Cyprus

A few weeks ago, we ran a news article on the worst-rated Cypriot food: shamishi! But who decided shamishi was bloody awful, and how? Why is it universally detested? And, ...

Cyprus’ economy grew, albeit at a slower pace, during the fourth quarter of 2024, with GDP increasing by 2.6 per cent compared to the same quarter of the previous year. According to ...

The municipality of Limassol has issued on Friday a final warning to the owners of abandoned vehicles and objects, urging them to remove their property by the end of the ...

The Court of Appeal has, for the first time, overturned a decision by the Administrative Court of International Protection, ruling that international protection status was “incorrectly granted” to a third-country ...

Cyprus has taken a significant step towards bolstering its role in the regional energy sector with the approval of a revised development and production plan for the Aphrodite gas field. ...

Cyprus police have arrested on Friday, a 28-year-old man suspected of facilitating the illegal entry, transit, and stay of third-country nationals in Cyprus. Authorities are investigating his alleged role in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has called for greater international collaboration in the fight against childhood cancer on Friday, emphasising the need for equal access to treatment for all children, regardless of ...

The north has “no time to waste” over the issue of faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata, Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers chairman Ayer Yarkiner said on Friday. ...

The Limassol municipality approved its 2025 budget of €19 million on Thursday. Mayor Yiannis Armeftis said the budget would allow “for debt repayment, interest payments, and the financing of the pension fund’...

Cyprus’ Police Chief, Themistos Arnaoutis, has ordered the immediate dismissal of a probationary officer who was arrested on Thursday in connection with an ongoing drug-related investigation. The decision, made with ...

Cyprus and Egypt are set to sign two major agreements on natural gas commercialisation next Monday in Cairo, marking a significant milestone for energy cooperation between the two nations. Cypriot ...

A Limassol couple was taken to the hospital after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning at home. They were reportedly found unconscious in serious condition and were immediately transferred to Paphos ...

Trade unions Sek, Peo and Deok have sent a letter to President Nikos Christodoulides calling on him to annul a cabinet decision to gradual drop 1,000 hourly workers by 2035 and to ...

Plans to develop Limni Bay, to the northeast of Polis Chrysochous, are “extremely alarming”, Cyprus Ecological Movement secretary-general Efi Xanthou said on Friday. She was speaking after it was reported ...

Europa Nostra, the leading European movement for the protection of cultural heritage, is inaugurating a Heritage Hub in Nicosia later this month, to serve as a regional cultural meeting point. ...

The first out of 28 traditional phone booths turned into a time capsule is welcome its first visitors in Agros village, where those who enter can travel back in time and ...

The court agreed to a final postponement in the case of former volunteerism commissioner Yiannis Yiannaki on Friday, after being assured by the defence and prosecution that efforts were being ...

A Pakistani national was sentenced to two years in prison in the north on Friday for his part in the “fake diploma scandal” which has engulfed the north’s higher ...

The Municipality of Limassol and the “Limassol 2030” organisers have finalised their proposal for the title of title of European Capital of Culture 2030 and will present it before a committee of ...

Paphos criminal court set the next hearing in the case of escaped convict Doros Theofanous for May 14. The two men, who became friends serving their sentences in prison, appeared before ...

The court case regarding the three people facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the Republic ...

President Nikos Christodoulides this week announced a €122 million initiative designed to significantly enhance infrastructure and public services throughout the Famagusta district. The president outlined the details of this plan, wihch ...

Larnaca district residents are set to protest once again over pollutants emanating from the electricity authority’s power plant in Dhekelia, amid concerns over the adequacy of supply on Friday, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides welcomed EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadis, for talks at the presidential palace on Friday morning. During the meeting, Kadis briefed Christodoulides on current plans ...