Cyprus

Eleven actions were adopted by the cabinet on Wednesday to promote new technologies and introduce smart agriculture, as part of the government’s revised strategy to increase the contribution of ...

The government is in talks with the leaders of neighbouring states, the EU and US over developments in the Middle East, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. In statements ahead ...

Security guards will be posted at all high schools for students aged 12-14 across Cyprus, after the plan worked well in lyceums and technical schools. Speaking after a cabinet meeting ...

Seabed surveys for the Cyprus-Greece leg of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) will imminently proceed upon receipt of instructions from the providing company [Admie], the energy minister stated on Wednesday. ...

The government on Wednesday increased funding for those staying in care homes to €1,300 per month, in a bid to reflect present-day costs, Deputy Welfare Minister Marilena Evangelou announced after a ...

Criminal court proceedings in the case of the 49-year-old German broker accused of usurping Greek Cypriot property in the north have been postponed for a second time. The case hearing ...

Around 100 Cypriots may be airlifted out of Lebanon within the day, it was reported on Wedensday, with a Greek C-130 expected to carry out the mission. Greek Defence Minister Nikos ...

Cyprus is sending aid to Greece to deal with the forest fires in Greece, it was reported on Wednesday. In its announcement, the Forestry Department stated that after consultation with ...

A prolonged high price of oil due to the Middle East crisis may lead to consumers paying more for electricity in Cyprus, while some investments may also be at risk, ...

Twelve flights in total had been diverted to Cyprus from destinations in the Middle East, carrying a total of 1,858 passengers, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos announced on Wednesday. Of these totals, ...

Cabinet on Monday approved a €1 million grant scheme for installing solar hot water systems. Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said there are two categories for applicants. The first is a broad ...

A tourist in Paphos was fined after his child was stopped for using a scooter dangerously, it was reported on Wednesday. The minor had been using the scooter recklessly, endangering ...

There’s something particularly enjoyable about unplanned joy. A recent visit to Harat’s, an Irish pub in Limassol’s tourist area, was a spur-of-the-moment decision when another restaurant across ...

Paphos police arrested a 27-year-old man on overnight for an investigated case of illegal drugs and burglary tool possession. According to the police, the suspect was stopped for a check ...

Andreas Papaconstantinou was sworn in on Wednesday as the new auditor-general of the Republic, where he stressed the importance of his office’s independence, bravery and voice. In one of ...

The likelihood of Cyprus being accidentally hit by missile launches from the Middle East is slim, though it cannot be completely ruled out, a military expert told the Cyprus News ...

Five out of ten flights diverted from the EU to Larnaca Airport, originally bound for Israel, resumed their departures on Wednesday. These flights had been rerouted from Tel Aviv due ...

Western nations are ramping up contingency plans to evacuate citizens from Lebanon after a sharp escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah, coupled with Iran’...

Wednesday will be mostly clear with localised clouds and afternoon rains expected in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 31C inland, 30C on the coast, and 25C in the higher ...

International flights with destinations in the Middle East were diverted to Cyprus on Tuesday evening as Iran launched a series of missile strikes on the Israeli Mediterranean city of Tel ...

Humanitarian aid packages were delivered to migrant workers living on 10 different sites near Morphou, the north’s Refugee Rights Association (MHD) announced on Tuesday. The MHD described the aid recipients ...

The kitchen of a hotel room in Ayia Napa was damaged in a fire which broke out on Monday evening, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said. In a post on ...

The Cyprus Turkish nurses and midwives union on Tuesday announced that an interim order had been issued in their favour regarding a lawsuit they had filed against the north’s ‘...

The trial of the man who killed 16-year-old Zehie Helin Reessur is set to conclude on October 24. Her killer, Sefer Bugra Altundag, will learn his sentence, having been charged with ...