Cyprus

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou travelled to Israel on Wednesday to meet his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen. The pair are set to discuss the planned electrical interconnector which, if constructed, will ...

Two Cypriot short films, ‘Buffer Zone’ and ‘Taxi’ recently received international visibility and acclaim, the culture ministry announced. Savvas Stavrou’s multi-award-winning short film “Buffer Zone” received the award for ...

The restoration of the Hamidiye mosque will send a “tangible and positive message”, the United Nations’ senior political affairs officer on Cyprus, Philippe Baudin said on Tuesday. He said the ...

In a Colombian storyteller, THEO PANAYIDES finds a woman who has lived through drama – stepping over dead bodies on the way to school – but finds medicine in stories It’s ...

With the 22nd edition of Cyprus Film Days just around the corner, its programme has begun taking shape. A varied and daring line-up of films grappling with major social and ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides said green taxation will begin by the end of 2024 and not on April 1. Meanwhile, over 3,500 people will be elected in Cyprus on June 9. ...

Unions on Wednesday said that state broadcaster (CyBC) employees should be paid by Friday, following announcements staff would strike for one hour twice a day as of March 29. Following a ...

A 39-year-old man wanted for crimes in Germany and Israel is to appear before court on Wednesday to commence his extradition process. According to the police, the man was arrested ...

Estonian President Alar Karis will meet with President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday. According to Government Spokesman, Konstantinos Letymbiotis, Karis, whose visit was scheduled from March 26-28, ...

Wednesday will be intermittently cloudy with dust in the air and temperatures rising to 26C in the interior, 23C on the west coasts, 25C on the remaining coasts and 17C ...

The European Commission this week released a report noting that Cyprus’ economy is on a healthy trajectory, expecting both GDP to grow and inflation to decrease. However, it added that ...

Limassol was named on Tuesday as one of 23 cities to be awarded with the European Union’s Mission Label for its climate neutrality goals. The European Commission said the label “...

A 26-year-old man arrested on suspicion of rape was handed an eight-day remand at the Paphos district court on Tuesday. The man was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday ...

First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides on Tuesday called for more women to be in “decision-making centres”. Speaking at the Women Leaders’ Forum, she said, “we need to say it loud ...

The north’s former ‘interior minister’ Ziya Ozturkler on Tuesday denied having taken bribes from a university amid continued investigations and arrests in relation to the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”. ...

United States Ambassador in Nicosia Julie Fisher updated President Nikos Christodoulides on the state of the under-construction jetty on the shores of Gaza. The jetty is being constructed by the ...

Police on Tuesday announced a second arrest regarding a case of child pornography. The man arrested is 25 years old and lives in Limassol. The first man arrested, also aged 25, remains ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna on Tuesday met with Hungarian European Affairs Minister Janos Boka. Boka made a one-day working visit to Cyprus and was treated by Raouna to ...

Regional conflict and economic woes in Europe will likely make this year a tough one for tourism, the relevant minister said on Tuesday. Deputy minister for tourism Costas Koumis made ...

Restoration of the Hamidiye mosque in Lefkara has been completed, with a handover ceremony having taken place on Tuesday. The restoration works were carried out with funding from the European ...

The payment of a ‘personal secretary’ allowance to former presidents and House presidents is problematic, the Audit Office said on Tuesday, even warning that it might report the matter to ...

On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the AG Leventis Gallery invites the public to an alternative exhibition and challenges viewers to reconsider what they think they know about art, ...

Meetings regarding the potential roll-out of ‘red buttons’ on bracelets for elderly people are underway, Social Welfare Deputy Minister Marilena Evangelou said on Tuesday. The idea of the ‘red buttons’ ...

The government is to open or expand 30 kindergartens across the country, Social Welfare Deputy Minister Marilena Evangelou said on Tuesday. She said the new and expanded kindergartens will also operate ...