Cyprus

Three major health bodies in Cyprus have expressed deep concern over the government’s handling of a new bill regulating rehabilitation centres. They warn that the process lacks proper consultation ...

The election of a new Paphos bishop is now expected to take place in September, church officials confirmed on Monday. Christakis Efstathiou, theologian and spokesman for the Orthodox Church, told ...

Ali Pilli, a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ from the UBP, the party to which Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar belonged, and which has endorsed him again ahead of this year’s ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli and ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Monday blamed each other for the overturning of a school bus in the Karpas peninsula village of ...

“Moving back to Cyprus was a total shock!” says Peter Evagorou. “I left when I was 10,” adds the 66-year-old. “So all I remembered was my parents’ stories: chickens in the ...

The government and the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) clashed on Monday over who is to blame after the CFA had informed European football governing body Uefa that all of Cyprus’ ...

Containers carrying mobile desalination plants from the United Arab Emirates started arriving at Moni power plant on Monday afternoon, but in a surprise move one of them will now be ...

It is “surprising” to hear accusations of no consultation, noting that talks with unions began nine months ago and had led to concrete outcomes, Education Minister Athina Michaelidou said on ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday ruled out the prospect of a tripartite meeting involving himself, President Nikos Christodoulides and United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin while the latter ...

The continuous flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza cannot be obstructed by anyone and anyone doing so is “deplorable”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. Commenting on criticism over his ...

Cyprus’ proposed accession to the Schengen area will first and foremost enhance the country’s security, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. Allaying Turkish Cypriot and some Greek Cypriot concerns ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was definite on Monday that he would be meeting UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin again and that all her meetings, especially those in Turkey, would be decisive ...

Themis Portfolio Management announces a series of online auctions taking place throughout the month of June via the e-auctions platform. Through this platform, the company will offer for sale a ...

Paphos’ municipal ‘park of colours’ was inaugurated on Sunday, coinciding with the city’s flower festival. The event began with a procession of floats and a children’s parade in ...

Erhan Yesilirmak, the brother of under fire Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition ‘MP’ Emrah Yesilirmak, jumped seven metres out of a window and broke his ankle while trying to evade arrest ...

A 60-year-old British national was found dead on Sunday in a swimming pool in a tourist complex in Paphos, the police said on Monday. According to the police, the man ...

A delegation of the British all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for Cyprus is on the island till May 29. The delegation will be received on Tuesday by President Nikos Christodoulides and visit ...

The police arrested another person on Sunday evening in the context of investigations into the May 18 attack on a football fan club in Lakatamia, Nicosia, it was announced on Monday. ...

A peaceful protest by Paphians in support of deposed Metropolitan Bishop Tychikos called for revised proceedings by the Holy Synod over the matter. The crowd on Sunday initially gathered in ...

Five people were arrested on Sunday in Limassol for the possession of drugs, bullets and cash, it was announced on Monday. Two were later released. The other three were remanded ...

Fifty people residing illegally in Cyprus were arrested on Sunday, in the framework of an island-wide coordinated operation carried out by the immigration service. The police said those arrested would ...

The need for “immediate humanitarian assistance to the civilian population in Gaza” was discussed on Sunday between Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi. In a post ...

A 21-year-old food delivery driver, named as Pakistani national Abu Zar died overnight in a fatal collision in Limassol. The accident happened at 9.25pm on Spyros Kyrianou Avenue, Limassol police ...

Police on Monday morning are investigating an explosion that took place in the early hours at the workshop of a 43-year-old car electrician in Limassol. According to police, the improvised ...