Cyprus

The biggest challenge facing the government after the Limassol wildfires is “to bring the areas affected back to tourism as soon as possible,” deputy minister of tourism Costas Koumis said ...

The Limassol-Paphos motorway has been reopened to traffic following a Monday afternoon collision that forced the closure of both lanes towards Paphos just past Episkopi. Traffic is now running normally ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides are the likeliest to run for president in the 2028 elections, a new poll published on Monday showed. Asked who they think will ...

A coordination centre for Akamas, established to advance sustainable development and strengthen cooperation between local communities, has started operating, the agriculture ministry said. Housed at the environment department’s Paphos ...

The value of bounced cheques has shown a large decrease in the last four years, the Central Bank of Cyprus said on Monday. It said 255 bounced cheques were issued in 2022, 274 ...

Further desalination units are set to be installed and operational by summer 2026, the agriculture ministry reiterated on Monday. It said addressing the chronic drought problem remains a top priority. A ...

A 26-year-old Greek Cypriot man was arrested in the early hours of Monday in Larnaca on suspicion of drug possession and traffic offences, police said. The incident happened shortly before 2...

An urgent appeal for lifeguards was made on Monday by the municipality of Paralimni-Deryneia as it struggles to staff local beaches over the summer. The municipality said that since 2022, responsibility ...

A new mobile desalination unit was on Monday put into service near Potima beach, in the Paphos village of Kissonerga. The unit will initially produce 2,000 cubic metres of water per ...

A new digital initiative, Local and Cypriot, is being rolled out to put small and medium local producers on the map and boost the profile of Cyprus’ agri-food sector. Created ...

Large quantities of cigarettes and rolling tobacco were seized on three different occasions at Larnaca airport, police said on Monday. The luggage of two Turkish Cypriots travelling to the United ...

The office of the president on Monday praised the “self-sacrifice, bravery and selflessness” of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, who were killed during two separate demonstrations in the buffer zone ...

A long-awaited Environmental Centre for the salt lake area of Larnaca has taken a decisive step forward with the launch of an international architectural competition, the municipality announced this week. ...

The Covid-19 era was completely insane. For months, we were stuck at home, unable to go out, doing absolutely nothing except playing video games all day and watching movies nonstop. ...

The ruins of seven monuments – churches and watermills – damaged during last month’s wildfire that swept through mountainous Limassol will be protected, Deputy Minister for Culture Vasiliki Kassianidou said on ...

Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias on Monday said that the “physical and moral perpetrators” of the deaths of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, who were killed during two separate demonstrations ...

The justice ministry on Monday said it wished to “categorically refute” a report published on the front page of newspaper Haravgi which fiercely criticised the government’s record on corruption, ...

Two 20-year-old men were attacked by a group of unknown individuals in Larnaca, leaving them hospitalised, police said on Monday. The attack took place at around 2am on Monday on ...

Camping within state forests outside designated sites without a permit is illegal and punishable by law with a prison sentence of up to one year or a fine of up ...

A 25-year-old woman was arrested at Paphos airport on Sunday after customs officers discovered 40 packages of cannabis in her luggage, with a total weight of 24kg. Police said the woman, ...

Following a high-profile set at Romania’s Untold Festival, DJ Bliss will touch down in Cyprus to perform at the Official WIBA Mediterranean x Blings Afterparty at Summer Breeze Club ...

Time stands still in August. At least in Cyprus, it does. Shops close, work is paused, tourists are in, locals are out. Cultural life is brimming, the beaches are packed, ...

Police are investigating a robbery at a kiosk in Ayia Napa in the early hours of Monday, August 11, after a man allegedly brandished a firearm when confronted by an employee. ...

The Republic of Cyprus is providing electricity to the north on Monday, as the north’s energy woes continue into a fourth day following an explosion at a substation on ...