Cyprus

A 64-year-old woman died of heatstroke at Nicosia general hospital, while three others are in serious condition. State health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said the woman died on Sunday ...

A group representing the missing persons has called on EU MP Fidias Panayiotou to apologise to them on Monday, after they accused him of “mocking and disrespecting” them in a ...

Inspections carried out at beaches in Pervolia by officers of the environmental commissioner’s office on July 8 unveiled a series of violations, the office said on Monday. The inspections, which ...

Travel experiences, including city breaks, cruises, tailor-made holidays and tours continue to excite Cyprus residents, with the island being the ideal starting point for global exploration. Century Travel Group’s ...

This year’s Pancyprian Exams were conducted with complete success, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday as the results were announced. A total of 5,351 candidates sat the exams, which ...

Two women, aged 35 and 34, were arrested at Paphos airport on Sunday in connection with cases of impersonation. According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, the first incident occurred on Saturday ...

A post-mortem was performed on Monday on the six-year-old girl who died in her sleep in Paphos last week, however the exact cause of death will be determined by the ...

Improvements have been reported in the health of the two national guardsmen who suffered severe symptoms of heatstroke, defence ministry spokesman Andreas Stylianou said on Monday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

The EAC is moving forward with securing large plots of state land for building more photovoltaic (PV) parks, Electricity Authority director George Petrou said on Monday. “People have come forward ...

Police in Limassol on Monday arrested two people, aged 20 and 22, after cannabis products were found in their possession. In a spot search of a car driven by one of the ...

The Department of Meteorology has issued a yellow warning for high temperatures on Monday valid from 11am until 5pm. A previous warning for high overnight temperatures expires at 8am. The ...

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Monday as high temperatures are again forecast. The warning will be in place from 11am until 5pm with maximum temperatures ...

Kratinos Pyliotis, a 19-year-old National Guardsman in 1974, served at an artillery unit in Athalassa (known as 189MPP) and recounts his experience of the coup and invasion July 15: I was threatened ...

The visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Cyprus, was not only of symbolic importance but it was more one of substance, the presidency said in a post on ...

In a few days time the annual spectacle of migrant swallows gathering in the village of Mesana in the Paphos district will again be visible, the community council has warned. ...

As the hot summer continues unabated in Cyprus, the Water Department on Sunday said the islands dams are only 36.8 per cent full, a result also of slow inflow during a ...

Our wish and hope is that the two communities will take advantage of the new opportunity presented and sit down at the table to find a solution within the framework ...

It is becoming clearer by the day that the two-state model is the only solution to the Cyprus problem, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on ...

Further identifications of missing people are expected soon, Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Anna Aristotelous said on Sunday, referring to the latest revelations from small fragments of bone. Small bones recently identified “...

The battle for Nicosia airport wasn’t – objectively speaking – the bloodiest of the many dark events that took place exactly 50 years ago, but it may have been the most consequential. ...

The newly elected UK government has reaffirmed British commitment to a Cyprus settlement based on UN parameters of the internationally accepted model of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation. On Saturday’s ...

The construction of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Vasilikos will proceed and be completed despite the withdrawal of the Chinese consortium of companies from the project, Energy Minister ...

Three of seven birds on a sculpture in the Ayia Napa sculpture park have been stolen, the mayor said. The sculpture called The Birds was added to the works on ...

Police on Sunday were still searching for the owners of electric scooters found in the house of a 31-year-old in Limassol. The case involves 110 electric scooters and two electric bikes ...