Cyprus

Is it the season already? For the jolly, festive and cheery Christmas markets to take over? It seems so, as with over a month to go until Christmas, eager vendors ...

The International Propeller Club of the United States has recognised Cyprus-based shipping companies for their participation in the US Coast Guard’s Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) programme. The ceremony, ...

Six months after the exposure of a major international sham marriage scheme in Cyprus, a 39-year-old Pakistani man, believed to be the ringleader, was arrested in Germany and extradited to ...

The police have warned the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) that they may stop policing matches if the use of flares, firecrackers, and fireworks continues. This follows incidents involving fans during ...

A 12 per cent reduction in vehicle traffic was recorded at the entrance to Nicosia during the morning rush hour – 7am to 8 am – in October, according to the department of public ...

Elam is marching at 7pm in Larnaca to demand an austere migration policy and a crackdown on crime, an event that has the police on alert. Police will be monitoring ...

Ankara’s wish to strengthen ties with the EU must go hand in hand with the Cyprus problem, French President Emmanel Macron has told Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, according ...

The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) and the University of Cyprus (UCY) School of Medicine have renewed their partnership for two more years, extending a collaboration that supports ...

Police on Friday are urging the public to come forward with any information on two missing teenage girls. The two 16-year-olds, named as Apostolia Kokkinides and Sara Constantin, have been ...

Police on Friday are continuing investigations into the mystifying incident of a child who showed up at school with an alleged amount of €15,000 in cash and began distributing it to ...

Paphos police arrested a 37-year-old man overnight who was wanted by the Ukrainian authorities for arson and whose extradition process in underway on Friday. According to Paphos assistant police chief, ...

Turkey’s accession to the EU is contingent upon the Cyprus issue, Slovenian candidate for the position of EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Marta Kos said. Kos was speaking ...

Friday will be mostly clear with temperatures rising to 25C inland, 26C on the coasts, and 15C in the higher mountains. The winds will be mainly north-easterly, weak to moderate, ...

Improved relations between Greece and Turkey have “created positive conditions for the Cyprus problem”, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said on Thursday. Speaking to Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, he said both ...

Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou addressed the staffing challenges faced by the district administrations during a meeting with the six district officers on Thursday. The meeting focused on several key issues ...

An MP on Thursday claimed that the Cypriot state was preparing to “borrow again” to repay a €6.3 billion bailout granted back in 2013. Zacharias Koulias (Diko) made the comments while the ...

The House plenum on Thursday approved an extra €94 million for the Health Insurance Organisation for fiscal year 2024, but not without some gripes from MPs. The supplementary budget largely concerns expenses ...

Cypriot traditional quality products such as halloumi, kolokasi and commandaria, are national treasures, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Thursday. The minister was speaking at the second CyFood B2B ...

The average annual salary in Cyprus in 2023 was lower than the EU average, according to data released by Eurostat on Thursday. Last year the average annual full-time adjusted salary for ...

A demonstration will be held in Limassol this Sunday to demand an end to racist attacks on delivery workers and racist rhetoric from the state and media. In a joint ...

The government has been paying €6,000 a month for the past four years for facilities intended for people with autism which do not yet exist, the House health committee heard on ...

The year 2025 will be “much more difficult” economically than previous years for Turkish Cypriots, the north’s ‘economy minister’ Olgun Amcaoglu said on Thursday. Speaking to the north’s public ...

A 36-year-old man fell victim to internet fraud after transferring money to a fake profile. The man reported the incident to Limassol police, stating he lost a substantial amount of ...

Concrete manufacturers and traders went on strike on Thursday, demanding to be paid for overtime worked and a return to their pre-2013 collective labour agreement conditions. The workers gathered at ...