Cyprus

In today’s episode, experts sounded the alarm over the government’s decision to suspend asylum applications for Syrian nationals. Meanwhile, two port police boats have been sent from Cyprus ...

The flow of migrants from Lebanon continues with another boat bearing irregular migrants spotted on Tuesday at Cape Greco and escorted by authorities to the safety of Larnaca port. The 20 ...

The ministry of education will always stand by children of Rizokarpaso, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said. The minister’s statement was made in the context of an event held on ...

A 44-year-old man is expected to be brought before the Nicosia District Court on Wednesday in connection with two investigated cases of arson. The two cases of arson committed in ...

Police on Wednesday are investigating a fire broke out in the early hours in a training vehicle in Paphos. According to the police the fire broke out around 4.30am in ...

Wednesday will be sunny with temperatures rising to 32C in the interior, 26C on the south and east coasts, 28C on the remaining coasts, and 23C in the higher mountains. ...

AstroBank on Tuesday released its financial results for the year ending December 31, 2023, reporting a profit after tax of €30.4 million, while also marking a Return on Equity (RoE) of 13.9 per cent, ...

It really is time to challenge the logic of EU farming policy and the way it is formulated. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is hardly ‘fit-for-purpose’ at the best of ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Tuesday said that “de-escalation and self restraint in the Middle East are paramount”, after participating at the informal teleconference of EU foreign ministers. In a ...

MPs heard on Tuesday that authorities have green-lit the first renewable energy storage systems, as suppliers of electricity generated from renewables complained that some €40 million is discarded every year. Legislators ...

Monks suspected of involvement in a money laundering scandal at the Osiou Avakoum monastery filed an appeal at the Nicosia District Court on Tuesday. The appeal is to have the €807,000 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday presented what he called the “three pillars of the government’s economic strategy to attract investments” during a closed meeting with investors, fund managers and ...

Experts on Tuesday sounded the alarm over the government’s latest policy on suspending asylum seeker applications for Syrian nationals, while the interior ministry said it was ready to revoke ...

A boat with two people on board sank off the coast of Limassol on Tuesday afternoon, with the coast guard staging a rescue. According to the Search and Rescue Coordination ...

Works by Greek painters and engravers from the 19th and 20th centuries are to be donated for the creation of a municipal art gallery in Larnaca, it was announced on ...

The legality or otherwise of deputy ministries may be taken to court, with lawyer Christos Clerides announcing on Tuesday his intention to bring the matter before the judiciary. In a ...

An appeals court in Larnaca has released a 43-year-old Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in a money laundering case on bail, it emerged on Tuesday. The man was released on €30,000 ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) this week joined forces with other international and regional maritime organisations in demanding the immediate release of 25 innocent seafarers. The crew, aboard the Portuguese-flagged container ...

A 25-year-old man from Paphos was handed a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday after having carried out two armed robberies at the same kiosk. The man committed the two robberies, ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis and Ambassador Khaled Yusuf Ahmed Al Jalahma from the Kingdom of Bahrain, who is based in Tel Aviv, held a meeting on Tuesday in ...

The social insurance fund (SIF) is financially viable until at least the year 2080, meaning there is no need to raise the age of retirement, according to the findings of an ...

Is the programme just another tool for promoting real estate? We literally live in a world on the move. People choose to migrate to other countries in pursuit of better ...

Police in the north announced on Tuesday the arrest of two men who had embezzled over $100,000 from a casino in Kyrenia at which they were working. The pair, aged 46 and 36, ...

Police in Famagusta arrested two people who were killing lambs near the Famagusta lake on Monday night. The pair, aged 35 and 29, were killing lambs outside a slaughterhouse in the area, ...