Cyprus

A 19-year-old male was arrested on Thursday evening in connection with thefts from three cars. The thefts took place between November and December last year. The police’s investigation into ...

Levels of dust in the atmosphere are set to rise once again on Friday, with temperatures set to reach a sizzling high of 33 degrees Celsius inland as summer beckons. On ...

Ascation’s founding visionaries George Tziazas and Minas Kyriakou chart Ascanio’s course, including their early struggles and triumphs, as well as the support they received along the way. By ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Thursday released its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, posting a profit after tax of €133 million. While this figure represents a 4 per cent drop ...

Cyprus will on Friday host an international meeting of interior ministers to discuss the matter of migration, with a particular emphasis on Cyprus’ plan to declare parts of Syria safe ...

In its last session before adjourning for the upcoming June elections, the House plenary on Thursday passed several laws having to do with such disparate issues as regulations relating to ...

Lawyers for Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides will on Friday file with the court their objection to an application by the attorney-general’s office to have the official removed from office. Media ...

The House on Thursday gave the nod to a law that unties the hands of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA), allowing the semi-governmental organisation to land a contract for supplying ...

Ankara is key to the efforts aimed at solving the Cyprus problem, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday. To this end, this is why EU-Turkey relations can play a ...

A new system deactivating mobile phones in the immediate vicinity of the central prisons will be installed and go operational one-and-a-half years from now, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis told MPs ...

The government’s current priority is “undoubtedly” mental health, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Thursday. Speaking at the Cyprus Healthcare Conference, he pointed out that according to estimates published ...

The Legal Service has no intention to challenge the court verdict on Thanasis Nicolaou that ruled he was strangled, it emerged on Thursday. Sources from the service said they were ...

The government on Thursday said it was committed to respecting the religious heritage of “our Turkish Cypriot compatriots” following reports that a mosque in Limassol had been defaced with racist ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Thursday outlined a list of “problematic points” in the government’s housing policy. Speaking at a press conference, he first took credit for the positive ...

Cyprus is among the top three countries in the Eurozone with the highest growth rate in 2024, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday. In terms of further support measures, he ...

Ten people suspected of alleged involvement in the attempted murder of Demetris Andronikou, aka Demetroui, were remanded by the Nicosia court for eight days on Thursday. The attempted murder took ...

A 48-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Thursday by the Nicosia district court for being allegedly involved in a case of phone fraud involving individuals impersonating doctors. The ...

The fire in Limassol’s Turkish Cypriot quarters appears to have been set deliberately, it emerged on Thursday. The flames caused the old Apollon cinema’s roof to collapse, while ...

The Deputy Ministry of Tourism recently revised the inventory of hotels and tourist accommodations in Cyprus, with the majority of these not meeting the necessary compliance criteria. The latest data ...

Cyprus’ capital city Nicosia is in the top five cities in Europe for coffee lovers, according to a study carried out by online shopping website Ubuy. Nicosia was ranked as ...

Gender equality commissioner Josie Christooulou on Thursday praised the Strovolos municipality for the progress it has made to boost gender equality of late. She explained that her office had prepared ...

Construction and demolition debris currently constitutes 25 per cent to 30 per cent of all waste produced in Europe, while it is one of the heaviest and most voluminous type of waste ...

The government on Thursday announced plans to launch an electronic platform to monitor healthcare-associated infections. A healthcare-associated infection is the technical term for an infection contracted by a patient while ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Thursday released its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, posting a profit after tax of €133 million. While this figure represents a 4 per cent drop ...