Cyprus

The vast majority of Cypriots are woefully unprepared for an emergency situation, according to data from the EU which this week urged the bloc’s population to stockpile 72 hours of ...

A 16-year-old was remanded in court on Sunday after he was found with two wooden bats at a football stadium, and lied to officers about his identify. He was arrested ...

Police arrested a 27-year-old Limassol resident on Saturday night, who had been wanted since October in connection with an attempted murder case outside a Limassol nightclub. The incident took place ...

A 59-year-old man who was critically injured in a traffic accident in February died on Saturday, police announced. The victim, identified as Dimitrios Theodorakopoulos from Greece, had been hospitalised in ...

Ending the hiring freeze on permanent jobs in the public sector is not in itself an adverse development but it has to be done in a considered way that doesn’...

The completion of drilling at the ‘Electra’ field in Block 5 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) has been pushed to next week due to minor delays caused by geological pressures ...

More than 5,000 tickets were sold on Friday night within the first hours of individual ticket sales for the 15 matches of Group C of FIBA EuroBasket 2025, which will take place at ...

Akel on Saturday accused both the Anastasiades and incumbent Christodoulides governments for failing to tackle energy poverty during a protest over the increased cost of living and green taxes. Hundreds ...

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Thirteen individuals arrested in connection with violent clash in Limassol’s Ayia Fyla area on Friday night will remain in custody until Sunday night, the Limassol district court ruled on ...

A 54-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Friday after police discovered cannabis in his home and business premises. According to the drug squad (YKAN), officers searching the suspect’s ...

Hotels in Cyprus can obtain permits for small-scale desalination units within a week and install them before the peak tourist season, the Water Development Department (WDD) said on Friday, responding ...

The health ministry supports couples with fertility issues through a special scheme that has increased the amount of funding available and the age limit for eligibility, Health Minister Michalis Damianos ...

Sixty development projects in the Larnaca district with a budget exceeding €180 million were outlined by President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday at a broad meeting with city stakeholders in Oroklini. During ...

A delivery driver was hopitalised on Saturday after he was stabbed and robbed in Limassol. Shortly after midnight, police received a call for an injured person, who was transferred to ...

An upcoming meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is expected to yield results, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, adding that within a week there will be announcements from ...

A driver who was almost eight times over the limit was found in a stationary vehicle in the middle of an intersection in Limassol, police said on Saturday. The 48-year-old ...

President Nikos Christodoulides defended the government’s fiscal policy on Saturday, saying it was the responsible policy that allowed it to spend more than €700 million to address issues faced by ...

A Larnaca kiosk was robbed early on Saturday morning, after three hooded individuals walked in and stole €1,000. Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulous Konsolos said there was one employee working at 3:50am ...

Clocks will go forward by one hour in the early hours of Sunday.  In particular, daylight saving time comes into effect on March 30th at 03:00 local time. Clocks should move ...

Four football clubs are racing against time to pay off their social insurance debts to the state, but Monday’s deadline is proving difficult to meet. The clubs collectively owe ...

Minister of Justice Marios Hartsiotis, on Friday expressed strong confidence in the upcoming contributions of the newly formed national coordinating body for the prevention and combating of violence against women. ...

Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou hosted Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos in a live podcast discussion titled How to Change the System? on Friday. The event, held at the old EAC building ...

A total of 767 asylum applications were submitted to the Asylum Service of the Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection from January 1 until March 28 2025, while there were 3,660 departures during the ...