Cyprus

Reduced pensions for early retirement cannot be scrapped as that would come at an annual cost of €100 million, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday as talks continue into pensions. ...

A yellow warning has been issued for extreme temperatures on Wednesday, with 41C forecast inland. The warning is valid from 1pm till 4pm on Wednesday. Temperatures on Tuesday also reached 41...

The government on Tuesday launched a platform aimed at encouraging participatory democracy for the young, President Nikos Christodoulides announced. “The goal is to have a more active participation of our ...

Children up to 12 years old will ride free on Kapnos airport shuttle buses in July, August and September, the company announced on Tuesday. The shuttle service to and from Larnaca ...

Three party leaders announced on Tuesday they don’t have any personal vehicles in their eyebrow raising wealth declarations (‘pothen esches’) for 2024. The declarations for 2024 were completed under an older ...

A 22-year-old was remanded for seven days on Tuesday for carrying a knife and possessing an offensive weapon. Two other people, aged 22 and 20, are already in custody for the same ...

The European Parliament is willing to play a role in the Cyprus problem, Roberta Metsola said on Tuesday after being re-elected as its president. President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated Metsola and ...

The House commerce committee on Tuesday decried a “falsification of the truth by certain circles” over a bill aimed at setting a maximum price of bottled water at certain points ...

A 24-hour strike scheduled for next Tuesday at public hospitals may be called off, but this depends on the state health services (Okypy)’s reaction to discussion that were held ...

A citizen complaints department has opened at the Municipality of Paralimni-Deryneia, it announced on Tuesday. The new service, which will receive complaints and requests from residents, was created to maximise ...

Farmers are preparing to protest next Monday over the ongoing water shortage, demanding more be allocated to farmland. There will be two simultaneous protests taking place, one in Paphos and ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou called for the European Union’s common agricultural policy to be “enriched” to support small and medium-sized farms, it was reported on Tuesday. Speaking at a ...

The air in Nicosia is thick with history and memory, the scars of past conflict visible in the divided cityscape. The city, the last divided capital in Europe, is the ...

Four British tourists were arrested on Monday night at Paphos Airport after officers discovered 280 boxes of cigarettes in their luggage for which tax had not been paid, police said. The ...

The north’s ‘education ministry’ on Tuesday reacted with “deep sorrow and concern” over images drawn by children depicting Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974. The images appeared on ...

Close to a hundred people have complained they were victims of the pyramid scheme Metamax, Limassol police said on Tuesday. According to deputy police spokesman Marinos Vasiliou, 90 people have been ...

A yellow weather warning has been issued for thunderstorms in the mountains on Tuesday, the Met Office said. The warning will be in effect from midday until 4 pm. According to ...

Upgrades to the anti-flood channel in Livadia “will be complete in the second half of 2025”, the Livadia Borough said on Tuesday. Work on the anti-flood channel began at the beginning ...

A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with a case of knife possession, it emerged Tuesday from police reports. Two other suspects, aged 20 and 22, are already in custody for the ...

Attorney General George Savvides has been threatening Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides with his dismissal for months, addressing him in a “derogatory and humiliating manner”, Michaelides told the Supreme Constitutional Court ...

Archbishop Georgios on Monday night said it was Paphos which “overturned the junta’s plans”. Paphos, he said, “rescued Makarios and allowed him to flee abroad to defend the interests ...

Natasha Lappa has secured a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics, representing Cyprus in women’s windsurfing. The 22-year-old, who trains with the Limassol Nautical Club, qualified after the withdrawal of ...

By Richard Boxall The new Cyprus Premier League was launched on Sunday, with victories for Nicosia Select XI and Limassol Select XI over the Cyprus national squad. This tournament is ...

On June 27 and 28, BE OPEN Foundation took part in the panel sessions of the MED9 Ministerial Summit for Education for Sustainable Development and the UNECE Forum on ESD: Empowering Youth ...