Cyprus

The two men who were arrested in Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, in connection with the murder of 49-year-old Limassol businessman Stavros Demosthenous consented on Friday to be extradited to ...

One woman presented herself to begin voluntary military service in the National Guard on Friday, the day designated for female volunteers to report for duty, National Guard spokesman Christos Pieris ...

While most of Cyprus is watching the skies like it owes us money, Paphos is feeling smug and sated. Down on the western shores, the dams are fuller, the desalination ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday announced that he will meet United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin for the first time in December, most likely on December 5. He made ...

Cenk Tosunoglu, the son of Turkish Cypriot independent ‘MP’ Hasan Tosunoglu, was on Friday remanded in custody for three days, having been arrested by the Republic of Cyprus’ police on ...

Restoration works at the Panayia church in the Famagusta district village of Lysi have been completed, bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Friday. He described ...

Moving abroad for work brings new experiences, especially when it comes to adapting to the workplace. The Dutch office environment values work-life balance, clear communication, and a flat hierarchy. For ...

A total of nine villages in the Larnaca district are set to receive ‘Green Kiosks’ – small sorting centres for recyclable materials configured in modified shipping containers – the Larnaca district government ...

The foreign ministry on Friday called on Cypriot citizens who are in Tanzania or who intend to travel to the east African country to exercise caution as civil unrest broke ...

November’s first weekend brings a handful of bazaars and markets. Not the Christmas kind just yet but ones that celebrate second-hand fashion, the artists of the island and sustainable ...

The British bases’ administration on Friday named Fleur Thomas as its new chief officer. Thomas takes over from Clare Simpson, who served in the post between September 2021 and last week, ...

Restoration work at the mosque in the Larnaca district village of Tochni has been completed, the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage’s co-chairmen Ali Tuncay and Sotos Ktoris announced. “...

The Greek government has donated €50,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), bringing the sum of its total donations to €475,000 since 2006. According to the CMP, the funds will “contribute to ...

Friday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across most of the island, with temperatures remaining warm. Inland and on the south and east coasts, the mercury will rise ...

The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS), in collaboration with the Education Ministry, this week hosted the Junior Balkan Olympiad in Informatics (jBOI) 2025 at the Tassos Mitsopoulos Lyceum in Aradippou. The jBOI 2025, ...

The Nicosia regional tourism board (Etap) recently participated in the kick-off meeting for the European project “Hands Across Generations – Preserving Intangible Heritage through Intergenerational Craft Exchange”, which focuses on transferring ...

Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) chair Bruna Szego, visited Cyprus on Thursday, as part of her tour across European Union member states to enhance coordination between AMLA and National Competent Authorities (...

An agreement has been reached regarding the state’s financing of local authorities, with the MPs from the House interior committee saying the central government and local authorities have found ...

Parliament on Thursday doubled down on a law it had passed earlier this month compelling the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) to spend a specified amount as compensation to residents ...

Concerns over risks to customers, staff, and public health have been raised due to the absence of effective laws for tattoo artists and piercers, said the Commissioner for Administration and ...

The House on Thursday passed a law aiming to tighten up screening of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) where such investments are deemed to possibly impact national security. The controls will ...

Trade unions on Thursday appeared to signal that a deal with employers is feasible over the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) dispute, ahead of a crunch meeting between the sides ...

A “fiscal nuclear bomb” looms over Cyprus due to the risks attached to the LNG import project at Vasiliko as well as the Great Sea Interconnector, an opposition MP said ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Thursday expressed strong concerns over the indefinite strike announced by the Cyprus transport workers’ union, which is expected to begin on ...