Cyprus

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou committed her ministry to building new schools and upgrading existing ones in the town and district of Larnaca. Speaking during a visit to the town’s ...

One locally-based professional has been included in a list of 100 women making a difference in the world. SARA DOUEDARI finds out how she is doing that Walking into the Nicosia ...

A 27-year-old man was remanded for three days on Tuesday in connection with the fracas at Kings Avenue Mall in Paphos on Saturday, bringing to nine the total number of ...

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Concerns were raised on Tuesday about the state of the island’s dams and reservoirs, but the agriculture ministry said the situation is under control. The state of ten ageing ...

Platres’ Forest Park Hotel has been sold to forex and CFD brokerage firm XM for over €10 million, with a major €15 million renovation expected to follow, according to reports released on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday thanked Slovakia for the country’s “long-term” support regarding the Cyprus problem. He was speaking at a meeting with Slovakia’s Parliament speaker Peter Pellegrini ...

Any declaration of cash worth €100,000 or more is referred to the police for their own assessment, the customs office specified on Tuesday. The announcement comes as police are investigating what ...

The son of a man whose body was found washed up on the north’s coast last month said on Tuesday the north’s authorities “did not even call” him ...

A 32-year-old man was remanded for seven days in Limassol on Tuesday in connection with seven kilos of cannabis that were discovered last week. This is the third arrest after ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis will be undertaking significant diplomatic engagements in Berlin as he leads the Cypriot delegation at the renowned ITB Berlin tourism exhibition, according to an ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has stepped in to stop the state broadcaster (CyBC) from appealing a €1 million payout in damages to journalist Evdokia Loizou. In a statement on Tuesday, Loizou said ...

A Turkish Cypriot MP demanded the north’s law on military crimes be changed after the trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir was postponed again on Monday. Kismir stands ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos expressed his gratitude for Shriners Children’s hospital team on Tuesday morning on a visit to Makarios children’s hospital in Nicosia. Shriners hospital doctors have ...

A high-ranking civil servant in the north was arrested on Monday night as part of the police’s investigations into a mass brawl which took place in Nicosia’s old ...

Two stand-up comedy shows are coming up this week and both are in English! Preparing to offer nights of laughter and connection is Costa Carastavrakis, who will visit Cyprus for ...

An electric car charging station has been installed at the entrance of a large public parking area in the community of Athienou, the municipality announced. In its announcement, it noted ...

Preparations have started for the 2024 Paphos Aphrodite Festival, the city’s municipality announced on Tuesday. According to the announcement expressions of interest are now being sought for the leading cultural ...

On Tuesday partial clouds may bring isolated rains in the afternoon mainly in the mountains and thin dust will be observed from time to time. Temperatures will rise to 22C ...

Cyprus saw a substantial 47 per cent increase in the issuance of new loans during the first month of the year, according to a report released this week by the Central ...

International investment company XM this week announced its active involvement in supporting education and skills development through a sponsorship agreement with ARIS (A Really Inspiring Space), allowing the company to ...

The head of the consumers’ association on Monday predicted that fuel prices will continue to rise significantly, squeezing the average householder, while others also expressed concerns over the effects of ...

The Cyprus problem “is still solvable”, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp)’s head Colin Stewart said on Monday. Speaking at an event at the Ledra Palace hotel ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday implored his European Union counterparts to re-evaluate the status of parts of Syria and consider parts of the war-torn country as “safe”. Speaking at ...