Cyprus

Cabinet’s decision earlier this week greenlighting the amendment of a law to allow foreign university branches to operate in Cyprus could be a ‘game changer’ for the island’s ...

Italy scraped past England on penalties after the tie ended level at 1-1 after 90 minutes at the AEK Arena in Larnaca on Thursday night, to book their place in the ...

Gender Equality Commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Thursday that gender equality is not a problem to be solved but rather the solution to the problem of existing inequality. She emphasised ...

A Cypriot candidate for MEP and famous YouTuber has claimed that his car was stolen, it emerged on Thursday. In a video he posted on social media, Fidias Panayiotou is ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said he was “saddened” by commentary regarding his attendance of a European competition football final in Athens a day earlier. He was being asked about ...

Around 50 people gathered outside the US embassy in Nicosia on Thursday to protest Israel’s ongoing military operation in the Gaza strip. Organised by United for Palestine, attendees held placards ...

To mark the transformation of an old industrial building in Limassol into a public space, a group exhibition is taking place, curated by Nicos Chr Pattichis. The Casts of an ...

The number of persons diagnosed with multiple sclerosis is on the rise in Cyprus, with associations calling for a national strategy. Chairman of the association for multiple sclerosis Savvas Christodoulou ...

Rolling out Gesy five years ago has been one of the most significant social reforms Cyprus has ever undergone, with 92 per cent of the population saying it improved their quality ...

Aviation has a strategic importance in Cyprus’ regional role plans for which the government is ready to embrace artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. “Our ...

A historic aircraft which was formerly operated by Olympic Airways was restored by a Cypriot entrepreneur and transferred back to the municipality in which Athens’ former airport is located on ...

British newspaper the Independent on Thursday claimed a total of 50 British politicians have penned a letter to the country’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron, urging him to allow direct flights ...

Get ready for a summer season of music concerts. Lympia in the district of Nicosia will host the Lympia Summer 2024 Festival, powered by Epic, bringing a wide range of music ...

Disciplinary proceedings have now begun at state broadcaster CyBC, it emerged on Thursday, as the director general Thanasis Tsokos has finally appeared and received a letter from the interior ministry ...

Cypriots aged 20-64 worked an average of 38.5 hours per week in their main job in 2023, slightly above the EU average of 36.1 hours, according to data released by the EU’s ...

Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Halil Karapasaoglu was jailed for three days on Thursday for refusing to complete his military service. Karapasaoglu appeared in military court in northern Nicosia and was ...

Aid to Gaza is continuing to depart from Cyprus regularly and will be held in floating storage off the coast while a US-built military pier undergoes repairs, the government spokesman ...

Statements by former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on the Cyprus issue, in which he blamed the Greek Cypriot side for the stalemate in the 2017 Crans-Montana talks, are his “personal ...

With its often multiple people on stage and dramatic storylines, opera is a popular artform around the world. That is true in both Cyprus and China, and although its history ...

Five victims of labour exploitation were identified by the Cyprus police through Europol operations in April, leading to the arrest of one person. The police said the five persons have ...

The hearing seeking to cancel the warrants that have frozen the assets of scandal-hit monks at Osiou Avakoum monastery was postponed again on Thursday at Nicosia district court.  The Legal ...

By Rebekah Gregoriades Quoting Thucydides “for the whole earth is the tomb of famous men”, President Nikos Christodoulides said burying the remains of Greeks missing since intercommunal strife in the 1960...

Small boat owners at the Larnaca marina on Thursday begged for the fees imposed on them for using the marina to be reduced. The fees were hiked by as much ...

Business owners on Thursday filed an objection to the north’s new minimum wage, which is set to be raised to a gross figure 34,070TL (€975) at the end of the ...