Cyprus

By Robert Morgan Around 4,000 more positions in Cypriot hotels have been filled in the first three months of this year than last after the foreign worker application process was streamlined, ...

An important artefact of the island’s maritime history, the long-serving fishing trawler Lambousa, was transferred to the old port of Limassol and relaunched on Friday. The boat, the only ...

The National Council will convene next Friday following President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin in Brussels, it emerged on Friday. The ...

Around 50 people were involved in a fight in Limassol police said on Friday, as two people ended up hospitalised for their injuries. Officers were alerted at 9:15pm on Thursday night ...

A new exhibition opens this weekend in Platres as renowned Cypriot printmaker Hambis Tsangaris presents a retrospective exhibition. The inauguration of Hambis’ Cyprus (I Kipros tou Hambi) will be conducted ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić on Monday. Burić, who will be on an official visit to the island from ...

A Larnaca man remained in hospital on Friday following a 12 metre fall from a roof. According to preliminary information from the fire service, the accident happened on Thursday around 12.30pm ...

A fire on Friday morning at a Larnaca residence caused extensive damages to property and the sunroom of the apartment’s balcony. In a post on platform X, fire service ...

The plenary of the parliamentary assembly of the council of Europe (PACE) approved the resolution of its Rapporteur Piero Fassino for the people of Varosha to return to their legal ...

Mayor of Polis Chrysochous Yiotis Papachristofi met Paphos District Governor Charalambos Pittokopitis and other officials, it was announced on Friday, to coordinate the handover of services to the self-governing body ...

A yellow weather warning is in place on Friday from 12pm until 5pm for high temperatures. The weather will be mostly clear with heightened humidity and localised afternoon clouds are ...

Nineteen football clubs collectively owe the state some €33 million in taxes, and their repayment conduct does not bode well for the future, the Audit Office has said. The auditor-general’s ...

A 61-year-old Greek Cypriot died on Thursday in a car collision taking place in the north of the island. The deceased was identified as Charalambos Anastasiou. According to a report ...

Traffic violations caught on camera and the fines they entail were among proposals discussed at the House on Thursday, with transport minister Alexis Vafeades pledging to return with an official ...

Youth of Ecologists, Ecological Movement of Cyprus, Centre for Social Innovation, and RESET-Research and Education in Social Empowerment and Transformation are co-organising once again this year’s established nationwide beach ...

Not a single MP filed their statement of assets by the designated deadline for this year, forcing the parliament secretariat to grant them a one-month extension, it emerged on Thursday. ...

Cyprus’ civil defence has issued advice to the public following a yellow warning for extreme heat. With temperatures expected to peak at 41°C inland and 33°C in the mountains, the ...

The European People’s Party has included the Cyprus problem in its list of top 10 priorities, President Nikos Christodoulides announced in Brussels on Thursday, amid a flurry of meetings linked ...

Measures are set to be taken to ensure the safety of bus drivers, after a passenger hit one of the Larnaca drivers on Wednesday triggering a spontaneous work stoppage. Transport ...

With third country nationals receiving their work permits earlier through expedited procedures, the tourism industry is fully staffed and ready for the summer wave of tourists. Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou ...

When scientists in the 1960s excavated the wreck of an ancient Greek merchant ship off the northern coast of Cyprus, what they found was an amazing time capsule from a ...

Ten new civil registry digital services, placing people’s needs at the forefront, were presented on Thursday in Nicosia. The services are part of the government’s plan for digital ...

The hearing for Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides’ dismissal was postponed on Thursday, as an expert witness from Intosai (International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions) was unable to attend the court ...

Electricity supply is expected to run smoothly, despite the high demand due to hot weather. Cyprus’ transmission system spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said demand on Thursday was estimated to peak at 1,150...