Cyprus

“I need to be released from here,” was the last message received by the Cyprus Mail from Katina Baird, the Larnaca restaurateur (owner of Katina’s Tasty Food Caribbean restaurant) ...

The National Council will be convening on Thursday at 10am ahead of the expanded conference on the Cyprus problem, to be held in New York in July, under UN auspices. ...

A Russian fugitive, who was arrested in Cyprus on May 20 with a provisional arrest warrant, based on a red notice filed by Russia at Interpol, was released on condition on ...

Nicosia’s mayor Charalambos Prountzos has defended controversial changes to Makarios avenue, insisting the city has nothing to hide, despite growing questions from both the audit office and the public. ...

Pollutants spilling into the sea from a boat that caught fire and sank last Sunday have been contained, the Ports Authority said on Friday. It added that a tug and ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Friday made public his objections to the government’s planned reforms to the legal service. Attending a roundtable discussion at the University of Cyprus on the ...

Temperatures are staying over the 40C mark, with yellow warnings being issued by the Meteorological Service, while the demand on electricity has already peaked. A red alert warning for forest ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos hopes that over the next few days there will be announcements for humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza through Cyprus’ Amalthea plan and that 1,200 tonnes ...

Forthcoming environmental taxation, commonly known as ‘green taxes’, are “very difficult to cancel” in their entirety despite efforts in Europe to water them down, according to reports on Friday. The ...

Members of the House transport committee on Friday carried out a visit to various infrastructure projects in the Paphos district to check on their progress. Committee chairman and Dipa MP ...

The electricity authority of Cyprus (EAC) reported new incidents of an online electricity bill scam on Friday. The messages falsely claim that an electricity bill remains unpaid with the title “...

The north’s supreme administrative court on Friday ruled to cancel the tender which had been put out for the construction of a new marina worth €300 million in the Kyrenia ...

Seven minors from Syria arrested to facilitate investigations into Wednesday night’s knife fight in a carpark next to an unaccompanied minors shelter in Larnaca were handed eight-day remand orders ...

Two thousand euros were stolen from the bank account of a 56-year-old man in Paphos in a text message scam on Thursday. Upon receiving a misleading text message, the man ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday has ratified two landmark agreements with Greece enhancing cross-border cooperation for kidney and lung transplants. The agreement allows for organ transplant exchanges between incompatible ...

The municipality of Latsia-Yeri continued its campaign to remove abandoned vehicles from public roads, as well as from open public and private spaces. According to the municipality, the campaign was ...

Staff shortages at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport forced control over airspace over northern Cyprus to be temporarily transferred to Turkey, the north’s air traffic controllers’ trade union ...

Cyprus has taken a decisive step to reshape its urban landscape after Parliament on Thursday passed the urban development zones bill, it was reported on Friday. The interior ministry hailed ...

The tax department is “putting the final touches” on bills which, if passed into law, will bring about sweeping changes to Cyprus’ tax system, according to reports on Friday. The ...

A further 50 Green Kiosks will be installed in remote and mountainous areas across the island, the environmental department announced. “The Green Kiosks have been placed in mountainous and remote areas, ...

Cyprus computer society secretary Panicos Masouras on Friday called on the education ministry to implement lessons at Cypriot public schools to educate children about artificial intelligence. “We believe it is ...

A large quantity of counterfeit goods were seized from six establishments in the tourist area of Kato Paphos, police announced on Friday. A total of 6,643 goods including clothing and accessories ...

A 13-year-old boy driving with his 22-year-old sister and a nine-month old baby as passengers was stopped by police on Thursday afternoon in Limassol, the force announced on Friday. The ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met former British prime minister Boris Johnson during his visit to London on Thursday evening. Tatar presented Johnson with a book entitled The Vision for ...