Cyprus

University lecturer Nicholas A. Ioannides was on Friday appointed deputy minister of migration and international protection. A statement from government spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis confirmed the appointment, the first-ever such position ...

British bases environmental experts have called on the public to be vigilant when using beaches within the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) as they look to safeguard 107 recorded turtle nests so ...

With the heatwave projected to peak at 45C and the red warning for 11am to 5pm, the labour ministry has halted moderate to heavy outdoor work. The temporary ban includes ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Friday enters day three of testifying in the auditor-general case, before the Supreme Constitutional Court. The court is hearing the case calling for auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ ...

58-year-old lorry driver Lambros Georgiou from Anthoupolis was killed on Thursday in an accident on the Alona-Platanitasa road. Police said the accident happened at 3.45pm when Georgiou lost control of ...

A fire that broke out just before midnight on Thursday in Paphos, between Kelokedara and Trachypedoula villages, is “manageable”, with residents saying last night was “nightmarish”. At 1am Trachypedoula, about 20...

A red warning is in place for Friday, from 11am to 5pm, as temperatures are expected to peak at 45C inland and 35 in the mountains. The met office said early ...

Cyprus ranks first among EU countries for volunteer blood donations, First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides remarked in a speech on Wednesday. The speech was delivered in honour of the 20th ...

Lawmakers on Thursday slammed the brakes on local authorities’ ability to automatically raise water supply fees by up to 14 per cent, arguing that the central government should step in to ...

Cypriot YouTuber and newly elected MEP Fidias Panayiotou will not get to attend sessions of the National Council, the government said on Thursday, slamming the door shut on speculation over ...

Hiccups should be expected once the new district-level organisations take over licensing for town planning and building, the interior minister said on Thursday. Constantinos Ioannou made the comments coming out ...

A total of 200 air conditioning units will be installed in schools in Limassol and Nicosia by August 10, the head of the school boards committee promised on Thursday. Committee chairman Dinos ...

Israeli Simon Mistriel Aykut, the director of Afik Group, a property developer in the north, will remain in custody for an additional six days, as decided by the Nicosia District ...

How far a driver crosses the traffic line should have a bearing on how heavy the fine is, MPs at the House transport committee agreed on Thursday. The proposal was ...

Professor Nicholas A. Ioannides appears to be President Nikos Christodoulides’ front runner for new deputy minister of migration, it emerged on Thursday. A source close to the matter told the ...

The defence ministry has received the donation of a semi-inflatable 40-foot Rafnar search and rescue vessel, which will be added to the navy fleet as part of upgrading coastal security ...

The House audit committee on Thursday expressed their support to Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on the way he is handling with the beleaguered Vasiliko LNG plant. Cyprus is in arbitration ...

Works are set to commence to replace potentially hazardous asbestos pipes in three sections of the critical Nicosia sewerage network known as ‘Trunk E’, the European Commission announced on Thursday. ...

A rented motorcycle caught on fire Wednesday night due to an electrical malfunction, destroying the vehicle. The driver was slightly injured. The incident occurred along the Paralimni to Protaras road ...

Close to two dozen homes were affected by the two days of wildfires in the Paphos area, with the blazes destroying five homes completely, the deputy district governor of Paphos ...

A Greek Cypriot refugee from Famagusta sent a handwritten note pleading with UN secretary-general to help resolve the Cyprus issue after he spotted him three rows up on a flight ...

The children of convicts at the Nicosia central prisons were allowed extended visits to the facility over three days this week to spend time with their parents. The events were ...

Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zanettou will appear in Famagusta Criminal Court on July 12, in a forgery case against him for using EU funds to upgrade a hotel in the area ...

The vast majority of private preschools and kindergartens will remain open on Friday despite high temperatures that will force state education to close early, the association representing the private sector ...