A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
Workers in Cyprus, both Cypriots as well as other EU and third country nationals, were more likely to be over-qualified for their job compared to other member states of the ...
Celebrating local life, tradition and of course Cypriot wine is the annual Limassol Wine Festival – a highly-anticipated event for Limassolians. This year it will return to the heart of the ...
The deputy ministry of tourism and Deloitte Triton Paphos Marina Consortium signed on Monday a 30-month contract to provide consulting services over the tender process for the Paphos marina development.
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Authorities have acknowledged that a contract for the installation of an ‘anti-drone shield’ has run into trouble, but not aground – at least not yet.
The police – as the contracting authority – ...
Cyprus and Switzerland signed on Monday two funding agreements amounting to over €10 million over migration management, as well as domestic violence.
The agreements fall under the framework of the Second ...
A 26-year-old man was pulled out of the sea on Monday after diving into it from above the sea caves at Cape Greco.
The man was extracted from the sea ...
Cypriot member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou’s hiring of his sister to “help him” in his duties may violate European Union law, it emerged on Monday.
While her ...
Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Hasan Tacoy promised to “dispel the black clouds” in the north’s largest political party, the UBP, when he formally submitted his candidacy for its leadership on ...
Cypriot fencer Alexandros Tofalidis was knocked out of the Olympic Games at the last 32 stage after an agonising 15-10 defeat at the hands of American Nick Itkin on Monday.
Itkin ...
Isotita union on Monday charged it was a matter of urgency that a Gesy commissioner is appointed, as incumbent Christodoulos Kaisis’ term is up on July 31 when he retires.
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A man who had been found in a supermarket cafe holding a bloody knife was remanded in custody for eight days on Monday after having been arrested the previous day ...
A stunning video featuring dolphins performing acrobatics off the coast of Latsi, in the Paphos district, has been released by the Instagram page MyCyprus.
The video, captured by user seniorita....
The Cyprus Consumers Association has reported a significant increase in retail prices for fresh fruit and vegetables compared to producer prices with retailers the big winners.
This is because the ...
In the UK, the most popular street names tend to reflect directions, places, and jobs: North Street and West Way; London Road and Manor Place; Mill Lane and Baker Street.
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The government has managed to buy time to offer explanations to the EU commission over the LNG project fiasco, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday.
Speaking on CyBC radio, ...
The federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) said on Monday it “expects a response” from President Nikos Christodoulides to their suggestions over the future of ambulances’ operation in Cyprus.
They ...
Deadpool & Wolverine, the third installment in the Deadpool saga, is out in cinemas and it is everything fans wanted it to be. It’s hilarious, irreverent, comically violent, and ...
A 32-year old woman arrested on Sunday in Limassol in connection to a guns and drugs bust is appeared in court on Monday when she was remanded for seven days.
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State doctors’ union Pasyki on Monday issued a warning about the daily risk of sudden closures of clinics and departments at the Famagusta, Larnaca and Paphos general hospitals “due to ...
Three people are currently being treated in the intensive care unit of Nicosia general hospital for heatstroke, state health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Monday.
Their conditions are ...
Paphos police on Sunday arrested a 29-year-old man for illegally working on the island, while they are also planning on charging his employer with illegal employment.
According to assistant chief ...
The athletes of the Cyprus Olympic delegation to the Paris games are the “best ambassadors of Cyprus abroad”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday as he visited the IOlympic Village.
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Govt: We are ready to aid with Lebanon evacuation
By Tom Cleaver
The government is ready to help with a possible impending evacuation of Lebanon, deputy spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said ...
Police on Sunday arrested a 35-year-old man for an investigated case of residential burglary and theft, as well as two cases of attempted burglaries.
According to the police, officers intercepted ...