Cyprus

An explosion occurred outside a motorcycle shop in the Nicosia suburb of Engomi in the early hours of Friday morning. The explosion took place between 2.30am and 3am and damaged ...

Friday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear after the dissipation of the morning fog, but clouds developing throughout the day may produce isolated rain or even the odd ...

Holding cells in police stations should be abolished, trade union Isotita’s police branch chairman Nikos Loizidis said on Thursday. Speaking to Alpha TV, he said problems in holding cells ...

The Cyprus bar association has lodged a police complaint against two lawyers representing two monks implicated in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal, it emerged on Thursday. The complaint, sources confirmed ...

A bill proposing far tougher penalties on motorists who park in spaces reserved for people with disabilities was resoundingly defeated in a vote in the House plenum on Thursday. The ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law mandating that from now on any criminal trial be carried out by a court in whose district the offence in question ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Thursday that President Nikos Christodoulides is ready to start talks on the Cyprus problem immediately. Speaking at a conference reviewing the ministry’s one-year ...

Last year authorities collected €700 million in taxes more than they did in 2022, the Tax Department said on Thursday, while conceding there was room for improvement. Tax Commissioner Sotiris Markidis told ...

Limassol district court dismissed on Thursday four consolidated lawsuits against the now-defunct Laiki Bank of Cyprus, the Central Bank of Cyprus, and the Republic of Cyprus concerning the 2013 haircut. The ...

Ready to be swept away into a world where reality blurs and imagination reigns? A magic show by Mental Val, an award-winning Cypriot magician, is coming up this weekend to ...

By Andria Kades and Elias Hazou Cyprus is in talks with “all involved parties” as part of its efforts to resume the maritime aid corridor to Gaza, while donations are ...

The Anti-Cancer Association received numerous donations for its Christodoula march on Thursday, ranging from state actors to political parties. The donations were collected at the Eleftheria Square kiosk, with representatives ...

The death of the Bangladeshi migrant worker has revealed “in the most tragic way” how certain rings continue to profit off cheap labour and illegal employment, Akel charged on Thursday. ...

A high school pupil who was sexually abused by his classmates is still at the same school as his abusers a month and a half after the incident, Dipa MP ...

Doctors and other Gesy service providers are “on the end of verbal attacks” because patients are uninformed, House health committee chairman Efthimios Diplaros said on Thuesday. Speaking at the committee ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed the new pact among EU states dealing with migrants and asylum seekers, calling it “a step in the right direction” as political parties here ...

The House audit committee will discuss the issues between the government and Kition Ocean Holdings, who are managing the revamp of the Larnaca port and marina, which has stalled over ...

‘When the war breaks out in 1974, he is one of 40 soldiers commanded to keep the hotel under their control until the very end.’ ALIX NORMAN reads the most powerful novel ...

There is no shortage of live music performances this season and as we move down the calendar and into summer, they will only multiply. Coming up in the next few ...

The infamous Osiou Avakoum monastery has been drawn into further scandal, after it was revealed on Thursday that they have imported animals illegally and kept them in a park in ...

Larnaca-based renewable energy company, Bioland Energy Group, has placed 34 artificial nests for barn owls in various locations across Cyprus to promote sustainable pest control. The initiative, part of their corporate ...

The Hala Sultan Tekkesi in Larnaca is closed to visitors on Thursday due to the traditional pilgrimage taking place at the site to mark the second day of Eid al-Fitr. ...

The redesign of the European Union’s migration system is a “step in the right direction”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday. In a post on X, he said ...

Evrim Hincal, the financial secretary of Turkish Cypriot opposition party the TDP, was refused entry to Turkey on Wednesday. Hincal had travelled to the country alongside Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor ...