Cyprus

Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou on Thursday called on the public to be patient as waiting times at state hospital A&E departments began to skyrocket. This is due to ...

The Akamas municipality hosted between 700 and 750 civil marriages in 2024, generating approximately €420,000 in revenue, according to marriage officer Stella Demetriou. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Demetriou described the year ...

Turkey’s defence ministry is concerned about the strengthening of relations between the United States and the Republic of Cyprus in the field of defence, according to reports on Thursday. ...

Invest Cyprus on Thursday announced that it has being re-elected to the board of the ANIMA Investment Network. Launched in 2006 within the framework of the Barcelona Process-Euromed partnership, ANIMA has ...

The Turkish Cypriot police began investigating Ali Kismir before a complaint was filed against him, according to police inspector Durmus Aydin. Aydin was called as the third and final witness ...

The petrol station owners’ association on Thursday expressed its concern over a looming investigation on suspected fuel price distortion, claiming it would yield no tangible results and only cause delays. “...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday called for a roadmap to be created to devise the next steps of Syria’s future after its former leader Bashar al-Assad was overthrown earlier ...

As part of the EU’s effort to form a close relationship with young people, Fisheries Commissioner Costas Kadis met on Thursday with Education Minister Athena Michaelidou in a bid ...

A total of 11 missing persons were identified through the framework of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) this year, representative of the office of the Greek Cypriot member Leonidas Pantelides ...

The Cabinet this week approved measures to expand labour market access for students and attract skilled professionals from abroad. These initiatives aim to address growing employment demands and boost economic ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday said he had agreed to there being British involvement at the planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is due to take ...

The Cyprus Banking Association on Thursday confirmed that banks will announce their decisions on interest rate and fee reductions by the end of the week. Spokesman Andreas Kostouris told state ...

The number of cases of people being diagnosed with HIV is “on the rise” in the north, independent Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Jale Refik Rogers said on Wednesday night. Addressing ‘parliament’ ...

The two Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, did not answer to the charges they are facing on Thursday and proceedings have been postponed till January 21, 2025, after the defence requested ...

The fence in Astromeritis-Akaki area to stop migrants crossing to the south from the north is a deathtrap for animals, the Cyprus Greens said on Thursday, demanding that it be ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in Nicosia, after a 42-year-old woman reported that someone had broken into storage facilities at a block of flats in Nicosia and stolen ...

Frontline police officers should receive a hazard allowance for working in  dangerous and adverse conditions, Isotita trade union said on Thursday. In a letter to chief of police Themistos Arnaoutis, ...

The need for the EU to closely monitor and be actively present in shaping the new situation in Syria, along with Cyprus’ proposals on the issue, will be outlined on ...

The weather on Thursday will be mainly fine with local clouds. Winds will be a gentle to moderate northeast to southeast breeze, 3 to 4 Beaufort, and moderate to fresh, 4 to 5 Beaufort, ...

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a revised start-up visa, according to Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digital Policy Nicodemos Damianou. Damianou said that the revisions aim to make the ...

Despite progress in healthcare since the advent of Gesy in 2019, a number of gaps remain, particularly in terms of preventative medicine and long-term care, a new report shows. The 170-page ...

A US defence budget amendment will allow Cyprus to participate in military training programs under the auspices of the US, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday. He described it ...

After a heated three-day debate, the state budget on Wednesday was voted through in parliament, with the backing of Disy, Diko, Elam, Edek, Depa and independent MP Andreas Themistocleous. The ...

The Avakas Gorge has been closed, due to increased risks caused by the weather conditions. “Due to increased water flow, slippery ground, and the risk of falling rocks and debris, ...