Cyprus

Four drivers were caught in Paphos driving under the influence of drugs, police said on Saturday. According to the police, a driver of a roadside assistance platform and a moped ...

Sakis Lazarides doesn’t live in Nicosia (or even Cyprus). That’s just where we happen to meet, at the Arabica Coffee House in a nondescript corner of the capital – ...

The weather is expected to be clear in the morning on Saturday, the met office said, as isolated showers are also expected in the afternoon. The met office said that ...

Works to remove a total of 130 speed bumps and raised crossings are underway, with some being left for 2025 and others further down the line as part of reconstruction works. Senior ...

President Nikos Christodoulides reiterated that he is ready to come to the dialogue table of the Cyprus problem based on the agreed solution framework. Speaking at meeting in Polemidia of ...

Parents of students at the new Apostolos Loukas Special School in Limassol expressed concerns on Friday about unfinished construction as the first day of school approaches. According to the parents’ ...

Claims that money laundering is unfolding without oversight at one of Cyprus’ points of entry are being investigated, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday. His statement follows reports that ...

Cyprus should take the opportunity for the interconnector project or it will be left behind to burn mazut and struggle with its green transition, US ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher ...

A 27-year-old man was rescued while swimming in the Peyia sea caves area in Paphos on Friday afternoon after suffering a seizure, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) reported. The ...

An 87-year-old British man was found dead in the sea at Coral Bay, Peyia, Paphos, on Friday, police reported. The man went for a swim around 1.30pm and was later ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou and her predecessor Averof Neophytou on Friday exchanged differing opinions over the Great Sea Interconnector. Appearing on CyBC just minutes apart, Neophytou first on the radio ...

The Cyprus Physiotherapists Association will hold two events on September 7 and14, in celebration of World Physiotherapy Day, which is observed annually on September 8. The events were announced during a press ...

Turkey’s Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Friday promised to “ensure the sustainability of the energy supply” in the north. Speaking during a visit to the north, he said Turkey ...

Pharmacists’ patience “has run out” over the issue of opening hours, pharmaceutical association chairman Ploutarchos Georgiades said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he said his frustration is ...

A second person, aged 25, has been arrested in connection with the robbing of a kiosk in Nicosia on August 29. A 24-year-old is already in custody for the same case. He ...

Cyprus’ nominee for European Commissioner Costas Kadis is likely to be named commissioner for the Mediterranean and the environment, according to reported leaks published on Friday. The leaks were published ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said he is willing to remove plans for bus lanes on Nikou and Despoinas Pattichi Avenue in Limassol, following strong opposition from local shop owners and ...

The future National Guard officers, studying at the higher military schools in Greece, have chosen an arduous but honourable path, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday. Addressing their swearing-in ...

“That’s my favourite comment,” says Darin J. Sallam over Zoom – speaking of her film Farha (2021), which is showing at the Larnaca Municipal Theatre tomorrow at 8pm. The film will ...

A trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt will take place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York between September 22 and 29, ...

People “seem to forget what they said a year ago, two years ago, or three years ago” about the Great Sea Interconnector, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. He was ...

The Paralimni and Deryneia municipality on Friday called on the government to take action after mayor Giorgos Nikolettos and Deryneia deputy mayor Nikos Lillis were both reportedly placed on a ...

The new academic year for secondary schools began on Friday with a total of 42,650 students registered. Marking the start of the new academic year, President Nikos Christodoulides and Education Minister ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said Cyprus “cannot function in 2024 under the terms of 1960” in response to the audit office’s charge that the government’s plans to reform it ...