Cyprus

A week-long film festival places Palestinian culture and cinematography in the spotlight. The very first Palestinian Independent Film Festival Lemesos opens this week, spread across four locations in Limassol. From ...

Paphos hotels are reporting a drop in occupancy rates during the first quarter of 2024, when compared to the same period of the previous year, according to Evelyn Komodromou, deputy president ...

Limassol police arrested four persons in the early hours on Tuesday while burglary tools were found in their vehicle. According to the police, officers on motorised patrol noticed the suspects’ ...

In today’s episode, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday that politics “has a duty to try the impossible” as he evaluated the Cyprus problem. In other news, speculation ...

A criminal case was registered on Monday against a 25-year-old man for burglary of a church in Latchi. The District Court of Paphos ordered that the man remain in custody ...

A yellow warning for isolated strong storms has been issued by the Department of Meteorology, valid from 10pm on Tuesday until 5pm on Wednesday.. Isolated strong storms are expected to ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has announced that its member organisation, the Cyprus E-Mobility Association, welcomes the announcement of the electric mobility promotion plan by the Ministry ...

Hermes Airports on Monday announced the launch of a new, online publication, dedicated to the travel and aviation industry. The publication, titled Flight Mode, will be released on a monthly ...

By Elias Hazou and Iole Damaskinos Speculation was ongoing on Monday as to the fate of consumers regarding electricity costs as deliberations between the electricity authority (EAC) and the energy ...

Greece will exhaust every possibility, so that there can be positive developments in the Cyprus issue, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Monday, following a meeting he had with ...

Turkish Cypriots are concerned about changes on travel website booking.com, which has updated travel information to Cyprus, warning tourists to take care over arriving in northern Cyprus. According to ...

An appeals court on Monday upheld a prior judgement by a district court ruling on the extradition of a wanted German national. The case concerns Reinwald Karl Heinz, against whom ...

Two individuals are seeking damages of up to €2 million from the state in a lawsuit where they claim their right to presumption of innocence was violated, it emerged on Monday. ...

Pedestrian crossing lights with depictions of women in green and red will be installed before the start of the new year, the House human rights committee heard on Monday, where ...

United Kingdom’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis made his first visit to Cyprus on Monday. According to a statement released by the office of the Chief Rabbi of Cyprus, the ...

This Saturday, the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus will showcase awarded short films from its programme in Paphos for the first time. Starting at 7.30pm at the Attikon Multicultural ...

Varosha could be turned into the ‘Las Vegas of the Mediterranean’ reports suggested on Monday, following revelations that a plan has been seen in the UK from billionaires all over ...

Disy party will continue its support of Gesy, party leader Annita Demetriou said on Monday. She was speaking during a meeting with state doctors union Pasyki and committee chairman and ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Monday released an announcement addressing recent media reports, concerning the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) peer review report on the supervision of creditors’ ...

Cyprus’ civil defence force received a positive response from the European Commission on Monday, following its request to enrol and include the Search and Rescue Team in the European Civil ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of having impersonated a police officer to steal £1,000 (€1,171) from a bureau de change. Speaking in court, police officer Alpaslan ...

Blood donation stations will operate nationwide until 8pm this week due to serious incidents that have caused significant reductions in supplies, the Blood Centre in Nicosia has announced. “We experienced ...

The price of water is expected to rise as part of the state’s obligation under the EU to introduce green tax reforms, it emerged on Monday. The aim is ...

‘In Cyprus, you don’t marry one person. You marry an entire community!’ ALIX NORMAN finds out what it’s like to be wedded to the island Marriage is never ...