Cyprus

A proposed photovoltaic park in Troulloi in the Larnaca district will not be going ahead, as environmental concerns outweighed the benefits of the project. The project with an electricity production ...

The colony of bats that disappeared after Mavrokolympos reservoir was drained, due to a leak after a discharge tunnel vent fault, is expected to return to its habitat after the ...

A record in electricity demand was recorded on Monday night, due to the freezing cold temperatures gripping Cyprus from cold air mass Coral, and the government has been called on ...

Two teens, aged 19 and 18, were remanded for seven days on Tuesday after being arrested in Larnaca for the possession of drugs. The police received information about the two teens, who ...

Tuesday started off frosty in the mountains and lower, with snow on Troodos reaching 5cm. The day will be cloudy with cold air mass Coral still keeping Cyprus in its ...

The new skyscraper slated to be built in downtown Nicosia amid public outcry due its proximity to the medieval Famagusta Gate, will bring investment and rejuvenation to a stagnated area, ...

Would-be candidates for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election may need to amass 1,500 signatures to get their name on the ballot, after the north’s ruling coalition put a ...

The mayor of Paphos on Monday pointed the finger straight at President Nikos Christodoulides, alleging that the latter personally intervened to deny the local municipality the right to lease a ...

The police were on Monday subjected to questions by the House human rights committee over the arrest of three people who were taking part in a protest organised in support ...

The National Betting Authority anticipates a 5.6 per cent increase in revenues for 2025, with the upward trend continuing for the next two years, MPs heard on Monday. The House finance committee ...

Several departing and arriving flights on February 27, 28 and March 1 will be affected by changed schedules in response to a strike in Greece. According to the airline, four Cyprus Airways flights ...

Flights between Paphos and Israel will be resumed from March onwards. Israeli airline El Al will start operating flights on March 8, followed by Arkia airlines on March 15 and Ryanair on ...

Larnaca Municipality has opened a heated day-center for people in need of warmth due to the prevailing cold weather. The offer is aimed at people in need that do not ...

The Cyprus Telecommunications authority (Cyta), recorded revenues of €415 million and an expected pre-tax profit of €59 million for 2024, chairwoman Maria Tsiakka said on Monday. Speaking at a House finance committee meeting ...

An investigation has been launched in Turkey into Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu over allegations that documents related to his transfer from a university in northern Cyprus to one in Turkey ...

Only district courts have the jurisdiction to adjudge cases relating to the 2013 ‘haircut’ on bank deposits, the attorney-general’s office said on Monday. The AG’s office was citing a ...

The grid’s capacity to meet Cyprus’ electricity demand on Monday evening will be “limited”, the transmission system operator (TSO) said, as Cyprus’ energy consumption spikes amid freezing temperatures. It ...

Metadata from photographs and videos taken on former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis’ mobile phone was the focus in Monday’s hearing of the court case regarding the three people facing ...

An autopsy on Monday indicated that the 33-year-old man who was found dead at his home in Limassol, not far from the apartment in which a five-member family died in ...

After statistics last year showed that only 36.9 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds has an adequate level of financial literacy, the education ministry introduced lessons on money matters into the school ...

Patience is over and sabotage of crucial energy projects for the average person had reached an intolerable stage, Kyriakos Tafounas head of the electricity authority unions (Epopai-Sek) said on Monday. ...

Two men have been arrested after a restaurant owner in northern Nicosia was shot in the leg on Saturday. The shooting occurred at around 3.15pm on Saturday, with Ahmet Keskin ...

There’s a fantastic thread on the r/Cyprus subreddit. ‘What Are Your Hobbies?’ it asks. Some of the answers are hilariously tongue-in-cheek. ‘Dreaming of affordable property, cursing idiots who ...

Ruling and opposition MPs alike criticised a government bill that aspired to regulate the issue of multiple pensions for officials, during a House finance committee meeting on Monday. Presenting the ...