Cyprus

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos took an impromptu detour on Wednesday, when he visited offices housed in the same building as the Cyprus Mail. Having featured in Cyprus Mail news stories ...

Upholding women’s human rights in the face of sexual violence is an important humanitarian issue, in Cyprus and elsewhere, House speaker Annita Demetriou said during a meeting to address ...

An accident on Wednesday morning closed the Larnaca-Ayia Napa motorway, near the Livadia bridge. Police said three cars were involved in the accident and two people were injured and taken ...

A car went up in flames in the early hours of Wednesday in Ayios Dhometios, Nicosia. Police said they were notified of the fire at 3am and the fire department ...

By Eleni Panayiotou We’ve all done it, left food on our plates after over-ordering at a restaurant or thrown out most of the Cyprus Sunday barbecue (you know who ...

Wednesday will start off mainly clear with increased afternoon clouds and a chance of isolated rains, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 32C inland, 25C on the west ...

European Union envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn will make his first contacts on the island “in the immediate future”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He said ...

The aim of the UN chief’s personal envoy for Cyprus Maria Angela is to achieve results by the end of July, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday. Speaking ...

The situation in Syria and Cyprus’ role in promoting regional peace were discussed on Tuesday between Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides and France’s special envoy for Syria Jean-François ...

Cyprus is ranking first in the medal standings at the Games of Small States of Europe (GSSE), taking place in Andorra, with 22 medals, eight of which are gold. The Cyprus ...

The police seized a large quantity of items in the Paphos district on Tuesday, identified as fakes. The operation was carried out to combat the illegal trafficking of goods that ...

In a new push against financial crime, Cyprus and Greece signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday, providing for the exchange of information in matters of money laundering and financing ...

A 40-year-old man, wanted in connection with burglary in Nicosia, was arrested on Tuesday. The police said an arrest warrant had been issued against the suspect for burglary, theft, causing ...

A roundtable discussion held by the French embassy in Nicosia revealed that Cyprus protects only 18 per cent of its marine area, falling short of the international target of 30 per cent. “...

Authorities were on Tuesday still investigating the case of the unlawful transfer from the central prisons of thousands of documents – marked as ‘confidential’ or ‘secret’ – with five suspects still in ...

Galatariotis Motors and Honda Cyprus replace up to 1300 faulty Takata airbags a month, in the framework of vehicle recalls, the company said on Tuesday. It added that the number of ...

A Swiss couple who have spent their holidays in Paralimni–Deryneia for four decades have been honoured as tourism ambassadors by the local municipality. In an official ceremony, mayor George ...

Farmers of the Xyliatos area, Nicosia district, sent out a distress call on Tuesday warning that their crops were dying, calling on authorities to make arrangements so that water from ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met on Tuesday with members of the UK-Cyprus inter-parliamentary group at the Presidential Palace, highlighting the strengthening relationship between Cyprus and the United Kingdom. Government spokesman Konstantinos ...

The north’s economy would be in recession were it not for Greek Cypriots visiting and spending money, ‘economy minister’ Olgun Amcaoglu said on Tuesday. “After the pandemic, if the ...

The Electricity Authority (EAC) has sent out vouchers worth €20 each to vulnerable consumers for the purchase of energy-efficient LED bulbs, to replace their old ones, with the aim of reducing ...

The Nicosia criminal court was on Tuesday shown a television interview of Turkish-Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut, as his trial for the alleged development and sale of €43 million worth ...

Three people, aged 33, 27, and 25, were remanded for eight days on Tuesday following their arrest on Monday as part of an ongoing investigation into aiding illegal entry and facilitating the stay ...

Two green taxes remain under discussion with the EU, both in terms of content and compensatory measures, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He added that the final proposal ...