Cyprus

The forestry department on Monday warned hunters about lighting fires, as the hunting season begins on Sunday. Hunters are advised to completely avoid lighting fires for any reason, as well ...

Sixty per cent of Cypriots are dissatisfied with President Nikos Christodoulides’ tenure and his handling of domestic matters as well the Cyprus problem, according to the results of an online ...

An 83-year-old woman who was hospitalised in Limassol following a traffic accident last week died at the weekend, while police are awaiting the results of an autopsy on Tuesday to ...

A new yellow warning for high temperature up to 40C is in place on Monday, issued by the Department of Meteorology. The warning is valid from 1pm until 4pm. During ...

As we get closer to critical decision-making deadlines, there is no end to debates about the viability and future of the Great Sea Interconnector. But sadly, often these are not ...

On a blisteringly hot afternoon in the middle of July, some five weeks after arriving in Nicosia, I drove across Cyprus to visit the Tomb of the Kings and Kato ...

Another yellow weather warning was issued on Sunday for high temperatures on Monday. The mercury is set to hit 40C inland and 33C in the mountains, the Met Office said. ...

The Cyprus Olympic team performed flawlessly on all levels, beyond just their competitive presence at the Paris Games, head of the mission and Vice President of the Cyprus Olympic Committee ...

Five Greek Cypriots and two Turkish Cypriots listed as missing persons have been identified so far in 2024, statistics released by the Committee for Missing Persons on Sunday showed. At the ...

Police arrested two people on Sunday after a valuable icon was stolen from the Apostolos Andreas church on Kyrenia Avenue in Platy Aglandjias, Nicosia. Police received a report on Saturday ...

The voices of doom have been warning for months that Cyprus risks being caught up in the Israeli-Palestinian inferno and a looming war in the wider Middle East, but for ...

With its political and economic tools, the EU can help break the deadlock, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Sunday. He said President Nikos Christodoulides’ contacts with European and international ...

A teenager currently being held on remand for a double murder in Limassol last month has reportedly admitted to the killing, Limassol District Court heard on Sunday. The court on ...

The summer period being marked by fires raises questions about the future of forests and the impact on the environment and humans as they are replaced by burned out areas, ...

Bread sold as wholemeal may not be, chairman of the House environment committee Charalambos Theopemptou has said. In a post on Facebook he cautioned shoppers that although the bread looks ...

A 24-year-old Paphos man has been arrested after running into a pole while trying to escape the police. While traffic police were carrying out checks on Saturday afternoon they signalled ...

Another 50th anniversary being marked this year is that of the shooting of the American ambassador Rodger Davies while he was inside the US embassy in Nicosia, for which no ...

Global space players have chosen Cyprus as the base for the first international space innovation centre, which will build bridges of cooperation in humanity’s effort to return to the ...

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a case of sending images of the sexual abuse of children over the internet. He was arrested on Saturday on the ...

A 71-year-old man wanted by Europol who was arrested on Saturday will remain in police custody until Tuesday, the Papahos District Court ordered. The Europol arrest warrant against him referred ...

A man who fell into the sea from a cargo ship in the open seas outside Paphos was rescued on Saturday night, the JRCC said. Five hours after it started ...

As another yellow weather warning was issued for Sunday, the Met Office said temperatures inland would reach 41C. The weather warning is in place from 12 noon until 4pm. After cloud ...

From the very outset, Cyprus’ flagship waste treatment facility at Pentakomo was beset by official indifference and negligence, says its former manager The “state-of-the-art” municipal waste treatment facility at Pentakomo ...

Cyprus had the second-lowest percentage of people reading books in the European Union, with only 33.1 per cent of the population engaging in the activity, according to a Eurostat survey published ...