Cyprus

Cypriot Artistic Gymnastics champion, Marios Georgiou, qualified on Saturday in Paris in the Men’s Horizontal Bar category final, which will be held on August 5. President Nikos Christodoulides, who watched ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested while sitting at a supermarket café with a knife that appeared to have spots of blood. The arrest unfolded on Sunday in Limassol, after members ...

Countless women never had children, never married, many were ‘shipped off’ abroad for an abortion or to send the secret far away to a different country It took close to ...

Hospitals across Cyprus are on standby to deal with cases of Covid-19, which according to Health Minister Michael Damianos, are “slightly increased”, while the overall situation is deemed to be “...

A 36-year-old was remanded in court on Sunday after he was found with a 40kg stash of cannabis in his home, as well as a number of guns and bullets. ...

Cyprus is not as drastic as Barcelona but locals are still being priced out of housing market While Cyprus is not at the stage of the recent protests in Barcelona, ...

Larnaca, a city steeped in 4,000 years of history, seamlessly blends its rich heritage with modern dynamism. Through strategic planning and visionary projects focused on sustainability and innovation, Larnaca has embarked ...

Cyprus’ met office issued a yellow warning for extreme maximum temperatures on Sunday. According to the warning, between 11.00 and 16.00 the maximum temperature is expected to reach around 40C inland. In ...

Nicosia condemned on Sunday the attack on the Majdal Shams soccer field causing the tragic death of civilians, including children. In a post on X, Cyprus’ foreign ministry said that ...

Last week the government and trade unions inked an agreement granting civil servants and public-sector workers a 1.5 per cent salary bump. The move raised eyebrows, given that only recently the ...

Kutlu Evren, one of the candidates for the leadership of the north’s largest political party the UBP who was reportedly summoned to the Turkish embassy’s residence and told ...

The north’s central bank posted a 5.3 billion TL (€147.5m) profit in 2023, a more than fourfold Turkish Lira-value increase on the previous year. In terms of euro value, given that ...

The “largest ever” groundwater source found in the north was found in the foothills of the Pentadaktylos mountain range near Ayios Epiktitos. According to the north’s ‘environment ministry’, the ...

Turkey on Saturday removed its ambassador in the north Metin Feyzioglu and swiftly appointed now former Deputy Foreign Minister Yasin Ekrem Serim in his place. Feyzioglu was announced as the ...

The 57-year-old British national found dead in his home in Ayios Epiktitos “committed suicide”, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Saturday. Following an autopsy, they revealed that Andrew Cullen, who ...

The British government on Saturday moved to dispel reports it had conducted strikes in Yemen on Friday night after reports had circulated in international media suggesting strikes had been launched. ...

Two men were admitted to hospital in Limassol on Saturday after reportedly both having been stabbed by the same person. The first, a 33-year-old man, was found in the city ...

The European Commission has demanded that Cyprus repay almost €69 million which had been paid in grants for the crisis-ridden liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project at Vasiliko, the energy ministry ...

Police on Saturday announced the arrest of four people in connection with the bombing of a prison officer’s car, which had taken place earlier this month. The four, aged 42, 39, 31, ...

Two teenagers, aged 17 and 18 years old, were arrested on Friday and Saturday after having been seen stealing unguarded items off beaches in Ayia Napa and Larnaca. The police said they ...

All the Same are having orange-and-pomegranate juice at Hoi Polloi in north Nicosia when a 200-lira note (about €6) appears on the cobbled street beside them. Obviously it doesn’t just ‘...

A 26-year-old man was found dead in the sea near Aphrodite’s rock in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) said. They said they ...

The hot summer temperatures are set to continue around the island on Saturday. Temperatures are set to reach 38 degrees Celsius inland, 33 degrees Celsius on the west coast, 35 degrees Celsius on ...

Concerns are continuing to grow over the state of operations of ambulance services in Cyprus, with the federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) becoming increasingly restless over what they perceive ...