Cyprus

Ceramics and stone tools and objects, dating to the Late Bronze Age, have been unearthed in Pitharka, a site that appears to have been peacefully abandoned by its settlers. Pitharka ...

The head of the UN Security Council on Monday said that UN Secretary-General personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin has only found there is no common ground for a Cyprus solution. ...

Cyprus’ Energy Regulatory Authority (Cera) has received on Monday the proposal of Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie) on what the revenue of the Israel-Cyprus-Greece (Great Sea Interconnector) electricity ...

Two men, 46 and 35, suspected of hiding weapons in a Oroklini grave pleaded not guilty to the Larnaca Criminal Court on Monday. Specifically, the two men were charged with conspiracy to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides hit out at UN Special Representative in Cyprus and Unficyp head Colin Stewart on Monday over statements the latter made about 28 migrants stranded in the buffer zone. ...

Parliament has no authority to dish out administrative sanctions – such as fines – on MPs for failing to file their wealth declaration on time, the House said on Monday responding to ...

Banks as well as government officials on Monday all but gave the thumbs-down to the idea of taxing the windfall profits of commercial lenders, a proposal brought by opposition party ...

Unficyp chief and the UN Special Representative on Cyprus Colin Stewart said on Monday that he is concerned over increased militarisation of the buffer zone, seemingly caused by the stalled ...

There has been a ‘systemic issue’ in not granting auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides access to key data, the Supreme Constitutional Court heard on Monday, as the case filed for his dismissal ...

A 79-year-old is in critical condition on Monday at Larnaca general, after being hit by a car when crossing the road. The man had been crossing the Agioi Anargyrii Road ...

The first planning permit was issued on Monday through the fresh district organisation umbrella system, which ushered in a new era for local administration. Newly elected district governors, leading this ...

Delays have pushed the completion of a Nicosia highway ring road further down the line, with a new request for placing the deadline to August 5. The transport and works ministry ...

Archimandrita in the Paphos district is close to its border with Limassol, and at 550m altitude sits among pine forests and vineyards, crossed by the rivers Hapotami and Diarizos. It ...

The power at the hotel where a group of 65 students and six teachers from the English School became stranded in Switzerland after heavy storms is now back on. Both students ...

 All Larnaca port and marina workers have been hired by the Larnaca and Famagusta District Development Agency, the transport ministry announced on Monday. The process is part of a deal ...

Things always take a little longer to get to Cyprus. Traffic signals, for example, are still catching on. Online shopping was slow to arrive – it took the pandemic to coax ...

Journalist Aristides Vikettos’ lawyer on Monday called on Archbishop Georgios to come clean over allegations which prompted the head of the church to sue for libel. Vikettos was sued for ...

Eight more archaeologists and a new digger have been secured with Cyprus’ latest funds for the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP). The agreement for €300,000 was signed on Monday at the ...

The planned 48-hour strike by public hospital doctors scheduled to take place from Tuesday to Thursday has been called off following extensive discussions between the doctors’ unions, the state health ...

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Monday in Ayia Napa for swearing in public, causing a disturbance, assaulting a policeman and resisting arrest. Famagusta police spokesman Steve Theodoulou said the ...

The last week of the month is traditionally a time for a rundown of movies and shows to catch on Netflix in the next month. I never thought that one ...

Candidates in key constituencies in North London are focusing their campaigns on the significant British-Cypriot population ahead of the upcoming UK general election. In particular, Chipping Barnet – also known as ...

Nicosia’s newly appointed mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Monday expressed strong confidence in the success of local government reform in the capital. During the handover ceremony, Prontzos also underlined his ...

Three and a half million euro has been spent to upgrade the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police station in Dhekelia, it was announced on Monday. The upgraded station will accommodate ...