Cyprus

Monday’s 24-hour-strike at Polemidia municipality was called off a few minutes in, after mayor Andros Theodorou promised to meet the workers’ demands. The strikers then returned to their work. ...

A 52-year-old man was arrested on Monday morning for throwing stones at the social welfare services’ offices in Latsia, Nicosia. The police said the man went to the offices just ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in Limassol for the possession of cocaine and cannabis. The police said the drug squad stopped the man’s car in Limassol after ...

Cyprus is “shocked and horrified by Russia’s strike targeting Sumy on Palm Sunday,” the foreign ministry said on Sunday night. In a post on X, the ministry said “such ...

A fire broke out in a car in Stroumbi, Paphos, in the early hours of Monday and the police and fire department believe it was arson. The fire started at 1...

Clouds and isolated showers, as well as a bit of snow on Troodos, can be expected on Monday, however Tuesday will bring clear skies with a noticeable rise in temperatures ...

The green transition is legitimate and necessary, but the effects resulting from green taxes raise competitiveness issues and will lead to an increase in prices for both consumers and businesses, ...

Discussions about changing the dress code in secondary schools in the north under the ‘ministry of education’ are being politicised, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Sunday. According to ...

Badgered, bullied and bribed by the EU to improve digitisation, online government services now pledge to simplify and improve the daily lives of the public, so why are so many ...

Inspections carried out at all stages of the food chain, both at retail and wholesale level, will be intensified in the run up to Easter, the agriculture ministry said on ...

A 24-year-old man was being treated in Nicosia general hospital on Sunday after a firework went off in his hand. According to Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolo, the permanent resident ...

In 2019, a group of mates in Paphos set up a walking football club to keep fit, meet new people and continue playing football after the age of 50. Today, Pafos United ...

The measures decided at the informal extended meeting in Geneva were discussed on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum on Sunday by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar Deputy Secretary-General ...

Police on Sunday arrested one more person in connection with the attempted eviction of a group of third-country nationals from a block of flats in Oroklini on April 5, which turned ...

A total of 11 Cypriots living in the UK were arrested in 2024 and the first two months of this year for sexual offences, a survey carried out by the Daily Mail ...

A team of experts from the US will visit Cyprus this week as part of ongoing efforts to include residents of the island in the Visa Waver Program (VWP), the ...

Wishing to correct “all the distorted things that are written and repeated,” former president Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday published an article outlining his view of what happened during the Cyprus ...

A 47-year-old suspect for a case of theft was arrested on Saturday by an off-duty officer in Limassol, police said on Sunday. The officer reacted when he realised the suspect ...

The custom of recreating the resurrection of Lazarus was revived again this year, after the end of the Palm Sunday service, in the courtyard of Ayios Stefanos church in Lemba. ...

A large number of electronic items believed to be stolen were found by police during the search of an apartment in Famagusta, after which a 32-year-old man was arrested, the ...

Well-known Cypriot actor Spyros Stavrinides died on Sunday morning at the age of 79, the Cyprus Actors Union in a post on social media. His death is a great loss for ...

Cyprus woke up to an unusual site for the middle of April: fresh snowfall on the Troodos mountains. The height of the snow at 8am had reached 8cm at the ...

Cyprus should likely brace for impact from a potential global trade war kicked off by the United States. So says the smart money, although analysts add that the nature and ...

“Together, we continue the work of solidarity, giving and humanity,” said President Nikos Christodoulides, addressing the opening ceremony of the 50th Christodoula march held at the Arodafnousa palliative care centre. ...