarian organisations and UN personnel, on Wednesday. The declaration, a Swiss initiative, was signed ...

Projects are underway to improve mobility for all members of the public in the city of Limassol, the Ministry of Transport announced. Within the first quarter of 2026, projects to enhance ...

Wednesday weather will be partly cloudy with rain expected on the north coast and later in the mountains, where snow may also fall. Temperatures will rise to 16C inland, 18C ...

To many people, both Cypriot natives and visiting tourists, acacia is synonymous with the landscape of Cyprus. Whether eliciting fond memories of its sweet scent and vibrant yellow flowers, providing ...

All necessary measures to ensure the safety of Vasiliko energy centre are being promoted, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. Addressing an event to mark the 10th anniversary of ...

A new website to promote the Fikardou Christmas village contains all the information visitors need about the activities, events, workshops and local products available there. The new website will also ...

The two summits to be hosted by Cyprus on Wednesday are “tangible proof that Cyprus is a trusted regional partner and keen to promote security and cooperation in the eastern ...

An MP demanded on Tuesday that authorities immediately launch a criminal probe into the Takata airbags affair to find out exactly who is responsible for the delays in recalling the ...

The European Commission has disbursed the second payment of €115 million to Cyprus under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), after the country fulfilled 37 milestones and targets agreed through the country’...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Tuesday for importing and possessing 25kg of cannabis. Larnaca criminal court heard that the man had been arrested on arrival ...

Doctors working at state hospitals started a two-day strike on Tuesday morning as a dispute over performance-based bonuses paid by the state health services (Okypy) rolls on. Okypy said they ...

Efforts are ceaseless to keep the issue of Missing people in Cyprus open on a Council of Europe level, along with the question of territory, as part of Cyprus’ fourth ...

House President and Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Tuesday said she planned to table a proposal to institutionalise minimum operating levels in essential services during industrial action. The move comes ...

Cypriot Member of the European Parliament Fidias Panayiotou on Tuesday announced his intention to invite schoolchildren to the European Parliament building, prompting the Cypriot education ministry to distance itself from ...

Three people who were in a car crash involving five vehicles near the Oroklini exit on the Larnaca-Famagusta motorway have been taken to Larnaca general hospital for examinations. The accident ...

Packed dead wild birds were found by police in a residential property in the Nicosia district on Tuesday. The police also found a total of €32,500 in cash during their search. ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Tuesday appealed to both sides to end the cement workers strike that has entered its fourth week without resolution. Employers and unions are negotiating a ...

At least 1,650 applicants will share the €30 million allocated through the government’s energy and housing policy, which opened on November 21 and will run till January 1, 2025, or until the budget runs ...

Two bills extending the length of parental leave and improving childbirth benefits were set to be submitted to the House on Tuesday as part of measures to fill demographic gaps, ...

Smaller municipalities are “being wronged” in the allocation of state subsidies, Polis Chrysochous said on Tuesday. Mayor Yotis Papachristofis walked out of a meeting on Monday evening with the other 13 ...

Cyprus and Greece are expected to cover a wide agenda on Wednesday during the second Intergovernmental Summit between the leaders of the two countries, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

Does anyone else think we’re lucky to be alive? GenX and older, I mean. The generation that got hit in the shin a few too many times with a ...