Cyprus

The chance of a major earthquake hitting in the Aegean sea at present is “remote”, professor Emmanuel Scordilis of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki said on Saturday. Speaking to the ...

Cyprus’ mountain roads were reopened to all traffic on Saturday afternoon. The police said the roads are open to all vehicles, “but slippery”, and that as such, “drivers are urged ...

The police believe there was “malicious intent” behind a fire which broke out in a high school in Limassol shortly after midnight on Saturday. The fire broke out in a ...

Cyprus’ spate of chilly weather is set to continue on Saturday, with temperatures set to rise to a maximum of 14 degrees Celsius inland, 16 degrees Celsius on the coast, and just ...

Two hundred years ago, one job in Cyprus outnumbered all others – by miles! According to the Ottoman Property Survey of 1832, 50 people were registered as merchants, 36 were cobblers, and 26 gave their ...

Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) president Marinos Christodoulides, has called for greater state support for the exchange, saying that it has a critical role as a tool for economic and corporate ...

The introduction of undergraduate programmes in foreign languages at Cyprus’ public universities will “undermine” the Pancyprian examinations, unions said on Friday. Teachers’ unions Oelmek and Oltek, the secondary school parents’ ...

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Limassol on Friday evening, as rival demonstrations sparked fierce divisions over migration and national identity, prompting a heavy security response. Far-right party ...

Cyprus was on Friday one of 79 United Nations member states to sign a joint statement expressing their support for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The statement was issued the day ...

A 23-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested in Larnaca for illegal drug possession on Thursday. Police were operating a patrol in Athinon avenue, when they stopped the 23-year-old driver. A ...

The education ministry has launched the third edition of the CyGraduates National Survey, aiming to enhance the connection between higher education in Cyprus and the job market. The survey is ...

Cyprus is to impose a “landfill tax” on its local authorities, charging them money to dispose of waste at landfill sites, the environment department said on Friday. Following a study ...

A 62-year-old man died on Friday afternoon after being involved in a traffic accident on the motorway between Limassol and Paphos, near the Paphos district village of Koloni. Paphos police’...

As part of the initiatives of Larnaka 2030, which is leading the city’s bid for the title of European Capital of Culture for 2030, five interdisciplinary walks titled Pathkia Pathkia are ...

Cyprus’ forthcoming term as the holder of the European Council’s rotating presidency in the first half of next year is “a unique opportunity for our country to leave its ...

Cyprus has long been a case study in international law, said Attorney-General George Savvides during a legal event on Friday. The discussion, hosted by the Cyprus bar association, focused on ...

Ugur Tosunoglu, the son of Turkish Cypriot independent ‘MP’ Hasan Tosunoglu, was arrested in the north in connection with an ongoing investigation into the forging of documents to win a ...

The United States navy’s guided missile destroyer the USS The Sullivans returned to Larnaca for the second time in two months on Friday, the country’s ambassador in Nicosia ...

Goat and sheep breeders will march to the presidential palace in Nicosia on February 11, demanding that the agriculture minister enforce her own decree mandating a 5 per cent annual increase in ...

Cyprus ranked 20th out of 27 EU countries for the use of renewable energy in transport in 2023, reaching 7.28 per cent compared to 7.22 per cent in 2022, Eurostat reported on Friday. Across the ...

A 23-year-old from Britain was handed a 12-year prison sentence on Thursday for smuggling over 20kg of cannabis into Cyprus in December 2023. Larnaca criminal court heard that the young man ...

The Road Transport Department (TOM) has at long last set up a call centre to provide vehicle owners with valid information regarding faulty airbag recalls. Owners can call the helpline ...

Cyprus must implement a comprehensive national strategy for people with autism, House president Annita Demetriou said on Friday, stressing that it is the state’s responsibility to support those diagnosed ...

President Nikos Christodoulides addressed the 20th annual session of the Mediterranean Model United Nations (MEDIMUN) in Nicosia on Friday. Christodoulides expressed his gratitude to the organisers and the English School ...