Cyprus

The Audit Office has lashed out at the government, saying that Wednesday’s decision to turn the service into an audit council was an effort to “manipulate” it and “gag ...

Unions representing contract workers at the state health services Okypy have expressed their deep disappointment over what they describe as unacceptable delays and inconsistencies by the organisation. Okypy postponed a ...

The Supreme Court has unanimously thrown out a law on police promotions, referred by President Nikos Christodoulides, deeming it unconstitutional, as it violates the principle of equality. The law was ...

Turkish Cypriot travel agencies’ association (Kitsab) chairman Orhan Tolun called for the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport to be treated as a domestic airport by Turkey. His call comes amid ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said that the government institutions must work to gain the trust of society, while receiving the report from the public service commission (EDY) on Thursday. The report ...

Fuckup Nights, a global movement and a series of events where industry leaders share their failure stories, are opening the autumn season in Limassol with their second event. Fuckup Nights ...

The government on Thursday decided to push back its decision to next Tuesday over the regulatory framework of the leg of the Great Sea Interconnector project connecting Cyprus to Crete. ...

Cypriot Paralympic swimmer Karolina Pelendritou easily qualified for the SB11 category 100m breaststroke final on Thursday, at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. In the qualifying race at La Défense Arena, Karolina ...

A 24-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday, following his arrest in connection with a case of burglary and theft. The incident involves the burglary of ...

The pharmaceutical council is set to hold an extraordinary meeting to find a solution to the threat of pharmacies to remain closed during nights and bank holidays, it emerged on ...

The London Court of International Arbitration has reserved its decision over the €69 million claim filed for the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, it was reported on Thursday. According to ...

Cyprus plays a key role in the execution of many peacekeeping missions, especially those concerning humanitarian issues in the eastern Mediterranean, according to Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas. Speaking at the ...

A grenade was found on farmland in the Nicosia district on Tuesday evening. According to the police, the grenade was found by an individual at around 6.45pm. The police were ...

The condition of the two-year-old girl who got hit by a car in Limassol on Tuesday remains critical but stable, according to state health services organisation (Okypy) Charalambos Charilaou. Speaking ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court will be announcing its ruling on September 18 on the attorney-general’s request for the dismissal of the auditor-general on the grounds of inappropriate conduct. In a ...

A 42-year-old was arrested on Wednesday night in connection with two burglaries committed in August in Nicosia. The first case was reported on August 17 by a Nicosia resident, who said ...

A 23-year-old has been arrested in connection with illegal possession of property, after police caught him red-handed trying to break into parked cars. At 1.15am on Thursday, a policeman, off ...

Cocaine and an improvised explosive device were confiscated by the police during a raid on a house in Limassol and an 18-year-old was arrested. Having secured a search warrant, the ...

Low pressure and an unstable air mass are affecting the region. The weather on Thursday will be mainly fine, with clouds forming locally and isolated showers and possibly thunderstorms and ...

Pressure has been piling on the government this week after Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for being a ‘member of a ...

Fly tippers in Ayios Epiktitos and Ayios Amvrosios were fined and then made to collect the rubbish they had fly tipped by village police. The villages’ Turkish Cypriot mayor Ceyhun ...

New samples were taken from the wreckage of the Isias hotel in the Turkish city of Adiyaman, where 35 Cypriots and 37 others were killed during last year’s earthquakes, as scientific ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Wednesday extolled the virtues of large families at the Nicosia district’s “large families’ celebration”. Speaking to parents who attended the event, she said, “you, ...

The government on Wednesday announced it had revoked the Cypriot citizenship of eight people who were naturalised under Cyprus’ citizenship through investment programme, commonly known as the ‘golden passport’ scheme. ...