Cyprus

A nine-year prison sentence imposed by the Paphos criminal court has been increased to 12 years on appeal for a man convicted of importing, possessing, and intending to supply 8.155kg of ...

Joining Nato “would be a natural development” for Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking to French newspaper Le Figaro, he said that “if it were possible for Cyprus ...

A motorcycle driver killed in a traffic accident on Sunday died from a severe brain injury, a state pathologist said on Tuesday. A formal autopsy was conducted on Bulgarian national ...

A fire and rescue exercise will take place on Wednesday at 9am at the Conference Centre in Nicosia, the fire service announced on Tuesday. The drill, part of the service’...

Parliament’s decision to raise the fine for illegally parking at electric vehicle charging stations to €85 was welcomed by the association of electric vehicle companies on Tuesday. The decision was ...

I went to Andreas Vrontis’ studio in Limassol for an interview, but it didn’t really feel like one. I was expecting the typical quiet, intense artist, maybe a bit ...

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a new social welfare deputy ministry initiative giving work-capable Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) recipients opportunities to gain professional experience. According to the deputy ministry, the ...

Disability rights groups on Tuesday demanded that the government offer them more financial benefits, saying that the government’s current plans to raise the total budget for disability benefits to €45 ...

Ukraine will be of paramount importance during Cyprus’ upcoming presidency of the EU council, Deputy European Affairs Minister Marilena Raouna said on Tuesday Outlining Nicosia’s priorities ahead of the ...

Reservations at entertainment venues are rising ahead of Christmas and New Year, president of the Association of Entertainment Venue Owners (Osika), Neophytos Thrasyvoulou said on Tuesday. He said restaurants and ...

The deputy ministry of immigration will assume responsibility for the reception centres for unaccompanied minors from January 1, the Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday. Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides said the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday held a telephone call with the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Europe Stephen Doughty. Erhurman’s office said during the call, “...

The Greek Cypriot side is ready for a new enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem “as soon as possible”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday. “From our side, at ...

The education ministry has confirmed that the bicommunal Imagine programme will resume in January, following changes to its framework and the reissuing of circulars to schools. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou, ...

Construction waste was illegally dumped while a police station in the Troodos mountain village of Evrychou was being built, according to a report released by the audit office on Tuesday. ...

Cyprus is an easy and welcoming destination, but a little local knowledge goes a long way — especially for visitors looking to get beyond the beaches and truly experience island life. ...

Cyprus grain producers will mobilise tractors and rally outside Nicosia’s House of Europe next Thursday to protest revisions to the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) framework. The organisation ...

The Cypriot representation to the United Nations has submitted a letter to the security council decrying what it describes “violations” of Cyprus’ airspace and territorial waters by Turkey. The letter ...

Parents’ groups on Tuesday strongly criticised a planned teachers’ strike, warning that students are being used as “leverage” for the union’s demands. The Pancyprian confederation of parents’ associations said ...

Nicolina Nicolaou, a special education teacher for the past 15 years, has been jotting down ideas and taking notes, which over time transmuted into a complete book – Reading Comprehension and Psychosocial ...

British bases police will intensify road patrols across eastern and western “hotspot” areas in the coming weeks to ensure driver safety during the holiday period. The visible increase aims to ...

Cyprus has voted in favour of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination after a resolution was put to the United Nations’ general assembly’s third committee in New ...

Less than half of the north’s workforce are Cypriots, independent Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Aysegul Baybars said on Monday night. Addressing the Turkish Cypriot legislature as it debated the north’...

A 34-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning after being found loitering in a park in Dali while in possession of a hoard of jewellery, bank ...