Cyprus

A criminal complaint for sexual harassment was filed against the head of the beleaguered Osiou Avakoum monastery, it emerged on Tuesday. The complaint was filed by a former employee, who ...

Investigations into football refereeing in Cyprus have revealed that as many as seven games may have been unduly manipulated over five years, it emerged on Tuesday. The Sports ethics committee ...

Limassol municipality is on the verge of signing contracts for the redevelopment of Heroes’ Square and its surrounding lanes, with construction expected to commence in the coming months. The project, ...

Cyprus ranked second in the EU for social media participation with 83 per cent of the population actively engaged last year, data released by the EU statistical office Eurostat showed on ...

The Council of Ministers on Tuesday gave the green light for the purchase of two buses to address the transportation needs of communities in Rizokarpaso, Kormakitis and Karpasia. Responding to ...

The justice ministry needs to develop a reliable internal audit system for receipts and payments, the Audit Office said in a report released Tuesday. The dossier covered the justice ministry’...

The Empowering Girls in STEM Project (EGI-STEM) conference, which took place from February 27 to 29 in Nitra, Slovakia, put a spotlight on the vital need to boost girls’ participation in Science, ...

The House Committee on Energy, Trade, Industry and Tourism this week revisited a proposal aimed at abolishing fees for innovative startups, in a bid to boost innovation and entrepreneurship. This ...

“The elderly’s problems are not the government’s priority,” House Labour committee chairman and Akel MP Andreas Kafkalias charged on Tuesday. Speaking at a committee meeting regarding services for ...

The issue of people working illegally in Cyprus will be dealt with “aggressively”, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Panayiotou was evaluating his first year in the post and ...

Around 200 tonnes of food and aid were distributed to the population in northern Gaza on Tuesday, three days after the Open Arms ship successfully unloaded its cargo after leaving from ...

Beleaguered Akamas National Forest Park road projects will restart in April, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday, adding they would “prioritise environmental preservation”. The decisions were made during a ...

Tourist arrivals recovered in February from the dip seen in January with a five per cent increase on figures from last year, data released on Tuesday showed. As a result, ...

A total of 50 ‘green kiosks’ will be installed in rural areas from Nicosia to Famagusta for 25 months to boost recycling efforts, the environment department announced on Tuesday. The department inked ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will leave for Belgium on Wednesday, where he will visit the College of Europe in Bruges, participate in the European Council summit in Brussels, and hold public ...

Statements made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that all Cyprus could have been Turkish are “unacceptable”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. During an official event on Monday, ...

The Air Swipe Bag – ‘a piece of sky you can hold’ made its way to Paris Fashion Week in just 90 days. SARA DOUEDARI meets the Larnaca-based scientist behind it When ...

The island could generate electricity from natural gas by the middle of 2025, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday giving an optimistic forecast on the progress of the liquefied natural ...

The two monks at the centre of the scandals at Avakoum monastery are expected to appear in front of the Holy Synod’s investigative committee in the next couple of ...

Cyprus-based proptech startup Moving Doors, which provides tech-enabled serviced apartments, has announced its official expansion to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, marking a significant step in its international growth strategy. According ...

Authorities in Paphos are conducting investigations after gunshots were fired at a law office on Tuesday morning. Preliminary examinations conducted at the scene revealed that the shots from a shotgun ...

Starting from Tuesday, it is no longer necessary to present a negative Covid-19 test to visit hospitals and nursing homes, Health Minister Michael Damianos announced following a review of protection ...

Nicosia detects no difference in the stance of the Turkish Cypriot leadership and Turkey on the Cyprus issue during the new efforts undertaken by the UNSG’s personal envoy, Foreign ...

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has welcomed the launch of the maritime humanitarian aid operation from Cyprus to Gaza, noting that ...