Cyprus

Western nations were weighing their options on how to safely get nationals out of Lebanon if a full-scale war breaks out, diplomats said, with Cyprus and possibly Turkey seen as ...

Gesy is kicking off its new awareness campaign on Thursday with TV spots aimed at making patients think twice before using the national health scheme if it is not absolutely ...

Municipalities will retain responsibility over dangerous buildings until the end of March 2025, under a last-minute law passed by parliament on Thursday. The law passed is based on a legislative proposal ...

Lawmakers and the government on Thursday managed to find a sweet spot on two ways with which to soften the impact of steep traffic fines on motorists. The two changes ...

Around 14 per cent of gainfully employed households in Cyprus were at risk of poverty in 2023, according to data published Thursday by the Statistical Service. This 14 per cent corresponded to 127,236 persons, ...

Ercan (Tymbou) airport’s holding company T&T’s general manager Serhat Ozcelik on Thursday insisted that the airport had not made a 1 billion TL (€29.8 million) loss in 2023, after ...

A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an ongoing police investigation in Larnaca involving charges of carrying a weapon to incite fear, knife possession, assault causing actual bodily ...

There are challenges in ensuring human rights in the digital age, particularly where social media is concerned, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides cautioned on Thursday. In her speech at a conference called ‘...

The European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to Cyprus on Wednesday, calling on it to speed up its issuing of permission for renewable energy projects. The letter said ...

Steps were taken on Thursday towards the creation of a new ambulance service, with Health Minister Michael Damianos attending the House health committee to put forward his position on the ...

Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou submitted a parliamentary question to the European Commission regarding the rule of law in Cyprus and the dismissal of the auditor-general, according to a post on ...

Athienou was hit by a water shortage on Thursday. The town’s municipality said the shortage had hit due to problems in the water development department’s central water supply. ...

With October just around the corner, it is time to look ahead to an exciting festival agenda that the new month will bring. Besides Oktoberfests, Halloween-themed fun and autumn events, ...

Dozens of US troops have been deployed to Cyprus to prepare for possible evacuations of American citizens from Lebanon, it was reported on Thursday. The troops add to a growing ...

The rejection of Cyprus’ three nominees to sit on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)’s judges election committee ...

Police on Thursday arrested two persons in connection with the escape of a prison inmate, while authorities remained on high alert as the convict remained at large. The escapee was ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Turkish House in New York on Thursday. Tatar’s office said he had “expressed his gratitude” to ...

Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras inspected the renovation works of the Akropoleos and Alkis squares on Thursday, assuring local shop owners and residents affected by the project that the municipality will ...

The upgrade of the Spyros Kyprianou arena in Limassol is in full progress, ahead of the hosting of FIBA ​​EuroBasket 2025 in our country, next summer. Since August 2024, when the works ...

The Pancyprian Association of Democratic Resisters has raised concerns over plans to erect a monument to commandos in Strovolos, expressing fears that it may honour individuals involved in the coup ...

The electricity subsidy and zero per cent VAT on 11 essential goods will be scrapped as of October 1. A finance ministry announcement said the scheme which expires on September 30 does not ...

Turkish opposition party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel walked out of the room when Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou spoke at the Socialist International party leaders’ board meeting in New York on ...

Exactly 6,165 irregular migrants in the north were given amnesty by the ‘government’ as part of its latest “migration amnesty” scheme, ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Wednesday. Speaking to Kibris ...

Concerns were raised about a perceived growing climate of fear and censorship following the dismissal of Odysseas Michaelides from his position as auditor-general at an event held by the Green ...