Cyprus

Recently elected governor Yiannis Karousos has announced plans to transform the Famagusta district self-governance organisation (Eoa) into “the most efficient licensing authority in Cyprus”, vowing to minimise the waiting time ...

The hazelnut forest near the Nicosia district village of Alona may “totally collapse” if measures are not taken to ward against threats to its ecological balance. Following a meeting at ...

A couple of dead turtles or fish do not constitute a “mass stranding”, the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research has said regarding reports that turtles had washed up on ...

The Federation of Patient Associations (Osak) on Friday welcomed the creation of a patient advocate, stating that it would significantly address complaints within the health sector. Osak chairman Pambos Charalambous ...

The forestry department on Friday issued a warning regarding the heightened risk of forest fires until Sunday due to strong to very strong winds, with gusts reaching up to 6 Beaufort. ...

Authorities across the board were on the defensive on Friday over their handling of a 64-year-old man arrested for sexual crimes against minors. The teenage girls believed to be victims ...

A Syrian man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Friday after having illegally crossed from the Republic to the north with the aim of being sent back to Syria. ...

Greece’s Foreign Minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis, said on Friday that without dialogue, there can be no solution to the Cyprus issue. Commenting on his meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan ...

Clélia Chevrier Κolacko has been appointed France’s new ambassador to Cyprus, replacing Salina Grenet-Catalano. Kolacko’s appointment came into effect on August 25, according to a decree published in ...

A 40-year-old man who had been arrested in Kioneli after having let off 17 fireworks inside a house in which he was staying as a guest had also smuggled a total ...

The historic Lefka Gazi high school is set to begin its 75th year with classes taking place in portacabins, Lefka tourism association chairman Hasan Karlitas said. A total of 21 portacabins ...

Dismissing 15 employees from Kition Ocean Holdings was necessary, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Friday, adding that efforts were made to find suitable positions for these individuals at the newly ...

Hard shoulder maintenance works along the Larnaca-Kofinou and Larnaca Ayia Napa motorways, including junctions, will be carried out in September, without impacting traffic, the Public Works Department has announced. Roadworks ...

Two men, aged 20 years old and 18 years old, appeared in court in Limassol on Friday after having been arrested on suspicion of having assaulted and robbed a delivery driver. The ...

The customs department on Friday announced it had seized over 10,000 counterfeit items during raids carried out on four properties in Protaras on Thursday night, among them a number of Barbie-branded ...

Two more Griffon vultures have been found dead from electrocution on the power distribution network in Cyprus, NGO Birdlife has announced. The latest fatalities bring the number of vultures killed ...

A 37-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Thursday night after having been found in possession of tools which could have been used to perform a break-in. Paphos police’s ...

Police in Paphos on Friday said they had launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the recovery of a dead body from the sea near the village of Peyia. The ...

Monks embroiled in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal on Friday requested that their trial at the Holy Synod be postponed. The monks appeared in the ecclesiastical court on Friday morning ...

Cyprus’ beach rugby squad is in Chisinau, Moldova for the 2024 Rugby Europe Beach Championship on Saturday 31 August and Sunday 1 September. Cyprus will face Moldova, Ukraine and Bulgaria in Pool A. ...

Cyprus has evaluated as positive the unofficial EU foreign affairs council meeting with Turkey’s participation, the government spokesman said on Friday. Speaking to CyBC, Konstantinos Letymbiotis said Nicosia was ...

The weather is expected to be mostly clear on Friday, with some isolated showers set to affect eastern areas and the mountains later in the afternoon. The met office said ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou announced on Thursday that Cyprus will host the MED9 summit of agriculture ministers from September 1 to 3. The MED9 group is an alliance of nine Mediterranean and ...

The north’s ‘tourism minister’ Fikri Ataoglu on Thursday implored Turkish holidaymakers to choose to travel to the north instead of to the Greek islands for their holidays. Speaking to ...