Cyprus

Developments in the eastern Mediterranean and the wider region have “proven how correct” the idea of a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem is, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said ...

Oh to return to the simpler days, when everything was bright and good and the world was still shiny and perfect. There is nothing like the good ol’ days before ...

The electromechanical services department was on Monday working to determine whether a fire at a house in Limassol, in which a family of five died, was caused by a short ...

The signing of two energy agreements with Egypt constitutes a pivotal moment in the countries’ strategic partnership, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. The president and other state officials, including ...

As winter sweeps across the northern hemisphere, temperatures plummet, daylight shortens, and the allure of tropical paradises becomes irresistible. If you’re yearning to trade cold mornings for golden beaches ...

The Paphos Wildcats delivered an impressive performance at the ISX Cyprus Women’s Championship Round 3, held at Spazio Sport and Leisure Centre in Nicosia. With dominant victories over the Larnaca ...

Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou on Monday said he had requested the water development department to move the mobile desalination plant which is planned to be placed near the Potima beach ...

The bus transporting players and coaches from Apoel was attacked by people throwing rocks as it made its way back to Nicosia on Sunday night after the side’s 2-1 ...

At least 14 wild donkeys were found to have been shot dead during fieldwork carried out by the Tashkent nature park in Karpasia on Sunday, the charity announced on Monday morning. ...

A 45-year-old and a 46-year-old, arrested as suspects in a case of fraud involving real estate, were remanded for eight days by Limassol District Court on Monday. According to police, ...

Police on Monday arrested a 52-year-old man for child sexual abuse in the form of disseminating abuse online. Investigations of the electronic crime unit led police to search his residence, ...

Whether you’re an astronomer, ordinary stargazer or astrologer, the alignment of the other seven planets in our solar system on the same side of the sun on February 28 will ...

The new proposal for the voluntary enlistment of girls in the national guard, announced this week, has sparked a predictable mixed reaction from would-be conscripts. A bill for voluntary conscription ...

The eCall system fitted in cars under a compulsory EU regulation for the past seven years or so, to send precise locations to the emergency services in case of a ...

Paramedics have postponed their planned refusal to work overtime for two weeks until February 27, pending the approval of a bill to “protect” the profession by cabinet. Cyprus ambulance crew paramedics ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has invited European leaders to attend an “emergency summit” in Paris on Monday over European security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot confirmed on Sunday. Barrot told ...

“It is now possible” to place defibrillators in remote villages, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Sunday. In a social media post hailing the placement of a defibrillator in the ...

Today Sofia begins her pilgrimage. Over the next several weeks, she’ll cover 1,200 kilometres: tracing an ancient Japanese path through misty mountains, past weathered shrines, along the edge of the ...

Hundreds of saplings were planted in Athienou and the nearby village of Avdellero on Sunday, the municipality said. The saplings were planted by well-meaning members of the public and local ...

Residents of Larnaca district villages on Sunday staged a protest outside the Dhekelia power station, demanding that it be upgraded with “less polluting machinery” so as to be “less harmful” ...

Disabled people in Cyprus are “invisible” and “deprived of their most basic human rights”, Cyprus Confederation of Disability Organisations (Kysoa) chairwoman Themis Anthopoulou said on Sunday. Speaking to newspaper Politis, ...

Women should be invited to sit at the Cyprus problem negotiating table, not to join the armed forces, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Dogus Derya said. She took to ...

Cyprus must “completely rethink” its relationship with the environment if it truly wants to achieve climate neutrality, environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on Sunday. “If we want to achieve climate ...

Plans are afoot to build two new reservoirs in Nicosia, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Sunday. Speaking to Tak, the north’s news agency, he said plans ...