Cyprus

Human rights committee MPs on Monday branded the high cost of car insurance for drivers aged over 70 as “discrimination”, warning that no evidence has been provided to justify the rising ...

Media reported on Monday that the deputy attorney-general has instructed police to alter the procedure of petitioning courts to approve arrest or search warrants in criminal cases, after at least ...

The 41-year-old man who disturbed a church mass in Yeroskipou before Easter was sentenced to six months in prison by Paphos District Court on Monday. The man had been arrested ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday met to discuss “priority areas” which will concern Cyprus’ holding of the Council of the European Union’s rotating ...

Mismanagement and a problematic contract are at the heart of the sewage leak plaguing Yeroskipou’s coast, the president of the Paphos district organisation (EOA), Charalambos Pittokopitis, said on Monday ...

Only 25 per cent of submitted complaints can be processed as anonymous hints often provided failed to provide sufficient information, the anti-corruption authority said on Monday. Although the platform was being ...

In the 1960s, Cypriots lived less than seven decades: 66 years was the average. By the 1970s, our average life expectancy had risen to 70; in the 1980s, we lived to the ...

The requirements which Cyprus must fulfil to be admitted to the Schengen zone have been outlined, with the island said to be five steps away from being able to join. ...

Trade unions in the north on Monday announced a general strike for Friday, with “almost 100” unions and civil society organisations set to be partaking in the strike. Workers are going ...

Interview with Valentina Rzheutskaya, executive director and chief legal officer of high-growth fintech company, capital.com How did you reach the upper echelons of Capital.com, one of the leading ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades on Monday testified at the anti-corruption authority over allegations made against him by journalist Makarios Drousiotis, who formerly worked as his advisor, in his book Mafia ...

A new ticketing option for FIBA EuroBasket 2025 is now available to fans. Starting from last Friday, the ‘two-game daily ticket bundles’ have been released on more.com, covering the matches ...

The Council of Europe’s group of experts on action against trafficking in human beings (Greta) on Monday released its latest report on Cyprus, urging the island’s authorities to ...

Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight OK. This is a bit of cheating, as this one premieres on April 30, but I couldn’t help myself! I adore Asterix and Obelix ...

The police on Monday announced they had found a box full of golf clubs and Molotov cocktails in Limassol. They said the box, which was open and made of metal, ...

The Cypriot government on Monday confirmed that it had proposed to the Turkish government that it open Turkish ports to Cypriot-flagged ships in exchange for easier access to European visas ...

By Christina Iatropoulou The Northern Lights. Mysterious, mesmerising and on just about every traveller’s bucket list. But what exactly are they? Also known as the Aurora Borealis, these stunning ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s defamation lawsuit against pro-opposition newspaper Yeniduzen was on Monday adjourned until May 6. Tatar is suing the newspaper, its then editor-in-chief Cenk Mutluyakali, and columnist ...

While the number of non-fatal work accidents has decreased by 35.5 per cent, Cyprus has seen a dramatic increase in fatal work accidents since 2017, Eurostat reported on Monday. In Cyprus, 1,148 of ...

A 17-year-old boy died on Sunday evening after being found unconscious in a schoolyard in Paphos, police said on Monday. Paphos police assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said the boy ...

A man was remanded for four days by Larnaca District Court for attempting to remove an ATM machine. The alarm of the ATM machine on the Larnaca-Dhekelia road went off ...

Two men were arrested on Monday for burglary, among other crimes in Limassol. On Sunday night the alarm of a house under construction went off in Ayios Tychonas and when ...

The status of Cyprus was a key part of a deal brokered by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and United States President Donald Trump to allow Turkey to arrest Istanbul ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar launched a second attack on President Nikos Christodoulides over the latter’s statements over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asking, “who the hell are you, ...