Cyprus

Increased traffic in Nicosia along with a reported event to be attended by President Nikos Christodoulides caused tailbacks in the centre of the capital on Wednesday morning. A police spokesman ...

The Cypriot firefighting mission dispatched to Greece on October 2 had successfully returned to the island, it emerged on Wednesday. For five days, the Cypriot team operated in various parts of ...

The Larnaca municipality announced on Wednesday that systematic mosquito spraying is ongoing throughout the city. According to a statement, municipal health teams are focusing on stormwater drains and open water ...

The Paphos municipality on Wednesday announced it had outlawed the use of scooters on public roads within the town’s municipal boundaries. The ban applies to all roads except for ...

Mayor of Paphos Phedonas Phedonos is ruffling feathers in his determined campaign to beautify the city and do away with the ‘eyesore’ of illegal billboards, it emerged on Wednesday. Speaking ...

The Republic of Cyprus in the running for the first time, for a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, who has ...

The strike measures announced by the Larnaca public transport company were withdrawn after the acceptance of a mediation proposal and buses are operating normally on Wednesday, authorities announced. The labour ...

On Friday, September 27, the coastal cleanup campaign within the British bases from Pyla to Xylotymbou fishing shelter, was held for the fourth consecutive year. The goal of the campaign was ...

Two more teens were arrested for investigated cases of thefts and burglaries committed in Aglanja and other areas of the island’s capital over the past week, police reported on ...

Wednesday will be mostly clear with temperatures rising to 33C inland, 28C on the west and north coast, 30C on the south and east coast, and 24C in the higher ...

The betting sector represents 3.72 per cent of Cyprus’ GDP, director general of the finance ministry George Panteli said on Tuesday addressing the 7th Safe Gaming Conference. The conference marked the ...

Cyprus is counting on the UK’s support in efforts to solve the Cyprus problem, the country’s high commissioner in London Kyriakos Kouros said on Tuesday, and pointed out ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has published a parents’ guide for the financial education of children, which includes “valuable information and practical advice” to help parents understand and ...

Cinnamon sticks have been recalled from the market due to the presence of preservative E220 – sulfur dioxide – which is forbidden by law for such products. The health services have already ...

Minister of Finance Makis Keravnos met in Luxembourg with his counterparts from Poland and Denmark ahead of the EU presidency trio, to discuss the main political priorities of Ecofin that ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou has put forward a mediation proposal for the sectoral collective agreement in the hotel industry and expects the employers and trade unions to return with their ...

President Nikos Christodoulides hopes that his informal dinner with UN chief Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in New York on October 15 will produce a positive result, which ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Cyprus to pay €12,000 to Evangelia Zavridou for moral damage, as it ruled her right to respect of private and family life ...

Large corporations are running Turkish Cypriot properties in Larnaca’s Mackenzie area, raking in profits while not paying a single cent in fees for the privilege, MPs said on Tuesday. ...

The Republic of Cyprus was on Tuesday ordered to pay around €50,000 in damages to two asylum seekers for degrading treatment and pushback as they sought refuge in Cyprus from Lebanon, ...

The agriculture ministry intends to impose stricter penalties on those not conforming with halloumi specifications, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Panayiotou briefed the House agriculture committee on the ...

Solar radiation, which contributes to the production of electricity and heat, can play an important role in green transition and reducing Cyprus’ dependence on mineral fuel, the Cyprus Institute says ...

Corporations that failed to disclose their ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) within the prescribed deadline, and which got slapped with heavy fines as a result, will see these fines scrubbed and ...

DND Homes and its subsidiary DND Cyprus, based in Famagusta, currently advertising 622 luxury homes in the north, are being investigated for the usurpation of Greek Cypriot properties. Disy MP Nikos ...