Cyprus

Nineteen years have passed since the tragic crash on August 14, 2005, of the Boeing 737-31S aircraft of Helios Airways in the mountainous area of Grammatiko in Attica, Greece. The devastating ...

A yellow weather warning will be in effect on Wednesday, as temperatures are expected to reach 41 degrees Celsius inland, the met office said. According to the met office, the warning ...

Get ready to raise your glass at the Paphos Beer Festival 2024, where the heart of Paphos will buzz with beer varieties, music and live entertainment from August 22 to 25. This year’...

IN the week of the second Turkish offensive that began in the morning of August 14, the Rolling Stones were number 10 in the British charts with ‘It’s Only Rock and ...

The number of new students being registered at the north’s universities this academic year is 11 per cent lower than last year, it was revealed on Tuesday. A total of 12,180 ...

Tamassos Bishop Isaias will be the first to testify against monks Archimandrites Nektarios and Porphyrios in a church trial set to begin on August 30 for alleged crimes at the infamous ...

The investigation into the murder of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou is expected to receive an extension, pending cabinet approval, sources confirmed on Tuesday. Lawyer Thanasis Athanasiou and retired Greek police ...

The 17-year-old national guardsman is returned to Cyprus on Tuesday via air ambulance. Although his condition has improved, it is not stable enough for him to travel on a commercial ...

Nicosia is said to be wary of undertaking the potential geopolitical risks of the Great Sea Interconnector, complicating the mooted project beyond questions of financing, local media reported on Tuesday. ...

Turkish Cypriot politician Hasan Tacoy on Tuesday cried foul over the processes of voter registration for the leadership election taking place within his party and the north’s largest party ...

Six-time paralympic medallist swimmer Karolina Pelendritou will be Cyprus’ flagbearer at the Paralympic Games’ opening ceremony, the Cyprus Paralymic Committee announced on Tuesday. Pelendritou will be competing at her sixth ...

More than 110kg of waste was collected from three beaches across Cyprus during three separate cleanup operations organised by the “Keep our Sand and Sea Plastic Free” project. The cleanup ...

Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Tuesday announced Emre Kaya as its new “TRNC representative”. Kaya’s appointment was announced alongside the appointment of Erdal Yetimova as the party’s ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) expects to start installing smart meters in the beginning of 2025, the organisation’s board chairman said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Stockwatch news outlet, ...

British Forces in Cyprus have received solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment from Beam Global, which is now operational across their bases, according to a statement released by the Sovereign ...

Five individuals and a company are facing charges of neglect over the chlorine incident in Paphos that led to 26 people being hospitalised, it emerged on Tuesday. They are the 28-year-old ...

The level of E. coli at Ayfilon beach near Rizokarpaso is off the scale, according to analysis published by the north’s ‘health ministry’ on Tuesday. The figures given stated ...

The federation of environmental organisations (Opok) on Tuesday expressed its opposition to the construction and operation of a photovoltaic (PV) park in the area of ​​Lythrodondas, Kataliondas and Mathiatis. “Biodiverse, ...

A second Syrian man has been released by the Supreme Court after being held for seven months, it emerged on Tuesday. The man had initially been detained “as a danger ...

The Paphos district court on Tuesday remanded a 27-year-old woman for three days to facilitate an investigation into allegations of forgery, impersonation, circulation of a false document, obtaining registration through ...

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been a stage for many extraordinary moments, and for Cyprus, one event that stole the spotlight was Elena Kulichenko’s journey to the high jump ...

A 41-year-old man has been arrested in Nicosia on Monday in connection with three burglaries and thefts that occurred over the past week, according to a police statement released on ...

The Green Party issued a statement on Tuesday calling for a ban on quad bikes in Akamas, following yet another accident involving a four-wheeler in the area. Meanwhile, owners of ...

The Canadian government and Cyprus have agreed on emergency evacuation procedures in the event that lives are threatened due to the escalating situation in the Middle East, it emerged on ...