Cyprus

Hundreds of housing blocks in Cyprus are dangerously unmaintained or are partially or poorly maintained to the point where they pose a hazard to residents and are a risk to ...

Food parcels will be given to needy families by the Larnaca food bank in time for the holidays, Larnaca municipality announced on Tuesday. “The food distribution is for beneficiary cardholders ...

The new motorway from Astromeritis to Evrychou will be ready in the next two years, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Tuesday. Works began in October 2022 and are expected to ...

Surrounded by piles of second-hand clothes, Cypriot fashion designer Anna Michaelidou breathes new life into them as she focuses on sustainability in an industry known for excess and waste. And ...

Police on Tuesday warned the public about the circulation of counterfeit banknotes worth €5, €10, €20 and €50. Serial numbers on the fake notes are MB6666888880 for €5 notes, MB6666888880 and PA7497803159 for €10 notes, MB66688880, ...

Larnaca port and marina could face a temporary closure due to a planned protest by the association of docked boat owners who said on Tuesday they were unhappy over the ...

HIV diagnoses fell by 26 per cent in 2023 in Cyprus, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion of World Aids Day, marked around the world on December 1, ...

Nicosia will host the Quantum Nicosia Marathon on Sunday for yet another year. The event is organised by the Athanasios Ktorides Foundation in collaboration with the Nicosia Municipality and, as ...

Three projects co-financed with the EU and worth over €35 million are in the works to address the long-standing gaps and weaknesses when it comes to support for the disabled, deputy ...

Paphos police have arrested a 24-year-old man suspected of burglary and theft at a construction site. The case refers to a break-in at an onsite warehouse in the Petra tou ...

MPs will next week discuss the lack of a legal framework surrounding the growing trend of installing dashcams in vehicles and their potential use as evidence in cases of accidents ...

Workers in the cement industry decided on Tuesday to return to work at any companies that have signed the new collective agreement, while the strike, now in its fifth week, ...

The Green Party on Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” over a lack of care and respect by municipal workers who damaged graves in Aglandjia while pruning trees. According to ...

China has reaffirmed its principled stance “for a just and sustainable solution” to the Cyprus issue based on UN Security Council resolutions. The affirmation was made by Wang Aiwen, member ...

A 24-year-old man was arrested at Paphos airport on Monday after insulting a police officer who asked him to move his car. According to police, the man had parked his ...

An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale was reported on Monday night off Limassol and was felt across the island. The Geological Survey Department said the quake struck at 11.23pm ...

Trade union Pasydy on Monday expressed their fury at the omission of a previously touted second phase of construction of a new psychiatric hospital at Athalassa from government plans to ...

Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Monday night called for the “utmost restraint” as the war in Syria reignites. The ministry said it is “closely following developments in Syria” and that it ...

Parts of the Limassol district were without power after a lorry crashed into an electricity pylon on Monday evening. Electricity authority (EAC) spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou told news website Alpha that ...

The three 24-year-old men who attacked a taxi after its driver refused to drive them to the hotel in Larnaca in which they were staying were ordered to pay damages ...

The government on Monday announced plans to provide grants to people wishing to install solar powered hot water systems in their homes. The grants will be provided by the renewable ...

The families of the 35 Turkish Cypriots who were killed when the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed during earthquakes in February last year departed for Adiyaman ...

The concrete makers’ association faced a wave of resignations on Monday and may even be forced to dissolve, its chairman Costas Kythreotis said. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he ...

A total of 745 students in need received ‘love packages’ on Monday, containing festive entertainment and Christmas treats. The packages were handed over to the school headmasters by Nicosia mayor Charalambos ...