Cyprus

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All firework licences have been revoked and no new firework licences will be issued until further notice, it emerged on Friday.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 ...

In today’s episode, over 3,000 people submitted their candidacies for the various roles which will be up for election when Cyprus goes to the polls for its local elections on ...

The trial of the 11 people who are held responsible for the deaths of 24 Cypriot children and 11 of their teachers and coaches when the hotel in which they were staying collapsed ...

No one was injured after a fire broke out at the back of a university bus in northern Nicosia on Thursday evening. The bus caught fire while stopped at a ...

An ambulance crashed into two cars in northern Nicosia on Thursday afternoon. The ambulance was driving with its lights flashing and its sirens blaring when it entered the opposite lane ...

The National Council is to convene on Friday morning, with President Nikos Christodoulides set to brief party leaders. The government says the meeting will focus on the latest developments regarding ...

Temperatures are set to reach a high of 30 degrees Celsius inland and on the south and east coasts on Friday, as summer draws ever closer. Elsewhere, on the west and ...

Hellenic Bank on Thursday announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations and a put option with CNP Assurances for the acquisition of its subsidiary CNP Cyprus Insurance Holdings Limited, ...

During the inauguration of the €1.6 million upgrade to the Ormidia fishing shelter on Thursday, the agriculture ministry reaffirmed its unwavering dedication to the fishing community. The modest-sized fishing shelter in ...

The National Betting Authority (NBA) on Thursday warned the public to be wary of illegal betting activity, especially online, which it said has proliferated. In a statement, the NBA cited ...

Parliament on Thursday evening enacted a law that allows the identification of users of prepaid mobile phone cards, with some MPs hailing the step while others called it a damp ...

The House plenum on Thursday gave the nod to extending by one more year the provision of government grants to cover the deficits of the state health services organisation, or ...