Cyprus

This year, almost half the world will vote! Cyprus won’t: our presidential elections took place last year. But 28 other nations will. And together, their citizens make up 50 per cent ...

The fifth week of the north’s political crisis began on Monday with opposition ‘MPs’ attempting to open ‘parliament’ under the authority of ‘deputy speaker’ Fazilet Ozdenefe. Ozdenefe, who belongs ...

Attorney-general George Savvides and deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides met on Monday with a delegation from the Law Commission of England and Wales and discussed various aspects of law reform, and ...

A fire that broke out early Monday in Limassol, destroying four stationary vehicles, is being treated as arson, police said.According to the Limassol CID, investigations at the scene determined ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Monday said she hopes to complete the government’s recording of damage caused by Saturday evening’s storms by the end of the day. Speaking ...

Nurses’ union Pasyno on Monday spoke of “miserable conditions” in which nurses are expected to work, in the aftermath of floods which hit the Paphos general hospital on Saturday evening. “...

Concrete factory employees are going on an indefinite strike, it was announced on Monday, following the failure to resolve a dispute over their renewed collective agreement. The strike is set ...

Applications for the reissued grants scheme to encourage the use of renewable energy sources in residences opened on Monday, aiming for interest from an additional 3,000 households across Cyprus. According to ...

All effective domestic legal remedies must be exhausted by people claiming compensation or restitution for properties owned in Cyprus prior to 1974 before a case can be filed at the European ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou is expected to meet regional and international stakeholders on Monday in Abu Dhabi. The minister, who is participating in international energy forum ADIPEC 2024, will meet counterparts ...

Three people were arrested early on Monday morning in Famagusta after a 27-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint in Ayia Napa. According to his police, at around 11:20pm on Sunday ...

As one of the oldest languages in the world, Greek has been a powerful vessel for the transmission of culture and values in Europe and must be safeguarded, President Nikos ...

By Richard Boxall The first two quarter final matches in the 2024 BAOFinancial Autumn T20 Cup presented by HurryCurry proved to be a damp squib on Sunday. The morning match had ...

Maintenance works on the tunnel on the Paphos-Limassol highway will start on Monday. The roadworks are expected to continue for about ten days, during which time the tunnel will be ...

Paphos general hospital is operating as usual on Monday following damages caused by leaking roofs and flooding of the thalassemia ward and the cardiology lab over the weekend. Health Minister ...

Monday will be mainly clear although locally in the northeast increased clouds and isolated rains are expected. In the afternoon isolated rains and storms are also forecast in the mountains, ...

The ongoing political crisis in the north is set to retake centre stage on Monday, with ‘parliament’ due to convene, but the ruling coalition and opposition still unable to disagree ...

Costas Kadis, Cyprus’ commissioner-designate will have his confirmation hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon during which he will answer questions by MEPs of the Committee on ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos pledged to further deepen relations between Cyprus and Qatar after meeting the country’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Sunday. He ...

The north’s ‘agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus on Sunday promised new, stricter price controls for lamb meat, amid the latest wave of people being caught attempting to smuggle meat from ...

Authorities in the Paphos and Limassol districts on Sunday began to count the cost of the damage caused by Saturday night’s storms. Teams from both districts’ governments began recording ...

Disy MP Efthimios Diplaros on Sunday announced that he would not stand for re-election at the next parliamentary elections in 2026. His party is set to introduce a new internal rule ...

Greek Cypriot teachers’ trade union Poed and Turkish Cypriot teachers’ trade union Ktos on Saturday night faced off against each other in a football friendly match in Limassol. Ktos secretary-general ...

For months, some of the most lowly paid members of society have been forced to make a difficult choice: go out to work for peanuts and risk getting beaten up; ...