Cyprus

Banning mobile phone use during school hours is intended to promote education and encourage creative use of break times, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday, the first day of ...

The health ministry on Friday said it recommends that the relatives of vulnerable people get vaccinated against both Covid-19 and influenza ahead of the coming winter. It said that relatives ...

A footballer in the north was handed a lifetime ban on Friday after having kicked a referee in the head during a match last weekend. Hasan Cagakan Caka, 26, who played ...

Cyprus’ chamber of commerce (Keve) on Friday condemned the attacks against migrant delivery drivers “whose health and safety are at risk.” It charged the phenomenon as unacceptable, and outside of ...

A 22-year-old man appeared in court in Paralimni on Friday, accused of having committed a string of burglaries and thefts from pubs and beach bars in Paralimni and Ayia Napa. ...

Residents of Limassol’s Amathounda area were set to protest on Friday against a children’s shelter they say will impact their quality of life. In response, the deputy welfare ...

A complaint has been filed to the police after a baby died at Nicosia’s Makarios hospital, according to reports which surfaced on Friday. According to news website Cyprus Times, ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Friday said pension reform is a government priority. Addressing a conference centred on the matter of pensions, he said the fact that universal social insurance ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said he fears that the United States may “step back” from its role in the international community after its forthcoming presidential election, in an interview published on ...

The Paphos drugs squad (Ykan) has made a further arrest in connection with a drug trafficking case from May, it announced on Friday. During investigations into a case of illegal ...

A campaign was launched on Thursday to have the traditional Cypriot koupa added to the European Union’s Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) register. The Larnaca chamber of commerce (Evel) and ...

A 76-year-old woman reported she was scammed out of €145,000 by an unknown person, police reported on Friday. According to her complaint, on May 15 she contacted an unknown man through an ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday expressed his “profound sadness” over the flooding disaster which has killed more than 150 people in Spain’s Valencia. “Cyprus stands in solidarity with Spain. Our ...

The 15-year-old boy accused of having edited into existence explicit images of teachers and pupils at the school he attends had his latest court hearing postponed on Friday until November 12. ...

Police in the north have begun wearing body cameras, according to reports in Turkish Cypriot media. Newspaper Ozgur Gazete on Thursday published photographs of a police officer in Kyrenia appearing ...

A chair was thrown at the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office on Thursday as part of a protest staged by Turkish Cypriot teachers against their working conditions. ...

The United States navy’s amphibious landing dock ship the USS Oak Hill returned to Limassol on Thursday evening. The ship’s arrival in Limassol marks its second stop on ...

A 34-year-old woman was arrested after pouring boiling water on her husband’s scrotum while he was asleep after discovering that he was cheating on her. The woman, who lives ...

The number of animals which have died in an outbreak of bluetongue disease in the north has risen to 193, with the disease now having been detected across 133 farms, the north’...

Bottles containing ethanol and water were kept side by side at northern Nicosia’s emergency hospital, it was heard in court on Thursday, as investigations continue into the death of ...

The trial of the 11 people held responsible for the deaths of 24 Cypriot children, 11 Cypriot adults, and 37 others when the hotel in which they were staying collapsed “has turned into a ...

During his speech at the ceremony, he spoke of how Matsis was born in the village of Palaichori Morphou which, despite its name, is not near Morphou but is located ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Thursday said the Greek Cypriot leadership is “dizzy from American pampering”. Reacting to President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with United States President Joe ...

Rain and maybe even the odd isolated storm is expected to hit large parts of Cyprus at some point on Friday. Downpours have been forecast for the mountains, inland areas, ...