Cyprus

Teachers’ unions on Wednesday called off a proposed strike, pending a meeting with the education minister. The 24-hour strike, scheduled to be carried out by supportive education staff on Friday, ...

Working the land is a gamble, one angry lifelong farmer tells THEO PANAYIDES, and credits praying to St Parthenios for curing his cancer Tractors parked in single file, blocking the ...

The electricity authority (EAC) has announced power outages in several areas of Paphos district on Friday. The outages will happen intermittently between 8am and 5pm. The areas impacted are as ...

Asylum applications in the European Union jumped 18% to 1.14 million in 2023, the highest level since the 2015-2016 migrant crisis, data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) showed on Wednesday. ...

Speaker of the national assembly of the Republic of Slovenia Urška Klakočar Zupančič is paying an official three-day visit to Cyprus by invitation of House Speaker Annita ...

Prison guard unions have called for a protest on Thursday outside the central prisons after the decision to terminate employment of thirteen of their colleagues. In a joint statement, the ...

With a new month to look forward to there is plenty going on says Eleni Philippou Rialto Theatre welcomes the first month of spring with a renewed cultural agenda of ...

In today’s episode, the investigation into Thanasis Nicolaou’s death was negligent and irresponsible, the Limassol district court heard on Tuesday. “The omissions are so many, so great, that ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 31-year-old resident of Nicosia for an investigated case of car arson committed in the early hours of the same day. According to the latest report, ...

Wednesday will be mostly clear with intermittent high clouds and fine dust. Temperatures will rise to 21C in the interior and the coasts, and 12C in the higher mountains. Winds ...

OPAP Cyprus on Tuesday launched its 2024 social initiatives with a focus on health, a key priority for the organisation. Chief Commercial Officer Alexandros Davos announced the renewed adoption of two ...

By Martin Clark The incredibly diverse nature of the Cypriot countryside and villages is due to physical geography in the first instance, with the island’s position on the edge ...

A total of 688 trucks were inspected by the police throughout the past week, as part of the European Road Safety Week, resulting in the reporting of 852 traffic violations. According to ...

The government on Tuesday pledged to overhaul the benefits system for disabled people, by de-linking it from the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) which currently also covers such persons. In parliament, ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Tuesday signed an MoU with the churches of Cyprus and Greece, in addition to the Jewish community in Greece and the Jewish Museum there. The ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with an investigation into the illegal possession of a firearm. According to a police statement, “following the evaluation of specific information, ...

In a report released Tuesday, the auditor-general’s office again raised the matter of the simultaneous payment of salaries and pensions to currently serving state officials, calling on the Treasury ...

Cabinet on Tuesday greenlighted the creation of an oversight body for service-sector companies, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said. The body aims to prevent situations that “threaten the image” of the ...

The last week of February – with an extra day this year – has plenty of events for the island’s music fans. From mid-week lives to vibrant weekend performances, there are ...

Diko MP Christiana Erotokritou is submitting a bill aimed at putting forth popular initiatives, it emerged on Tuesday. It outlines that if citizens manage to gather 5,000 signatures to support a ...

The Bar Association has not yet decided how to proceed with a complaint filed by the attorney-general over lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou. Chairman of the association Michalis Vorkas told the Cyprus ...

A proposal extending maternity leave to 22 weeks for the first child is set for a vote at the House plenum on Thursday. During discussions at the House labour committee on ...

A fire that broke out at a restaurant on Amathountos avenue in Limassol on Tuesday afternoon has been successfully brought under control, with three fire trucks deployed to the scene. ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Nikolaos Prakas The government will take all necessary action as soon as possible for Rizokarpaso schools it emerged on Tuesday after interventions by Turkish Cypriot officials ...