Cyprus

The full file of the case against Serdal Gunduz, the 30 per cent shareholder and secretary-general of the now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou, will be presented ...

The expression “a little piece of paradise” is often overused, but it is very apt when it comes to The Secret Garden. We were thrilled to discover this restaurant during ...

Around 85,000 new voters will be registered when automatic voter registration is introduced, chief returning officer Elikkos Ilias said on Wednesday. In addition, he said, should the government’s plans for ...

A fire broke out at in the early morning on Wednesday in an apartment at the abandoned St Nicolas complex in Chlorakas. According to the police, two fire engines rushed ...

Wednesday will be mostly clear with some increased cloud cover in the eastern half of the island and a chance of isolated afternoon rains in the mountains. Temperatures will rise ...

Management of the Karpaz Gate Marina near the village of Ayia Triada in the Karpas peninsula has been transferred out of Israeli hands and put under the operation of Turkish ...

An 18-year-old was arrested on Tuesday for the possession and distribution of child pornography. Police began investigating the case after a message from Europol that an internet user had uploaded 17 ...

Unaccompanied children, who were forced to leave the country in 1974 as a result of the Turkish invasion, is a repercussion that has not received the attention it deserved, President Nikos ...

Larnaca’s criminal court sentenced a 30-year-old to 11 years in prison for illegally importing 15.6 kilos of cannabis. The court heard that the 30-year-old had been arrested on July 6 on arrival ...

Burglars on Tuesday got away with €820,000-worth of property from an apartment along the coast in Limassol. Police said a foreigner reported that around dawn on Tuesday burglars broke into ...

Cyprus recorded the lowest standardised death rates for suicide with 2.7 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, according to data released by Eurostat, marking the World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10. In 2021, there were 47,346 ...

The threat of drought should be tackled on a European level, through innovation, technology, investments, political will and cooperation, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou told an informal council meeting in Budapest. ...

A marathon meeting on the Cyprus-Greece electricity interconnector that continued into the evening on Tuesday, was “a good decision”, according to President Nikos Christodoulides, who said discussions would be continued. ...

Police groups on Tuesday condemned allegations of sexist behaviour within the force towards female contract workers. The matter had been discussed during Monday’s House human rights committee, which was ...

Excavations in the north, at Pente Mili in Karavas, are underway to find and exhume the bodies of the first people who died during the 1974 Turkish invasion – an estimated 40 to 70 ...

Limassol general hospital is set for a €23 million facelift, which will see its A&E department expanded, new units set up and its overall space renovated, state health services (...

No investment has been made in the north’s ports “in 100 years”, the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Monday. Speaking to television channel Kanal T, he said ...

MPs were apparently shocked to hear the government’s proposal that currently serving state officials would be allowed to continue to get a pension while still drawing a salary, it ...

Turkish Cypriots’ credit card debt doubled within the space of a year between June 2023 and June this year, according to figures released by the north’s central bank on Tuesday. ...

A court will convene on Wednesday to decide whether Turkish-Israeli businessman Simon Aykut will be held until his trial or released on bail. Aykut, 73, is being tried for developing on ...

Fifteen-year-old Theodoros Christodoulou, a player from Apoel’s U16 team, will continue his football career in Spain for the upcoming season after receiving a sports scholarship from a football academy ...

Larnaca will start works to reconstruct the city centre’s roads and squares in mid-October, at a cost of €7 million, it announced on Tuesday. Works are expected to last a ...

The European Commission on Tuesday refuted Cypriot cattle breeders’ assertions that it was offering preferential treatment to Turkish Cypriot halloumi producers. The cattle breeders’ coordinating committee expressed fury on Monday ...

The University of Cyprus’ expertise “will be utilised” when Cyprus holds the European Council’s rotating presidency in 2026, European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna said on Tuesday. Speaking after a ...