Cyprus

It was, as they say, a ‘crossing the Rubicon’ moment. I was trying to organise a short trip to Rome (speaking of Caesars, and Rubicons), and having trouble finding a ...

Five Syrians arrested after a large fight broke out in Limassol were remanded in police custody for eight days on Sunday by the Limassol district court. The fight among an ...

The government will stand by the new local government leaders to achieve local authority reform, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. The reformed bodies and officials will begin operation on ...

The island’s EOKA headquarters should be declared a historical protected monument, the Association of Fighters of the City and District of Limassol (Sapel) has said. It is also collecting ...

Britain has used RAF Akrotiri to send over 80 military transport planes to Beirut since the bombing of Gaza began, the Declassified UK website has reported. According to the website, there ...

Cyprus’ permanent mission to the United Nations has confirmed the protection of human rights is among the island’s foreign policy priorities. The comments were made as Nicosia presented its ...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested after a 19-year-old reported that she had been raped. According to the police, he was arrested on Saturday night after an arrest warrant was ...

A bomb exploded at a fast food outlet in Episkopi, Limassol, police said on Sunday. The explosion caused light damages when it went off shortly after 1am, police said. The ...

A 22-year-old Paphos man has been arrested after an argument following a traffic accident led to a man being attacked with a skewer. According to the police, at around 8.40 on ...

Minster calls on striking doctors to consider consequences The health minister has called on doctors set to strike this coming week to think of the consequences of their actions. Commenting ...

After the dispersal of morning mist, the weather will be fine for the rest of the day in most places. After noon clouds and isolated storms will develop over the ...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s threat to Cyprus got a lot of traction in local media, as it was no doubt something out of the ordinary. But commentators have told ...

The number of students in Cyprus has doubled in the last ten years, Health Minister Michael Damianos said, while addressing on Friday a Frederick University graduation ceremony in Nicosia. The ...

A US State Department report published on Saturday said that Cyprus needs to encourage greater access to religious sites on both sides of the divide and reduce discrimination against minority ...

The finance ministry on Saturday condemned the planned 48-hour strike by doctors in public hospitals that is set to paralyse the health system next week. The doctors’ union Pasyki said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that if Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar wanted the Mia Milia checkpoint to “truly” open he could have already done so. Christodoulides, speaking at ...

Police on Saturday said they arrested five men involved in a fight between two families in Limassol. According to an announcement, police were searching for the five Syrian men in ...

A 48-year-old murder suspect has been remanded for a further six days on Saturday, a day after being released from the Athalassa psychiatric hospital police said. The man is the ...

The weather is expected to be hot on Saturday and mostly clear, the met office said. According to the met office, the temperature is expected to hit 38 degrees inland, 30 on ...

A 24-year-old has been arrested for a car arson that took place in March, police said on Saturday. According to a police statement, the case concerns the arson of a ...

Police are investigating an alleged rape in Paphos on Saturday, after a 19-year-old girl filed a complaint with authorities. According to police, the girl said that she was on holiday ...

Hundreds of people have been repatriated after they were found to be living illegally in the Republic of Cyprus, it was reported on Saturday. According to a police announcement, 201 people ...

The ‘stop-start’ US temporary pier off the coast of Gaza was due to be towed back to Ashdod in Israel yet again due to high seas expected over the weekend, ...

Music and more music will sound in Paphos as its renowned cultural centre Technopolis 20 celebrates its 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, a series of live music evenings will be ...