Cyprus

A pilot programme called ‘door to door’ to transport primary school aged students benefitted 850 children and cost the state around €800,000 for the 2023-2024 school year, it emerged on Wednesday. Speaking ...

A young boy sits on the ground at the back of the tent, immobile, unresponsive, with his back to us. “He’s my son, but he has depression,” explains his ...

A fire broke out on Wednesday in the area of Miliou in Paphos, the fire services said, putting it under control in the evening. According to the fire services spokesman ...

The international community is inching closer towards giving up on hopes of solving the Cyprus problem on the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal federation, Disy leader Annita Demetriou said in ...

Strong storms on Wednesday caused some power outages in areas of Nicosia, where trees fell. According to the electricity authority (EAC) spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou, trees fell in Kaimakli in two ...

Parliament is looking to change a 2019 law amendment that excluded taxi drivers with a criminal record from holding a licence, which MPs say needs to be modified to take account ...

Disy party leader Annita Demetriou was on Wednesday fighting to keep her political house in order as its members continued their infighting. An interview by former Disy President Nicos Anastasiades ...

Serdar Denktash, son of late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, said on Wednesday it is “not possible” for the Turkish Cypriot people to “achieve our goals” if they do not ...

The police are “intensely concerned” for the upcoming football season after fans with flares accidentally caused a fire at a pre-season training session, spokesman Christos Andreou said on Wednesday. Andreou ...

Opposition Akel on Wednesday called out President Nikos Christodoulides and his government for what it calls a failure to fix the problems in the health system, Gesy, which the party ...

Procedures surrounding migration need an overhaul as they could be a tool for the country’s economic development, deputy migration minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Wednesday. During a meeting at ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou appeared optimistic that the builders’ collective agreement, pending since 2022, would be finalised this month. Panayiotou presented to the employers and trade unions on Wednesday the mediation ...

The European Commission said on Wednesday it had approved a Cypriot traditional food product, Tertziellouthkia, a type of local pasta, for inclusion on the registry of Protected Geographical Indications (PGI). ...

The temporary jetty constructed to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid arriving in Gaza from Cyprus will be “permanently removed” within the next few days, according to reports which surfaced ...

New overnight works begin on Wednesday evening, closing two highways to traffic. Works will be carried out on the Limassol-Nicosia highway, from Mouttagiaka to Moni, and from the entrance of ...

Private universities will reportedly “not hesitate to clash head-on with the government” over plans to allocate state-owned land to foreign universities for their establishment and operation in Cyprus. According to ...

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) is recommending that the marketing authorisation for a liver disease drug be revoked because its benefits are no longer considered ...

Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides’ cross-examination at the Supreme Constitutional Court was adjourned on Wednesday to July 16. The hearing was postponed for “reasons outside beyond the control of the Council”. Last Thursday, ...

By Robert Morgan Eight people were arrested for illegal residence in the Republic early on Tuesday morning by the Aliens and Immigration Service in Paphos. According to the Assistant Police ...

By Robert Morgan A couple in Paphos was fined €1,800 by the Customs Department on Tuesday for possessing a large quantity of untaxed tobacco products, which were subsequently confiscated. Paphos Assistant ...

Since the traffic camera system became fully operational, reports on Wednesday indicated that around 1,700 drivers are being caught daily for various offenses, which could become unmanageable in terms of issuing ...

A 27-year-old tourist suffered a punctured lung in a quadbike accident which occurred on Tuesday evening in the Paphos district village of Neo Chorio. The woman was riding a rented ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is on Wednesday expected to submit her report on Cyprus to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as her tenure as envoy comes to an end. Her ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to travel to Athens on Wednesday to participate in events which will mark the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus. At noon, he will ...