Cyprus

The funeral will take place on Monday of veteran lawyer and former Edek MP Efstathios Efstathiou, who died on Sunday aged 88. Efstathiou served as an MP from 1985 to 1996 in the ...

Sending money just got a whole lot easier for Hellenic Bank customers. Now they can download the Hellenic Bank Mobile App to their phone and carry out all their transactions ...

A fire broke out on Monday morning in a truck being driven along the Nicosia to Limassol highway, resulting in the closure of one lane, police said. According to a ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Monday announced the opening hours of its customer service offices over the Christmas holidays. On Tuesday, Christmas Eve and on December 31, New Year’...

Farmers’ organisations on Monday said their right to cultivate their lands within the buffer zone was non-negotiable and called on the foreign ministry and the UN to resolve the issues ...

A yellow weather warning for isolated storms and hail is in effect from 9am on Monday to 5pm, the met office said. Rainfall is expected to range between 35 and 50 millimetres ...

Following a coordinated manhunt, police recaptured a Swedish fugitive in the Larnaca area almost 24 hours after he escaped from a private clinic while supposedly under guard. He was found on ...

Police are attempting to locate three poachers who pointed their weapons at a game warden on Sunday, causing him to lose his footing and tumble down 100 metres along the Fukasa ...

By Stavros Petrides Limassol’s festive season is in full swing, but the celebratory spirit is hampered by significant traffic congestion as holiday shoppers flood the streets. With Christmas markets, ...

The contract between the government and Hermes airports to extend the management of Larnaca and Paphos airports until 2033 will be signed on Monday, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Sunday.  ...

Foreign Minister, Constantinos Kombos, on Sunday said he discussed “core aspects” of the regional developments, with his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Sa’ar on Sunday. In a post on X, Kombos, ...

A total of 42 people were identified and arrested by the police on Sunday, as part of an action to identify third country nationals residing illegally in Cyprus, while a total ...

Parliament on Monday will hold an extraordinary session to discuss the president’s referral of a law passed on December 5 to limit large cash transactions.  The plenary session is set ...

The Secret Service of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR) used its Greek Cypriot collaborators at the height of the Cold War, in the 1970s and 80s, to try and infiltrate ...

Police arrested a 57-year-old man for drink driving and damaging a police vehicle in Limassol, authorities announced on Sunday. According to police, the man was arrested at 11pm on Saturday ...

Cyprus’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the EU Council Conclusions on enlargement on Sunday, noting that they incorporate crucial issues for the Republic of Cyprus and that they send a ...

There is no other alternative but to end the Turkish occupation of Cyprus and reunite our homeland, pledged President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday. In a speech at an event in ...

Three teens were injured in a fight outside a cafe in Limassol, police said on Sunday.  According to police, the teens were outside of a cafe in Limassol at around 7...

President Nikos Christodoulides said that the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Syria must be safeguarded, and hoped that countries like Turkey would not attempt to exploit the gap created by ...

Government budgets are the main instrument of economic policy that determine how resources are to be allocated and collected from various interest groups. On Wednesday, MPs voted to approve the ...

News-wise, the Great Sea Interconnector had had quite the week: first the leaking of two reports casting major doubts over the endeavour, followed almost instantaneously by the revelation that a ...

‘Niko, you can’t hide,’ protestors chanted on pro-Palestine march on Saturday afternoon. About 200 people gathered in Nicosia’s city centre to protest Israel’s actions in the Middle East ...

A 67-year-old was caught by the police on Saturday doing 196km/h on the Nicosia-Kokkinotrimithia motorway. The man was stopped just after 11am by traffic police, the force said in ...

The Middle East crisis is at the centre of a working trip Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will be making to Israel and Palestine. Kombos leaves on Saturday and will be ...