Cyprus

Three people from Paphos who were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of having carried out 20 burglaries were handed eight-day remands on Saturday. The trio, a 36-year-old woman and two men ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with a robbery which took place in Larnaca on Monday, police announced on Saturday. The man had reportedly robbed a 31-year-old woman at ...

Five people were arrested in Paphos on Friday night following an incident involving the throwing of rocks and pieces of wood due to a reported financial dispute. A policeman on ...

An 82-year-old man from Paphos was remanded in custody for six days on Saturday after having been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The incident took place in the early ...

The heightened levels of dust in the atmosphere are forecast to subside on Saturday. Meanwhile, locally increased clouds will be seen sporadically throughout the day, with temperatures set to be ...

The Lanes & Courtyards of Lania event is back again this May, inviting the public to two days of fun on the weekend of May 18 and 19. Every year, the Women ...

This is an island that, through crisis after crisis, has earnt the right to be suspicious. ALIX NORMAN asks who we turn to when the chips are down For Americans, ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenue surged by 15 per cent year-on-year in February 2024, marking a significant recovery following a slight 0.9 per cent dip in the first month of the year, according to a ...

Nurses are “often treated with contempt”, trade union Pasydy’s nursing branch said on Friday. In a statement released ahead of International Nurses Day on Sunday, the union said nurses ...

By Robert Morgan Police on Friday are investigating an online fraud case, after a woman said she was scammed out of thousands of euros. The unknown persons told the woman, 56, ...

Professional soldiers received a pay rise after cabinet approved a proposal made by Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Friday. They will now be on the public sector A2-A5-A7 ...

Cyprus has the highest rate of healthcare-associated infections of any country in the European Union, according to a report published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). ...

By Andria Kades and Jean Christou The death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005 was a crime and he died of strangulation, rather than suicide a judge ruled on Friday. ...

The cost of coffee fell in Cyprus between March 2023 and March 2024, according to the European Union’s statistical service Eurostat. On average, coffee cost 2.3 per cent less in March this ...

By Andria Kades and Jean Christou As the public waited the verdict as to whether national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou committed suicide or was murdered in 2005, the court reading painted a ...

Two new electric vehicle charging points were opened in Nicosia on Friday. The charging points are both located in the city centre, with one in the car park atop the ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit narrowed sharply in the first quarter of this year annually, mainly reflecting the deceleration in prices and inflation, according to a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service (...

By Robert Morgan The federation of Larnaca parents associations expressed “sadness and indignation” over the Holy Saturday vandalism of Livadia’s primary school on Friday. The government must act now ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenue surged by 15 per cent year-on-year in February 2024, marking a significant recovery following a slight 0.9 per cent dip in the first month of the year, according to a ...

A 73-year-old man has been jailed by the Famagusta district court for six months for the illegal employment of a foreign worker, it was announced on Friday. The man had ...

Parliament on Friday unanimously rejected a law proposed by President Nikos Christodoulides which would have allowed the police chief of the day to unilaterally appoint and promote specialist staff regardless ...

Two decades after joining the EU, Cyprus has made “spectacular progress” when it comes to positive changes in the daily life of the population, House president Annita Demetriou said on ...

The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) on Friday released a statement notifying its shareholders that they can now receive their dividends electronically, while also providing them with the necessary information to ...

Efforts continued on Friday to fight a fire which broke out in the Limassol village of Ayios Sylas the previous day. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), fire brigade ...