Cyprus

September brings with it a new wave of cultural events. One to mark down is the Laou Laou Open Streets event happening in Limassol on September 20 and in Nicosia on ...

A total of 60 per cent of people will not pay tax according to the tax reform put forward by the government, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Sunday. This is ...

President Nikos Christodoulides proudly announced on Wednesday that 95 per cent of families displaced by Limassol’s wildfire in July have now received a lump sum payment, and the general consensus ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday he is ready to meet UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin this week and has “some concrete ideas on how to proceed”. “I consider it particularly ...

The Great Sea Interconnector, will “greatly benefit Cyprus, which is energy-isolated” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday, but for this to happen, the island “must prove in practice ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will attend a trilateral meeting in New York later this month with the UNSG and Turkish Cypriot leader with sincere will to facilitate the mission of the ...

More than €147 million will be spent on the island’s public schools this year on expansions, upgrades and renovations, Education Minster Athena Michaelidou said on Sunday. “The new school year ...

A 17-year-old was remanded in custody for eight days on Sunday by Larnaca district court n connection with an attempted murder and arson in Pyla last month. He is the ...

You can’t really tell over a Zoom call. Only when the angle’s just right, when he inclines his head a certain way, can you make out… something on ...

Sunday night’s total lunar eclipse, or ‘blood moon’, the last of the year, will be visible in Cyprus in addition to many other regions of the world. A lunar ...

Two people were arrested on Sunday morning in Nicosia after they were stopped by the traffic police on Evagorou Avenue. The officer saw a car overtaking in an irregular fashion ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will leave for Tirana, Albania on Sunday, following an invitation from his counterpart Igli Hasani. He will discuss Cyprus-Albania bilateral relations, the Cyprus problem and the ...

The government recognises its moral obligation to stand by the relatives of those killed in the Helios air crash, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. He said that no matter ...

An earthquake with a 4 reading on the Richter scale was recorded on Sunday morning with an epicentre 23km north east of Limassol, the European Seismology Centre said. According to the ...

Sunshine in the morning will give way to cloud in the afternoon on Sunday, especially in the mountains, foothills and some areas inland with temperatures higher than on Saturday. With ...

A routine police check on Saturday night led to the arrest of one of the passengers for drug offences, police said on Sunday. Officers of the drug squad YKAN stopped ...

The once bustling Laiki Yitonia is now shuttered. Even the municipality has given up. A decision’s been taken to transfer the stewardship of Laiki Yitonia from Nicosia municipality back ...

Excavations are currently underway at eight sites – seven in the north and one in the south – by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), however sources said on Saturday that no ...

The cabinet gathered in Troodos on Saturday to discuss the huge task of organising Cyprus EU presidency which will see around 28,000 participants and high-level officials descending on Cyprus over six ...

Under the slogan “Stop the famine – stop the genocide”, the Cyprus Peace Council is calling on the public to join a protest next Saturday in Nicosia “against the man-made humanitarian ...

As Cyprus prepares to take on the EU Council presidency, the Byzantine museum is putting cultural heritage on the cultural agenda, with upcoming presentations on the history and preservation of ...

Federation of employers and industrialists (Oev) spokesperson Michalis Antoniou said on Saturday that a meeting with the labour minister failed to break the deadlock over the cost-of-living allowance and Thursday’...

A 36 year-old Ukrainian was arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday evening after it was found that he was wanted by Ukrainian authorities. “The 36-year-old is allegedly related to a case ...

Police on Friday night arrested 17-year-old in an ongoing case of attempted murder of a security guard and the arson of four cars belonging to a rental company in Pyla ...