Cyprus

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday outlined her priorities for the next school year. She said her ministry aims to create an education system “through which citizens with skills, who ...

A private investigator appeared in court on Monday, charged with “stalking” the person he was investigating. In court in northern Nicosia, police officer Yilmaz Sevdali said the investigator had received 90,000...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will be travelling to Lebanon on Tuesday to meet with his counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib. During the one-day visit, the two ministers will discuss bilateral relations ...

A man was punched in the face in the early hours of Monday morning after driving with headlights which were “too bright”. The man, aged 33, had been driving on the ...

An aid ship pegged to leave almost three days ago for Gaza from Cyprus was delayed again on Monday, due to ‘technical difficulties’ in unloading the relief. The ship had ...

Attention turned to a sitting ‘MP’ on Monday as the scandal engulfing the north’s education sector regarding “fake diplomas” rumbled on. The ‘MP’ in question is ruling coalition party ...

The ecclesiastical court will convene within the week over the two monks involved in an alleged sex and cash scandal, it emerged on Monday. Set to take place behind closed ...

The newly appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Cyprus, Bruno Varriano, is set to be ordained in Nicosia on Saturday. The ordainment comes two months after ...

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Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides is the most popular individual of all independent institutions, with 71 per cent of the public having a positive view of him, it emerged on Monday. The findings ...

A 49-year-old Greek Cypriot woman was attacked at knifepoint in her own home in Lakatamia by former boyfriend on Monday morning. The 46-year-old Greek Cypriot man beat her and fled ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Holguin said “a lot of ideas” had been raised at her meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday. Holguin held the meeting as ...

The Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare announced Monday that support for single-parent families had been disbursed. This decision was made during the ministry council meeting on February 21st. Eligible recipients ...

A 38-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman appeared before the Paphos district court on Monday following their arrest on Sunday, when police found a large quantity of valuables, jewellery, electrical ...

In the last month, a London Cypriot has become a household name in Britain! ALIX NORMAN finds out what drove her to create her highly controversial foodie sensation In the ...

The dark side of religious tourism and an extensive miracles racket operating out of the Saint Avakoum monastery in Fterikoudes were exposed on Monday, adding to the slew of scandals ...

A bomb exploded in a barbershop in Nicosia on Sunday evening causing extensive damage to the property. Police spokesman Christos Andreou confirmed on Monday that the explosion resulted from an ...

The interior ministry on Monday urged would-be voters to “submit timely applications” to be registered on the electoral roll, as the deadline of April 2 for June’s elections near. The ...

As information emerged on Monday that the idea for a humanitarian aid corridor from Cyprus to Gaza was first mooted by Benjamin Netanyahu, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said it had ...

A new major television production filmed in Cyprus is set to air on the UK’s Channel 5 on Monday evening. The series will run for four consecutive nights. The production ...

A 20-year-old man, named as Demetris Michael, died on Sunday night when the vehicle he was driving crashed off a cliff in Limassol. Police are investigating the circumstances of the ...

Two men, aged 42 and 22, were remanded on Monday by the Paphos district court after they were arrested on Sunday for alleged livestock theft. The case was reported to police at ...

An underage driver, accompanied by another minor, was apprehended by Game wardens on Saturday in a rural area of Argaka, in the Paphos district, while, in a separate incident, a 47...

Five people were arrested in Paphos to facilitate investigations into a case of suspected illegal stay in the Republic in a coordinated operation on Sunday in the village of Tremithousa. ...