Cyprus

A much-touted cabinet decision to ban mobile phones in secondary schools has fallen at its first hurdle – a discussion in parliament – with the result that it has been put off ...

A 45-year-old man who confessed to the Ormidia murder was remanded at the Dhekelia British bases court on Thursday for eight days. Costas Sotiri handed himself to Dhekelia police a ...

Borrowers are receiving letters of approval for participation in the mortgage to rent scheme, running from December 2023 to September 6, 2024. Through the scheme, eligible applicants transfer the ownership of their primary ...

The Limassol hospital pharmacy staff is on a two-hour work stoppage from 11am till 1pm to protest working understaffed. An Isotita union representative said the pharmacy has been understaffed for ...

Police in Paphos on Wednesday seized eleven computers suspected to have been illegally converted into gaming machines. Officers from the Paphos CID, as well as members of the intellectual property ...

A 27-year-old man was remanded at Famagusta district court for eight days on Thursday over an ongoing investigation for robbery, carrying a weapon to incite terror and attempted theft. The ...

The council of ministers decided on the retraction of two more “golden passports” issued to Russian oligarchs, it emerged on Thursday. The two Russians had acquired Cypriot citizenship during the 2008...

Court proceedings are set to continue on Thursday over the request of the Attorney General, Giorgos Savvides, to suspend Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides for improper conduct. The latest advance in ...

How is it already the last weekend of June? As we step deeper into the summer, the island’s busiest season in terms of events and things to do, the ...

It was determined that a 35-year-old man, Michael Silvestrou from Larnaca, died by drowning, police announced on Thursday. Silvestrou was found dead in the sea in Mazotos on Wednesday. According ...

A 61-year-old man was remanded for eight days by the Nicosia District Court following an arson attack on two cars and a motorcycle in Nicosia early Thursday morning. According to ...

Staff and trainees of the Christos Stelios Ioannou Foundation for people with special needs, on Thursday are set to protest the construction of asylum service headquarters next to their premises. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is expected to meet with UN Secretary General personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin in the sidelines of the European council summit being held June 27 to June 28. During ...

A yellow weather warning is in place on Thursday from 11am until 5pm for high temperatures. After dispersal of local thin fog and cloud, the weather will turn sunny and ...

Cancer drugs estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of euros, which were stored in a refrigerated area at Limassol general hospital, have been destroyed, state health services organisation (Okypy) ...

President Nikos Christodoulides attended the unveiling ceremony of the Monument of Fallen, and Missing Persons of the Pigi and Peristerona Communities in Famagusta during the Turkish invasion of 1974. During his ...

“We are aware of the challenges but we remain confident and optimistic” said Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, referring to Cyprus discussions of UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for ...

Cyprus is a centre for humanitarian operations in the region and this is proven every day, President Nikos Christodoulides stressed on Wednesday. Invited by reporters to comment on Turkish media ...

Cyprus broke the Guinness World Record with the longest alternating chain of 4,073 people from all over the island clasping wrists on Tuesday night at the GSP stadium. The event, organised ...

For the sixth consecutive year, the bee villages of rural Larnaca, are inviting people to the region, as they prepare to honour one of nature’s treasures with the Honey ...

Larnaca criminal court sentenced a 55-year-old man to six years in jail on Wednesday for crimes involving theft and money laundering. The defendant was found guilty of stealing substantial amounts ...

Hezbollah’s threats are not in touch with reality as Cyprus’ role in Gaza is strictly humanitarian, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos stressed on Wednesday in a press conference with US ...

MPs are expected to vote next month on bills to establish an effective framework for wealth declarations by state officials and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), following three years of discussions ...

Cyprus on Wednesday denounced the Russian government’s decision to block access to over 80 European media outlets, including the Cyprus Mail, a move the European Union condemned as a “totally ...