Cyprus

Elia Herodotou was elected as Pera Pedi’s mukhtar at the second attempt on Sunday, after the originally scheduled election on June 9 ended in a tie. Herodotou, 25, won 71 votes, beating ...

A pair of polls carried out in the north show opposition party the CTP to be ahead and to be the largest party in ‘parliament’ in a hypothetical election. One, ...

El-Sen, the employers’ union of the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek, announced on Saturday night they had filed a complaint to the Turkish Cypriot police after police had prevented them ...

A 35-year-old man from Paphos was sentenced to five months in prison on Friday after having been arrested in March for being found to be in possession of a knife ...

Music and more music is on the horizon as the summer agenda fills up with concerts, beach parties and live performances. From the island’s musicians to some of the ...

The amount invested in Cyprus’ green transition is estimated to reach €3.1 billion by 2030, the finance ministry said on Sunday. They said the investment would be sourced from state funds, European ...

A 40-year-old man from Paphos was handed a €2,000 fine for having the carcass of a hare in his refrigerator outside of hunting season, Paphos police deputy operations director Michalis Nikolaou ...

A 49-year-old woman died on Sunday after being involved in a quadbike accident in the Paphos district village of Peyia. The woman was riding a quadbike on a country road ...

The war in Ukraine “must end”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking at the Ukraine peace summit at the Burgenstock resort in Switzerland, he said “illegality stemming from invasion, ...

Highly respected environmentalist and journalist Martin Abbas Hellicar died on Saturday, aged 56. He passed away in hospital where he was being treated after sustaining serious injuries in a car accident ...

A 68-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Saturday night after being found to have been driving while four times over the legal alcohol limit. The man’s car was ...

The police on Sunday announced that the upcoming week would be an “awareness week” for road safety, with a particular focus on driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. ...

Garbage is piling up on the shores of Potamos Liopetri harbour – degrading a protected nature site and exposing a serious flaw in how Cyprus deals with illegal dumping. Liopetri beach, ...

An 84-year-old woman from Nicosia died of heatstroke on Saturday afternoon, the health ministry said on Sunday. The woman had been admitted to the Nicosia general hospital on Friday and ...

A fire which broke out in a car in the Paphos district village of Emba in the early hours of Sunday morning is believed to have been caused by arson, ...

Police on Sunday announced the arrest of a man suspected of stealing 900 metres of electricity cables. The man, aged 33, reportedly cut down five telegraph poles near the Limassol district village ...

Turkish Cypriots and other Muslims across Cyprus celebrated the beginning of Eid al-Adha, one of the two main festivals on the Muslim calendar, on Sunday. The festival is celebrated during ...

The fire brigade and the electricity authority (EAC) on Sunday found themselves at odds with one another over the cause of a wildfire which broke out near the Nicosia district ...

Temperatures are to continue to soar on Sunday to a high of 39 degrees Celsius inland, with temperatures on the west coast to reach 31 degrees Celsius, temperatures on the rest of ...

While definitely striking, the evisceration of the so-called centrist parties at the ballot last week should not be seen in isolation but rather as part of a wider malaise and ...

Victims of last week’s fires in Paphos will start receiving compensation on Wednesday, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou announced on Saturday, following orders from President Nikos Christodoulides. Panayiotou stated that ...

A large fire broke out between the villages Fikardou and Farmakas, necessitating the intervention of five aircraft. Fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said that there are also trucks at the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and the UN Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Miroslav Jenca discussed on Friday in New York about ...

Two police officers were suspended on Saturday during an investigation into the police response time related to the murder of a 41-year-old woman in Paphos. The disciplinary investigation involves seven ...