Cyprus

In Cyprus, family has always come first. On this island, over half of all Cypriots – the highest percentage in Europe – are in daily contact with their kin according to the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, describing him as a tireless advocate for peace, dialogue and solidarity. ...

A series of attacks against police officers during the Easter weekend has prompted strong reactions from the police, who called for immediate action and greater public awareness. The police association ...

A 16-year-old was arrested in Paphos on Easter Sunday for illegal possession of firecrackers, as part of a nationwide police operation targeting youth delinquency during the Easter holidays. According to ...

The village of Elia, near Lefka, on Saturday night lit its own fire in protest against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by ...

The Tolmi addiction centre in Paphos is aiming to open a new residential addiction treatment facility, with the town’s municipality having given a “positive” response to the idea, the ...

Ozgur Ozel, the leader of Turkey’s largest opposition political party the CHP, on Saturday decried the “bankruptcy” of the country’s foreign policy in the wake of the signing ...

Non-governmental organisation Accept – LGBTI Cyprus on Sunday reacted with fury to an image of an Easter bonfire, known as a “lambradjia”, adorned with placards with “LGBT” written on them. In ...

Turkey’s presidential communications directorate on Saturday night slammed “fictitious” and “unfounded” allegations levelled against the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and others regarding reported ...

Rocks and firecrackers were thrown at the police by youths in the Larnaca suburb in Livadia when they responded to a call in the area at around midnight, the police ...

A 40-year-old man from Paphos suffered a “serious injury” to one of his hands after a firecracker was thrown at him, the police said on Sunday. The police said the ...

A 45-year-old man from Paphos was arrested after being found to be illegally in possession of a total of 55 firecrackers and four fireworks, the police said on Sunday. The police ...

The fire brigade were called to a total of 94 incidents related to the lighting of Easter bonfires, known as “lambradjies”, overnight, spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Sunday. He said there ...

Hulusi Kilim, the secretary-general of bicommunal political party Volt, on Saturday returned photographs of his grandparents to the Paphos district village of Amargeti, the village in which they had lived ...

If Easter seems the wrong time to mention that lab-grown meat may one day replace our souvla-piled plates on Cyprus’ great meat-eating day, we have to prepare ourselves for the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday said opposition movements in the north are “betraying the TRNC”. He told Turkish newspaper Sabah of how opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman “...

A 22-year-old man was fatally injured late on Saturday afternoon as he was helping construct an Easter bonfire (lambradjia) in Strovolos, Nicosia. A large pole fell from the lambradjia stack, ...

The Holy Light arrived in Cyprus on a Cyprus Airways flight from Israel at about 6pm on Saturday. It was welcomed at Larnaca airport with a red carpet and a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday evening called for unity and empathy during an Easter address, saying the way ahead was difficult and everyone would be walking it together. He also ...

A female hiker lost her balance during a lunchtime walk on Good Saturday in the Foinikaria area of Limassol, falling down a difficult path and injuring herself seriously. As a ...

The interior ministry has no objections to legislative proposals put forward by MPs that provide for an increase in their number in addition to the introduction of horizontal voting. Interior ...

As congregations from all churches around the island on Friday night walked under the epitaph and then paraded through nearby streets with it, one village in Limassol did things differently. ...

Following the tradition of Crete, the people of Yeri on Saturday smashed 51 clay jugs, representing 51 years of occupation in Cyprus. Organised by the Folkloric Association of Yeri, the jugs smashed ...

Police intervened in tens of incidents over Friday night of illegal Easter bonfires (lambradjies) and firecracker throwing, while in more than one case police themselves were attacked. In total, 233 checks ...