Cyprus

The cost of Aradippou’s upgraded sewerage system has skyrocketed by over €200 million from its original estimate, it was revealed on Wednesday. Initially projected at €50 million, the project is now ...

A 22-year-old woman was arrested in Limassol after she was found with 224 vials of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), police said on Wednesday. Officers pulled over her over at around 8.30pm ...

A fifth person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a fight which broke out on Larnaca’s Finikoudes beach, police said. The latest to be arrested is an 18-year-old ...

The first strategic dialogue between the Republic of Cyprus and the United States will take place on Wednesday, the foreign ministry announced. The two countries are set to sign the ...

The new president-elect of the European Council, Antonio Costa is visiting Cyprus on Wednesday. The former premier of Portugal who was elected in June and will assume office in December, ...

A fire which broke out near Kouris dam overnight was brought under complete control on Wednesday and criminal action is being investigated, police said. At the break of dawn aerial ...

Wednesday will be sunny with temperatures rising to 24C in the interior, 26C on the coast, and 13C in the higher mountains. Winds will be mainly northerly to north-easterly, light ...

Prisoners of the 1974 war are faced with a slew of injustices, ranging from getting an €8 stipend every month, while others who receive a government subsidy may not have been prisoners ...

The financial sector remains resilient as a whole and is able to absorb any unexpected shocks, the Central Bank of Cyprus said on Tuesday in its annual Financial Stability Report ...

After two days of intensive negotiations, the text for the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) focusing on farmers was not adopted due to disagreements, with Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou referring ...

A civilian chased and immobilised a 51-year-old suspect for burglary and theft from a house, on Tuesday in Limassol. The suspect was found to be wanted for five cases and ...

The aim is to intensify the policy of repatriations and preventing migration flows, Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Tuesday. Addressing a meeting in Paliometocho on behalf of the ...

Police confiscated controlled pharmaceutical and drug products on Tuesday during a raid on shops in Paphos, in cooperation with health ministry officers. The coordinated operation targeted two shops. Police found 26 ...

Two 17-year-olds were arrested on Tuesday in Larnaca and Famagusta to facilitate investigations into a case of conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, disturbance, breach of the peace and malicious damage, ...

A fire broke out near Kourris dam and the fire and forestry departments have contained it and are struggling to put it out in an area difficult to access. Fire ...

More than 20 projects and a package of political actions to rejuvenate Troodos’ mountainous countryside, at a projected cost of over €30 million, were announced on Tuesday evening by President Nikos Christodoulides. ...

The House labour committee has set January 21, 2025, as the deadline for tabling a bill regulating the benefit policy for disabled people. The committee members said it was important to promote ...

Yiasser Arar, 40, told the criminal court on Tuesday that he took part in the murder plot against 34-year-old Demetris Andronikou as he owed a personal debt. Sentence will be passed ...

The International Monetary Fund’s revised outlook for Cyprus’ GDP growth for 2024 is “a vote of confidence” in the island, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He was commenting ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for causing grievous bodily harm in an assault in October 2023 in Limassol. A photo and the details of the suspect were posted on ...

The health portal of Gesy was down on Tuesday for several hours, sparking problems with access to patient records but came back online early afternoon. “We are facing a technical ...

Scammers posing as online bank clerks are contacting people on WhatsApp suggesting they withdraw money from their accounts, police said on Tuesday. Police said they had received complaints regarding the ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Tuesday visited the construction site for the University of Cyprus’ new Medical School, as part of activities for the European Week for Safety and Health ...

Cooperation between Cyprus and Greece in preventing and combatting domestic and gender violence was levelled up on Tuesday with the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The MoU was signed ...