Cyprus

A fire broke out in a first-floor flat in Nicosia’s old town on Saturday evening, with the fire brigade intervening to rescue three people and a dog. Three fire ...

A 48-year-old man was arrested in Larnaca on suspicion of “interference with judicial proceedings” and issuing threats, among other alleged offences, the police said on Sunday. The man was arrested ...

Sunday will see a continuation of the ongoing unseasonably warm weather, with the skies expected to be mostly clear across most of the island for most of the day, though ...

Alpha Bank on Monday announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all assets and liabilities of AstroBank Public Company Ltd. This has resulted in the creation of Cyprus’ ...

Commentators have given the thumbs-down to the coming changes to the tax regime – not so much for any major errors in it, but because it falls short of the government ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday decried Turkey’s “expansionist, neo-Ottoman policy” on Cyprus. Addressing a conference on Hellenic culture, he said Cyprus is “still suffering from the unhealed wounds caused ...

A small wildfire in the Troodos mountain village of Gourri was brought under control “within a few minutes”, the forestry department said on Saturday. The fire broke out at 2.10pm ...

The police on Saturday said they are looking for a man who set a car on fire while it was parked outside a kiosk in Limassol. The incident occurred shortly ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were “victims of a conspiracy”, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP spokesman Asim Akansoy said. He described the ...

The energy sector is a “key pillar” of Cyprus’ foreign policy, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. He was speaking on the sidelines of a conference and made reference to ...

The power of love is something that has often been written, and even sung, about. It is also the focus of a recently released film telling the story of a ...

All parties have now left the area following a brief confrontation between Turkish military forces and Greek Cypriot farmers in the buffer zone near the Nicosia district village of Denia, ...

Norway’s decision to lift its arms embargo on Cyprus is a “good development”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Saturday. “Norway had decided in areas where there are war ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he is “optimistic” that an agreement can be forged regarding the future of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), with employers refusing to back down from ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested after being found to be in possession of almost a kilogram of cocaine and nine kilograms of cannabis, the police said on Saturday. The man ...

Get ready for two days of street food, live music, children’s activities and a festive corner. The Chef’s Odyssey Food Festival arrives soon at ETKO Limassol to offer ...

Cyprus is expected to see a significant increase in winter holiday programmes from major British tour operators, according to Deputy Minister of Tourism Costas Koumis, who spoke after the conclusion ...

A new cross-border programme, “Inclusive Routes,” has been launched in cooperation with Greece to improve accessibility in forest recreation areas, cultural heritage sites and tourist destinations, the forestry department announced ...

Turkey’s threats are futile and cannot stop a project of European interest, Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen was quoted as saying on Friday in connection with the Great Sea Interconnector. ...

Employer organisation Keve on Friday confirmed its decision to reject the government’s deal on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) and, in agreement with OEV, called on the government and the ...

“Through his actions, Ihsan Ali showed that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots can live together peacefully, constructively and with mutual respect,” Green Party president Stavros Papadouris said, as he laid ...

The third annual memorial of the late Archbishop Chrysostomos II was held on Friday at the Saint Barnabas Cathedral, a church envisioned and built by the late archbishop himself. The ...

Limassol has introduced WeeDrive, the first application of its kind in Cyprus offering safe and smart commuting exclusively for children aged 12 to 18. The app, announced by the municipality on Friday, ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said she expected parliament to follow democratic procedures so the bill reforming the teacher evaluation system can be sent to the plenum, where “we will all ...