Cyprus

Cypriots were out and about in the shops over the holidays but there was no significant uptick in Christmas purchases, other than at supermarkets, the head of the small shopkeepers ...

Larnaca municipality managed to procure over €30 million from European funds, and a massive revamp of the city and municipality are underway, Mayor of Larnaca, Andreas Vyras, said on Wednesday. “The ...

Forgetting the obvious operatic association when you say to your friends, ‘Let’s meet at Don Carlo’, you run the risk of sounding like you are in an episode of ...

The paediatric ward at Makarios Hospital is 90 per cent full with children suffering with respiratory infections, the department chief Dr Avraam Elias said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

By Richard Boxall The two semi finals of the Cyprus Autumn T20 Cup, played on the same ground and same day, provided a stark contrast to each other. In both ...

A 37-year-old man suspected of stealing icons was arrested in Limassol in the early morning hours of Wednesday. According to police, the arrest took place around 1am after receiving information ...

A 50-year-old man was found dead in his car at the junction of Pyrgos and Kornos road early on Wednesday. The man was identified as Stavros Stavrou, a resident of ...

At a time of year when cynicism should be put to one side, THEO PANAYIDES meets an African couple faced with deportation who love Cyprus but not the human cost ...

Minister of Transport Alexis Vafeades has responded to dissatisfaction and concern over six-month delays in the Larnaca-Dhekelia road improvement works, it emerged on Wednesday. The minister noted that the six-month ...

Nicosia police on patrol on Tuesday afternoon arrested a man who seems to have been smuggling a large quantity of beef in his car. According to the police the 41-year-old’...

A regulation for the reduction of hotel stuff to 50 per cent in the off-season, if a hotel wishes to stay open, has been called into question by the head of ...

In today’s episode, opposition Akel hit out at Archbishop Georgios and the state broadcaster on Tuesday, after CyBC broadcast the prelate’s speech on Christmas instead of the president’...

The national maritime spatial plan (MSP) approved by the council of ministers last Wednesday is to be submitted before the EU in Brussels which will determine if relevant community directives ...

An electric fault in a vehicle caused a fire which damaged the vehicle as well as the pergola of a residence in Geroskipou on Tuesday night. According to Paphos police ...

Wednesday will be clear and unusually warm after the dissipation of local morning fog. Temperatures will rise to 21C in the interior, 22C on the coasts and 13C in the ...

Children at Makarios Hospital were treated to Christmas carols on Tuesday, as part of Santa Run 2023. During the event, children and their families were able to enjoy the carolling from ...

Opposition Akel hit out at Archbishop Georgios and the state broadcaster on Tuesday, after the latter broadcast the former’s speech on Christmas instead of the president’s message. Akel ...

The road from Arsos to Pyla has 550 metres left to complete the works, the ‘mayor’ or Pergamos said on Tuesday. According to ‘mayor’ Bulent Bebek said that negotiations are underway ...

A man was arrested for drug possession on Tuesday, following a police chase from Dali to Tseri, authorities said. According to police, at around 9am on Tuesday morning, the police ...

Describing Cyprus as her second home, a Ukrainian global influencer aspires to improve the world finds PAUL LAMBIS There’s more to influencer Mariia Grazhina Chaplin than her Miss Ukraine ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is embroiled in a bribery scandal affecting former Turkish vice-president and Cyprus problem adviser in Turkey Fuat Oktay, according reports on Tuesday that link Oktay ...

A 57-year-old man was seriously injured in a car accident on the Stroumbi-Tsada road after a three-car crash, police said on Tuesday. According to police, on Monday afternoon around 4pm, ...

The weather on Tuesday will be mostly clear, as it will for the rest of the week, the met office announced. According to the met office, temperatures on Tuesday will ...

Once again, and for the seventeenth consecutive year, divers dressed as Santa Claus celebrated Christmas beneath the waves at the Nemesis shipwreck off the coast of Protaras. The Summer Divers ...