Cyprus

The Limassol Wine Festival, which closed on Sunday after attracting thousands of visitors, was the first to implement a zero-waste event certification process, in line with its commitment to reduce ...

Monday will be mostly sunny with afternoon clouds, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 33C in the interior, 30C on the coasts, and 24C in the higher mountains. ...

Looking at the chart of ‘coffee consumption by country’ at the World Population Review website – a slightly random chart, topped by Luxembourg and featuring such unexpected names as Belize and ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Sunday, accused of assaulting two Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ who were attending a peace event in central Nicosia on Saturday. According to ...

The Cyprus Medical Association on Sunday called for an “urgent review” of safety measures at accident and emergency departments in Cyprus’ hospitals after a patient attacked staff at the Nicosia ...

A total of 29 kilograms of meat and 10 bags of coal were seized by the Turkish Cypriot police at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point from a car which was attempting to ...

Auditor-General Andreas Papaconstantinou on Sunday pledged to create a framework to manage disagreements between the audit office and the legal service. Speaking to newspaper Kathimerini, he said he had been ...

Mehmet Tulek, whose daughter Asya was one of the 24 Cypriot children who were killed when the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed during last year’s ...

A European Court of Justice ruling reached on Friday has scuppered Cyprus’ plans to declare parts of Syria as safe, with a view to returning migrants to those parts of ...

Maintenance work at the Saint Nicholas church in the Karpas peninsula village of Koma tou Yialou has been completed, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris announced on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will convene the National Council on Monday ahead of his planned informal dinner with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on October 15, ...

Thefts of copper have surged over the last year as prices spiral to up to €6,500 per tonne, despite the risks thieves face of electrocuting themselves as they cut power lines ...

Cyprus on Saturday became a full member of the International Organisation of La Francophonie. The country joins La Francophonie’s 54 other full members, having been an observer since 2006. The foreign ...

Despite Cyprus being ranked as one of the lowest in Europe for book spending and literacy rates, you’d never guess it if you attended the Nicosia Book Fest! This ...

The preservation of cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, is the government’s “strategic goal”, Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Sunday. Speaking at the Klirou cultural festival in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said “everyone recognises the Greek Cypriot side’s constructive approach” regarding efforts to solve the Cyprus problem. Speaking at a memorial ceremony for Eoka fighter ...

Flights are continuing to and from Cyprus on Sunday to facilitate the departure of people from across the world from Lebanon and their onward journey to their countries of origin. ...

Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Anna Aristotelous on Sunday said it is the government’s “duty and commitment” to ascertain the fate of all the people who went missing during Turkey’s ...

A total of 6,000 cigarettes which had been illegally transported from the north to the Republic were confiscated from a coffee shop in Aradippou, the customs department said on Sunday. The ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested after being seen on CCTV footage handing out smoke bombs to other football fans at Saturday’s football match between Ael and Ethnikos Achnas. The ...

A 68-year-old man from Limassol died after being run over by his own car after having parked it and failed to apply the handbrake before getting out, the police said ...

Sunday’s weather is expected to be mostly sunny across the island, with temperatures set to rise to 33 degrees Celsius inland, 30 degrees Celsius on the south and east coasts, 29 degrees ...

The escape of lifer Doros Theofanous while on a home visit was the latest scandal to rock the government, getting the president to act uncharacteristically tough by sacking three senior ...

A patient tried to stab someone at Nicosia general hospital and then punched a doctor and two nurses, unions charged on Saturday, prompting them to organise a two-hour strike on ...