Cyprus

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is set to open a branch in Cyprus, offering all the course and specialisations available at its Athens campus. The plans were confirmed ...

The hearing for a judicial review filed by former state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos at the Supreme Court began on Wednesday with accusations of conflict of interest against the state legal ...

A fire broke out in Tseri, Nicosia on Wednesday, with four aircraft working to extinguish it, the fire services said. Fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said the blaze burned wild ...

Two of the 103 board members of semi-governmental organisations are being replaced due to conflict of interest, the deputy government spokesman said after a cabinet meeting. Yiannis Antoniou explained that the ...

The government has approved funding for the construction of 703 student residences at the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) in Limassol and Paphos, through a €108 million loan agreement with the European ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved regulations for the management of agricultural plastic waste. In a statement after the meeting, Agricultural Minister Maria Panayiotou said that the subject of the proposed ...

Athens blundered on the Cyprus issue after it emerged on Wednesday that the Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis had mistakenly referred to expectations that a plan for solution to the ...

Without transparency and proper financial analysis, the Great Sea Interconnector risks turning into a bane for Cypriot consumers, the House commerce committee chairman said on Wednesday. Disy MP Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis, ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 35-year-old Russian national under an international warrant issued by the Russian Federation for terrorism-related charges. The arrest occurred on Tuesday, with the United Nations reportedly ...

“As long as the Cyprus problem remains unresolved, Hellenism cannot feel at peace,” Greece’s president Katerina Sakellaropoullou said on Tuesday in an interview with her country’s national broadcaster ...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Nicosia’s food scene is growing. Slowly and perhaps rather unilaterally – most new restaurants, in fact, still pander to ...

A 45-year-old man who shot another man in the head in Ormidia will be tried at a British Bases Court in Dhekelia, it was announced on Wednesday. The suspect, Costas ...

The forestry department on Wednesday announced that the newly leased helicopters of the Republic are now fully operational and ready to be used to combat wildfires. The two Black Hawk ...

The ministry of education on Wednesday filed a complaint with the police over illegal advertising by an upcoming new private school in Paphos. The ministry charged in its complaint that ...

The District Court of Paphos on Tuesday imposed an 18-month prison sentence on a 44-year-old permanent resident of Cyprus who has been found guilty of burglary. According to the police, ...

Paphos police arrested four minors for an investigated case of vehicle theft on Tuesday. According to Paphos assistant police chief, Michalis Nikolaou the theft was committed on July 19 and police ...

Police on Wednesday arrested a 55-year-old man for an investigated case of assault and bodily harm. According to the police, a 48-year-old victim was treated and is being held for ...

Cyprus’ airports will soon feature a total of 12 free water refill stations, Hermes Airports Director of Marketing Maria Kouroupi said on Wednesday. Speaking on CyBC’s morning radio, Kouroupi said ...

Greece wants to “swallow all of Cyprus” Turkey’s ruling party (AKP) member Omer Çelik said on Wednesday. The statement comes as the latest in a series of barbs set ...

The writing is on the wall…and on ten electricity authority transformer boxes scattered across Limassol. It is brightly coloured, spray-painted, with a swirling scrawl that can only mean one ...

Police in Limassol on Wednesday arrested a 22-year-old driver going twice the speed limit without a driving license. According to police, officers intercepted the man while conducting traffic checks at ...

Limassol police on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old man within hours of a woman reporting her credit card as stolen. The 65-year-old woman informed the police that while at home, she ...

A yellow weather warning is in place on Wednesday for extreme temperatures in effect from 11am until 5pm. The day will be mostly clear with increased clouds in the afternoon ...

By Katie Leonard Visitors to Cyprus are often left in awe of the landscape and beauty this island has to offer, from the impressive Troodos mountains, the rugged terrain of ...