Cyprus

The proposed reform on waste management – the “pay as you throw” scheme – is expected to result in an annual increase of approximately €140 per person across Cyprus. This reform, which is ...

Russia’s Alliance of Tourist Agents warned Russians to avoid trips to the north, it emerged on Wednesday. Deputy head of the alliance Aleksan Mkrtchyan was speaking on Govorit Moscow ...

The new haemodialysis unit at the Paphos general hospital started operating on Wednesday. “No problems were detected from operation testing carried out on the first day,” director of nephrology Dr ...

The interior ministry has announced that it is in the process of examining and evaluating the entire lifeguard system to ensure it is managed more efficiently. This announcement came just ...

All members of the Contractors Council should face criminal charges for negligence in failing to properly carry out their duties, Paphos Mayor Phedon Phedonos charged on Wednesday. Speaking during a ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos warned of “catastrophic consequences” should Israel make any moves in Rafah, while he stressed the importance of aid reaching Gaza, in a meeting with his Palestinian ...

Cyprus will have to face the European Court of Justice if it fails to take measures to protect the Akamas peninsula, the Green Party warned on Wednesday. Their call for ...

A new theatrical performance is making its way to Larnaca as the Larnaka 2030 team welcomes Lena Kitsopolou to present her performance Cry. The performance travels to Cyprus for just two ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Wednesday, accused of having broken his 76-year-old mother’s nose. The police officer speaking in court explained that the man, who ...

A leading figure in north coalition party the YDP has claimed she was “threatened” by party leader Erhan Arikli after endorsing his opponent Talip Atalay for the upcoming party leadership ...

The European Commission has greenlighted the use of Casgevy gene-therapy to treat beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease, in a move heralded as a “milestone” for the fight against human ...

It is “unacceptable” for Turkish Cypriots to be excluded from the European Union’s Erasmus exchange programme, the European Parliament’s Culture Committee declared on Wednesday. The matter of Turkish ...

Products and services associated with Valentine’s Day saw an almost ten per cent increase this year in comparison to last year, the statistical services said on Wednesday. According to ...

Cyprus could start producing its first natural gas as soon as 2026, and plans to participate in a high-powered electricity cable project linking the eastern Mediterranean to continental Europe, its energy ...

The University of Cyprus’ (UCy) financial management needs to be rationalised and modernised, the House education committee said on Wednesday, while examining the university’s budget. Although the budget submitted ...

The European Union’s Habitats Directive was “violated” by the environment department in its greenlighting of construction projects in the Cape Greco area, the Audit Office said on Wednesday. It ...

After four years of discussion, parliament will soon be voting on making it mandatory to record police officers during interrogations and investigations. The matter was discussed during Wednesday’s House ...

The Cypriot economy grew by 2.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to a growth rate of 2.3 per cent recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2022, according to a report ...

A 55-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in jail for bringing drugs into the country, police said on Wednesday. According to police, the man was arrested with a 38-year-old woman ...

Former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem has revealed a document allegedly showing a university in the north, of which the rector was invited to meet ‘education minister’ ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday called for the British parliament to “offer assistance” to address “common challenges”. She made the remark during a meeting with a delegation of British ...

Condemnation and repercussions over a homophobic video shown in a Nicosia school has been deemed fascist by the head of the House education committee and Diko MP Pavlos Mylonas. The ...

Cyprus is outperforming the European Union average on a range of metrics related to public health, despite government spending on health falling below the bloc’s average, according to the ...

Approximately 46 per cent of Cypriot graduates consider themselves overeducated for their jobs, according to a study carried out by the department of higher education of the education ministry. “In Cyprus, ...