Cyprus

Paphos municipality on Tuesday announced the start of construction works on maintenance and restoration of the old Central Police Station. The works, which will start on Wednesday, will affect part ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday is taking part in an international conference on the humanitarian response to Gaza, being held at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

Tuesday’s weather will be mostly clear with the temperatures rising to 39C inland, 31C on the west coast, 33C on the remaining coasts, and 30C in the higher mountains. ...

Specific changes aiming to push a more sustainable mobility and access model for management of visitors to Akamas is under review, it emerged on Monday. Speaking to Cyprus Mail, Klitos ...

Over the objections of the auditor-general and environmental groups, it was reported on Monday that the government is going ahead with the tenders’ process for the construction of fish farms ...

A new deputy migration minister will be appointed “in a matter of days” it emerged on Monday. Government sources said President Nikos Christodoulides is expected to make the announcement during ...

All the traditional political parties came out bruised from EU parliamentary elections on Sunday, while Cyprus echoed the EU generally by electing far-right nationalists Elam to a seat at the ...

Nurses will be taking further measures against state health services organisation (Okypy) after both failed to reach an agreement on staffing issues during a meeting on Monday. “We will escalate ...

The election of a mukhtar in the Limassol village of Pera Pedi will be re-run at an as yet undetermined date after Sunday’s election ended in a tie. Elia ...

Public hospital doctors will stage a 24-hour strike on June 20, threatening escalated measures on July 2 and 3 if they are not compensated in full for the hours they put in. In ...

A 63-year-old woman died on Monday, after she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a building in Nicosia. The woman, Froso Diogenous, was driving at around 2am on ...

“Here we are, staring down the barrel of 50 years. How do we face it? “We’re not in Cyprus; we’re half a world away. And even if we were ...

A car crash at midday closed off the Kofinou-Larnaca highway, near Alethriko exit, with police trying to move the vehicles and restore traffic flow. Police said the crash happened at ...

Turkish Cypriots on Monday started to react to the loss of their sole MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek, who failed to win re-election on Sunday. Among the first to react was journalist ...

The election of social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou to the European parliament is something “we have never seen before”, elections expert Yiannis Mavris said on Monday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

Limassol and Polemidia gained new mayors, official results showed with Yiannis Armeftis gaining the former position and Andros Theodorou the latter. Voters chose Demos Katshis as the deputy mayor of ...

Progress towards implementing the liquefied natural gas terminal at Vasiliko will be on the House energy committee’s agenda on Tuesday when it reconvenes following the elections. Energy Minister George ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will join a call for action on Gaza in Amman, Jordan on Tuesday, aiming at finding ways to address the ongoing humanitarian disaster. Call for Action: Urgent ...

Sunday’s storm accounted for 25 per cent of the average rainfall for June, the Met office said on Monday. Until Sunday, June had been completely dry in Cyprus except for ...

The race for local administration seats on Sunday was a thriller at times, as some community leaders were elected by as small a margin as one vote. Chief returning officer ...

Incumbents securing victory in Sunday’s local elections was theme also followed in Ayia Napa where mayor Christos Zannettou retained his position as did Simos Ioannou in Famagusta. Antonis Christou ...

In Paphos Phedonas Pedonos was re-elected as mayor of Paphos following local elections on Sunday with Angelos Onisiforou becoming deputy mayor. Meanwhile, mayor of the eastern Paphos municipality was won ...

Four out of five mayors in the Larnaca district were re-elected on Sunday, official announcements made on Monday revealed. Andreas Vyras was re-elected as mayor of Larnaca and Iasonas Iasonides ...

The United States Central Command on Sunday denied that the temporary jetty constructed off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the transfer of humanitarian aid shipped from Cyprus had been ...