Cyprus

Authorities need to enforce legislation to close down the illegal kiosks that have sprung in Akamas’ Natura 2000 network area with immediate action, the federation of environmental NGOs (Opok) said on ...

Authorities in Paphos assisted an elderly woman who had been living in deplorable conditions, while a cleaning crew found stashes of old bank notes and other valuables at her home, ...

Police on Thursday are investigating a fire in a private vehicle in Astromeritis, which broke out overnight. According to fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis, the Nicosia service shortly before midnight ...

Thursday will be partly cloudy and at times overcast with isolated rains and snow expected in the higher mountains. Temperatures will rise to 12C degrees inland, 15C on the coast, ...

Flamenco, tales of Limassol’s witches, Georgian ballet, stand-up comedy and classical music are on the agenda for this weekend. As spring continues, more annual festivals return, packing the cultural ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) on Wednesday expressed its opposition to the government’s plans to require all sports venues with a capacity of 500 spectators or more to install CCTV ...

The informal extended Geneva meeting on the Cyprus problem, the EU’s role in the process and EU – Turkey relations were discussed on Wednesday by the Cyprus President, Nikos Christodoulides ...

Cyprus will continue to be a member of the European Union even after a potential resolution to the Cyprus issue, President Nikos Christodoulides affirmed on Wednesday during a meeting with ...

The Pancyprian Marathon Championship will continue on Sunday in Limassol, with thousands of runners taking over the roads of Limassol. The Pancyprian championships for the scored races of 106th Men’...

Severe weather conditions have swept across Paphos province since Wednesday afternoon, bringing heavy rainfall and powerful winds. In Kissonerga, the storm caused significant disruption, with a large cypress tree, approximately 15 ...

The ministries of justice, defence and migration and international protection stated on Wednesday that they strongly rejected allegations of illegal pushbacks and the use of force against migrants at sea. ...

The House education committee announced on Wednesday that schools and nurseries will soon be required to inform parents if their child is absent, as a new government decree is expected ...

The House education committee examined the budgets of the University of Cyprus and the Open University of Cyprus on Wednesday, highlighting pressing financial and administrative challenges.Deputy chair of the ...

A heated debate erupted in the House legal committee on Wednesday over proposed legislation regulating Easter bonfires, as authorities seek to enforce stricter safety measures ahead of the holiday. The ...

Turkish Cypriot politicians on Wednesday decried the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was among the first to react to Imamoglu’s arrest, being ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos has called on the government to increase state funding to the unified municipality conceived through recent local administration reforms, as its new form demanded more spending ...

The public works department announced on Wednesday that a section of the Limassol-Nicosia motorway will be closed overnight on Thursday due to maintenance work. The closure will affect the stretch ...

Restoration work at Famagusta’s Saint Paraskevi church has been completed, bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Wednesday. He explained that the church was built ...

Private rehabilitation centres on Wednesday expressed serious concern over a bill regulating the operation of the centres, saying that proposed legislation in practice equates them with nursing homes and may ...

It was unplanned, but I dined at Limassol restaurant Embers twice in seven days. But doing so gave a more representative impression than perhaps going once only would have. I ...

Plans for a new solar farm to be built in the buffer zone which separates Cyprus’ two sides are “being examined in the context of confidence-building measures”, transmission system operator ...

Deputy mayors of the newly amalgamated Polis Chrysochous municipality have raised the alarm over what they describe as ‘dysfunctional governance’, blaming the issues on an ill-planned local government reform. The ...

A new meeting over the possible opening of new crossing points between Cyprus’ two sides will take place next week, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday. Speaking upon ...

Residents who joined Nicosia municipality under the new local administration reform were in for a shock in March, when they started receiving inflated annual property tax bills. The bills appear ...