North to be without Turkish water for four days due to malfunction
The north will be cut off from Turkish water for four days from Tuesday due to a fault at the pumping station in the Kyrenia district village of Panagra, where ...
Paralimni man arrested with burglary tools
A 52-year-old man was arrested in Paralimni in connection with the illegal possession of property and burglary tools, police said on Monday.
Police said he was located and detained shortly ...
Troodos fire suspect remanded for six days
A 32-year-old man was remanded in custody for six days by the Limassol district court on Monday after a fire last week in the Troodos state forest.
Police told the ...
Man arrested in Paphos over stolen rental car
A 59-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in Paphos in connection with the theft of a rental vehicle, police said on Monday.
The vehicle was reported missing on September 4 by ...
Man charged over vehicle damage in Paralimni
A 41-year-old man was arrested and charged in writing for causing malicious damage to two vehicles in Paralimni, police said on Monday.
He was later released and will be summoned ...
Two minors injured in Paphos car collision
Two minors were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Spyros Kyprianou avenue and Spyros Sotirakis avenue in Paphos on Sunday.
The crash involved a ...
Cyprus talks to UAE over European subsea cable project, president says
By Michele Kambas
Cyprus has approached the United Arab Emirates for possible cooperation on an EU-financed subsea power cable linking Europe to the eastern Mediterranean region, it said on Monday, ...
Over 50,000 primary school children attend first day of new year
Primary schools reopened on Monday, marking the end of the summer holidays and the beginning of the new school year, with over 50,000 children enrolled at primary schools across the island ...
Christodoulides pledges commitment to interconnector ‘for umpteenth time’
President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday pledged his government’s commitment to constructing the Great Sea Interconnector, saying he was doing so for “the umpteenth time”.
The project, if completed, will ...
Questions raised after Greek Cypriot arrested in north ‘denied medicine for days’
Questions have been raised after one of the five Greek Cypriots who remain in custody after having been arrested in the north in July was not provided with medicine “for ...
Turkish Cypriot elections
North ‘PM’ tells public officials to man polling stations with Tatar supporters
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel told members of his party the UBP who work in the north’s public sector to ensure that polling stations are staffed with supporters ...
Christodoulides to address UN general assembly on September 24
President Nikos Christodoulides will make his annual speech at the United Nations general assembly in New York on September 24, according to the provisional list of speakers published by the UN.
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Today’s weather: Mostly warm, rain possible
Monday’s weather is expected to be mostly warm with a sunny start to the day, though increased cloud cover and even isolated rain will be possible.
This rain will ...
Two key energy projects going nowhere
It has been a tumultuous week for energy in Cyprus. Its two biggest projects, the import of LNG at Vasilikos and the GSI electrical interconnector, were in the limelight mostly ...
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Large fire in Limassol’s Mouttayiaka contained
A large fire that broke out near Mouttayiaka in Limassol on Sunday around noon and moved towards the village was contained by around 6pm, the fire service said.
From around ...
Villages fear a future without children
In the Limassol hills, the village school has long been the heart of the community. But falling pupil numbers in general and fears stirred by recent wildfires are raising urgent ...
Cyprus backs Albania to join EU
Cyprus supports Albania’s accession to the EU, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Sunday, adding that the EU’s enlargement into the Western Balkans is a geopolitical necessity in ...
Man remanded after arson destroys four cars
A 44-year-old man was on Sunday remanded in police custody for eight days by the Larnaca district court in connection with the arson of a car in the early hours ...
Plants battered by weather may come back to life
After the heavy frosting our garden had earlier in the year, I thought that we had lost our lovely bougainvillea, which scrambles across the front veranda railing competing for space ...
Car-free, art-filled days in Nicosia and Limassol
September brings with it a new wave of cultural events. One to mark down is the Laou Laou Open Streets event happening in Limassol on September 20 and in Nicosia on ...
‘60 per cent of people will not pay tax’
A total of 60 per cent of people will not pay tax according to the tax reform put forward by the government, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Sunday.
This is ...
Bureaucracy hampers some fire compensation payments
President Nikos Christodoulides proudly announced on Wednesday that 95 per cent of families displaced by Limassol’s wildfire in July have now received a lump sum payment, and the general consensus ...
‘Concrete’ ideas for moving Cyprus problem forward
President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday he is ready to meet UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin this week and has “some concrete ideas on how to proceed”.
“I consider it particularly ...
GSI to ‘greatly benefit Cyprus’
The Great Sea Interconnector, will “greatly benefit Cyprus, which is energy-isolated” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday, but for this to happen, the island “must prove in practice ...