Cyprus

A slew of illegal developments have taken place in environmentally protected areas across the country, including Natura 2000 sites, the Audit Office revealed on Friday, in a report calling for a ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Friday reported an increase in both loans and total deposits within the Cypriot banking system for March 2024. According to the CBC, liquidity, measured ...

The ‘government’ in the north has secured £68 million sterling (€79 million) to pay compensation to Greek Cypriots who applied to the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) and whose claims were processed by ...

Thirty people lost their lives on the job since 2021 and more than 4,000 were injured in the workplace in the same period, the president of the Technical Chamber Etek said on ...

UK Cypriot Andreas Michli has thrown his hat in as an independent candidate in London’s upcoming mayoral elections. As described on his campaign page, “Michli is a proud father, ...

Around eight per cent of the workforce, or 40,000 people are illegally employed in Cyprus resulting in a loss of revenue to the social insurance fund of €10 million a year, Labour ...

A “political group” for the Cyprus problem has been created by President Nikos Christodoulides, it was revealed on Friday. The group’s creation was announced by government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis on Friday acknowledged that the Cypriot tourism sector is in need of foreign workers, noting that the increase in tourist arrivals has further exacerbated ...

The Larnaca criminal court on Friday sentenced a 29-year-old man to five years in prison today after finding him guilty of drug trafficking. A police statement said that “members of ...

A meeting was held this week in Guangzhou, China, which brought together the Deputy Minister of Shipping, Marina Hadjimanolis, the president of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) ...

Households will be obliged to separate their hazardous waste from garbage that will go to landfills as of January 2025. Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Friday. “Hazardous waste such as ...

The next shipment of humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Gaza will probably set sail on Tuesday, April 30, Cyprus employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev) director general Michalis Antoniou said on Friday. ...

An 82-year-old who was jailed for shooting a cable thief in March had an appeal for his sentence to be commuted to a suspended sentence rejected on Friday. During proceedings ...

As part of the Nicosia Smart City Project, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed on Friday between the municipality and the non-profit organisation Green Dot on smart glass recycling. The ...

All firework licences have been revoked and no new firework licences will be issued until further notice, it emerged on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, a spokesperson for the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides this week expressed confidence in Cyprus’ ability to successfully the current global climate, dominated by uncertainty and instability, despite numerous regional and geopolitical developments. He also stated ...

Two Turkish Cypriot men were remanded for six days for a spate of muggings in Limassol, it emerged on Friday. The two men, 21, were arrested in Limassol after it emerged ...

Tickets are still available for Ed Sheeran’s second appearance in Cyprus on September 8, although the first on the previous evening has sold out, organisers said on Friday. Ticket sales ...

The legal service on Friday filed a case to suspend Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides. Legal service spokeswoman Maria Lantidou confirmed the case’s filing to the Cyprus Mail, with the case ...

A hearing for an appeal to recover €807,000 taken from monks embroiled in alleged money laundering at Osiou Avakoum has been postponed until May 30. At a scheduled date on Friday, the ...

Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras was outraged on Friday over port and marina developer Kition Ocean Port’s decision to impose new fees on boats which use the marina’s old ...

Average household electricity prices in Cyprus fell to €34.5 per 100 kWh during the second half of 2023 from €37.3, but prices were higher than the previous year when the rate clocked in at €32.6 ...

Former Edek MP George Varnava left the party on Friday, slamming party leader Marinos Sizopoulos as he announced his exit. He accused Sizopoulos of carrying out “a policy of exterminating ...

Two festivals this weekend will take visitors on mini road trips outside the city. The 1st Spring Fair in Lofou, organised by the Chrysofilitissa Bakery, invites families and friends to ...