Cyprus

The importance of regularly checking one’s blood pressure was stressed on Friday by the Cyprus Cardiological Society and the Cyprus Society of Pathology, on the occasion of World Hypertension ...

A 43-year-old man was arrested on Friday in connection with over 1,500 dangerous products found in and confiscated from buildings and his home in Larnaca. The police said members of the ...

The Consumer Protection Service forwarded 4,966 Rapex notifications concerning vehicle recalls to the Road Transport Department (TOM) between 2011 and 2025, but has yet to receive a single response, the service’s director ...

Cross-border digital health services were officially launched on Friday, with Health Minister Michael Damianos highlighting the reform as a major step toward the future of healthcare in Cyprus. The launch ...

The trial of the two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday agreed on the importance of maintaining dialogue, particularly in relation to the Cyprus problem and Turkey’s ties with ...

The European parliament on Friday distanced itself from Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou’s visit to Moscow last week, saying that he and others who travelled to the Russian capital “did ...

Mixed reactions to the European Commission’s decision to appoint Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem have continued, with the United Nations “looking forward” to working ...

House President Annita Demetriou is set to pay an official three-day visit to Armenia on Sunday, at the invitation of the Armenian National Assembly. During her stay, Demetriou will meet ...

Teachers were locked out of a school in the north on Friday as relations between them and the north’s ruling coalition continue to sour over the ruling coalition’s ...

The three suspects arrested in connection with the illegal slaughter of a kangaroo in Famagusta earlier this month are set to appear in court on May 23, police said on Friday. “...

Cyprus is “in a unique position to be a gateway to Europe”, Deputy Minister of Migration Nicholas Ioannides said on Friday. Addressing the New York – Eastern Mediterranean Business Summit in ...

Officials from the Paphos district were left upset and perplexed by the government’s decision to only use the mobile desalination units which are set to be delivered to Cyprus ...

The European Union is to finance the expansion of Nicosia’s Pedieos linar park into the north, the European Union’s infopoint in Nicosia announced on Friday. The infopoint explained ...

The Nicosia city council voted to approve the partial re-opening of Makarios Avenue to vehicle traffic, following a long deliberation that concluded late on Thursday night.  Councillors voted to open ...

More than 2,000 parents and children sought assistance for cases of bullying and abuse from the 1466 Helpline operated by Hope For Children, with the Support of XM. In 2023, the Helpline received 890 ...

Forrmer auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, who was removed from office by a Supreme Constitutional Court ruling last September, on Friday announced that he would form a “new political movement” on Monday. ...

A 49-year-old man has been arrested after police found a total of 188 barrels of diesel in his house, the police said on Friday. The police had carried out a search ...

Limassol Mayor Yiannis Armeftis hosted a tour of the city’s new social services centers for a European delegation it was reported on Friday. The project was co-financed by European ...

As Cyprus’ technology sector continues to grow, the country is shifting its focus from attracting foreign professionals to convincing Cypriots abroad to come home. That was the message from a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is participating on Friday in the European Political Community Summit in Tirana, Albania. According to a press release during the summit Christodoulides will participate in roundtable discussions ...

A 19-year-old British national suffered a cut to his eyebrow by falling over while being arrested after attempting to start a fight in Ayia Napa, the police said on Friday. ...

A fire broke out in an area where rabbits and chickens were being housed on Thursday evening, with the police investigating the matter on Friday. The fire broke out in ...

Friday will be partly cloudy with dust in the air and temperatures rising to 29C inland, 22C in the mountains, and 26C on the coasts. Winds will be south-to-north easterly, ...