Cyprus

The government has announced plans to create a food safety authority, with the health ministry currently aiming to submit a bill for its creation by the end of the year. ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court is set to announce its decision on June 5 on whether attorney-general George Savvides is constitutionally allowed to initiate dismissal proceedings against auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides. During Wednesday’...

A 30-year-old motorcyclist is in extremely critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital after a severe road collision with a truck in Larnaca on Wednesday morning. According to a police ...

Dozens of decisions have been put on ice at state broadcaster CyBC, after director general Thanasis Tsokos’ has been missing in action for almost a month, it was reported on ...

Two men, 46 and 35, arrested as suspects following the discovery of a weapons cache in Oroklini, will remain in custody until their next court date, the Larnaca District Court decided on ...

Turkish Cypriot farmers met with the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Wednesday in an attempt to resolve the ongoing dispute over the ‘government’s’ decision to import meat. ...

Cabinet on Wednesday gave the Insolvency Department the power to take on the duties of the asset management service to better handle money laundering cases. According to a proposal put ...

The Cyprus-Greece ferry service resumed on Wednesday as the Cypriot-flagged Daleela left the DP World terminal at Limassol port at 1pm and is expected to arrive on Thursday night at ...

Newly revised housing plans to regenerate mountain villages, rural areas and areas on the Green Line, and the allowances to support residents in mountain communities were approved by cabinet on ...

The temporary jetty constructed off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the arrival of humanitarian aid via the sea from Cyprus has been towed away after a part of the ...

The idea of euthanising healthy donkeys is “absolutely out of the question”, Tashkent nature park director Kemal Basat said on Wednesday. He was responding to a report in Turkish newspaper ...

The secondary school principals’ association (Sedmek) on Wednesday condemned acts of delinquency by students and called for decisive action to combat such instances – the frequency of which has risen dramatically. ...

Cyprus’ Electricity of Authority (EAC) has approved works that will cost €45 million, it was reported on Wednesday. According to the head of the authority George Petrou, the EAC board of ...

The eight people who are currently being held in custody in relation to the shooting of Demetris Andronikou in April were to be brought back to court on Wednesday after ...

The IMF also praised Cyprus’ economic resilience, projecting steady growth in the coming years. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday praised Cyprus for its strong economic recovery and fiscal ...

The ten most expensive property sales in Cyprus amounted to an impressive €16.2 million in April of this year, with Limassol continuing to feature prominently at the higher end of the ...

Port operator Kition Ocean Holdings on Wednesday said it hopes the government “does not deviate from its obligations” to the workers at the Larnaca port. The statement came after it ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Tuesday called for the north’s ‘parliament’ to pass a resolution calling for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem. He spoke ...

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and head of United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Colin Stewart said on Wednesday he still has hope that the Cyprus ...

The Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) on Wednesday announced three new national funding programmes aimed at enhancing research excellence and increasing participation and success in the European Research Council (...

Kition Ocean Holdings sent notice of dismissal to all its workers at the Larnaca port on Tuesday night. The company sent the letters a day after the government tore up ...

The Voroklini stray dog shelter is overwhelmed with strays the community council said on Wednesday. The council issued the announcement urging dog owners to microchip their animals. “Due to overcrowding ...

The first weekend of June will welcome back the annual Cherry Festival in Kambos and Tsakkistra. The established festival is being organised once again by the Community Council of Kambos, ...

Deputy Shipping Deputy Minister, Marina Hadjimanolis, will depart on Wednesday for Denmark to attend a two-day European Maritime Day (EMD) 2024 Conference, being held in Svendborg, Denmark. The deputy minister will ...