Cyprus

Tuesday will be mostly clear with increased afternoon clouds in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 39C in the interior, 36C on the north coast, 32C on the west and ...

The government on Monday sought to slap down criticism that President Nikos Christodoulides went back on his word for a partial restitution for depositors and bondholders who saw their money ...

Cypriot athlete Olivia Fotopoulou finished 8th in the Paris Olympics 200m semifinals. Competing in heat 3, Fotopoulou, finished with a time of 22.98 seconds.

Marilena Makri completed the Paris Olympics ranking 30th with 195 points. Things didn’t go as planned for the 21-year-old sailor. Strong winds and her light weight did not help. “The ...

The post-mortem on the body of the seven-year-old girl who died after a pool incident at a hotel in Protaras will he carried out on Tuesday. Police said the post-mortem ...

Cypriot Olympic sailor Pavlos Kontides is throwing himself into the medal race, where points count double, at the Paris Olympics, ready to take any opportunity to aim for the gold ...

Cypriot gymnast Marios Georgiou, who finished sixth in the men’s horizontal bar final at the Paris Olympics, said he was “very satisfied” with his performance, having achieved one of ...

The foreign ministry advises Cypriot citizens to avoid travelling to Iran and calls on those already in Iran to apply maximum security measures. In travel advice issued on Monday, the ...

Fishermen are urged to be careful not to catch Thunnus thynnus – bluefin tuna – due to restrictions for professional and amateur fishing, as it can be easily mistaken for other types ...

Plans to remodel Heroes’ square in Limassol were signed on Monday, with the historical area expected to boast its new €39 million (plus VAT) look in 18 months from the time works ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) have weighed in on the proposed subsea electricity cable linking the Cypriot grid to Greece, calling the project an opportunity not to be missed. ...

The general health system (Gesy) is financially robust and projected to remain solvent at least through to the year 2031, an official asserted on Monday. Angelos Tropis, a senior official with ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Monday submitted his candidacy to retain leadership of his party the UBP, promising “stability” should he win the forthcoming party leadership election. ...

Cabinet on Monday submitted six amended bills to parliament on fire prevention for forests and the countryside, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said. Panayiotou said that some general elements included in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was not “invited” to a tripartite meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on August 13 but “sounded out” over such a ...

Cyprus’ hunters have joined voices of opposition to a proposed photovoltaic park in a forest area between a cluster of villages in the Nicosia district. The Cyprus Federation of Hunting ...

The administrative court rejected an appeal by the Famagusta bishopric seeking to continue the construction of a monastery in Natura 2000 area of Cape Greco, it was reported on Monday. The ...

“Cyprus is completely surreal – a weird, fantastical dream!” We often think of surrealism in art: Dali’s melting clocks and Magritte’s Son of Man, where the familiar meets the ...

The transfer of Israeli citizens via ships from Cyprus into Israel is not part of the ‘Estia’ plan, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. His statement came after Israeli ...

The new Turkish ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim has taken out a court order to demand that three news outlets in the north delete articles which were written ...

Limassol bus company, Emel, on Monday is looking to file a complaint with police and take legal action against the municipality, who they said suddenly demolished a structure without warning ...

Dogs are to be stationed in the departure lounge at Larnaca airport with the aim of both calming nervous flyers and encouraging adoptions from dog shelters, Cyprus’ airports’ operator Hermes ...

Doctors working at public hospitals did not turn up to a meeting which would have aimed to distribute performance-based bonuses paid by the state health services (Okypy). Okypy had a ...

A total of three people were arrested for living in Cyprus illegally during police raids which took place between Friday and Sunday morning. The arrests were made as part of ...