Cyprus

By Andrea Kouyiali Komsi Komsa describes itself as an authentic Belgian brasserie for travel lovers – though with a bit of an identity crisis, calling itself as a French restaurant in ...

In a working musician who picked a guitar up 50 years ago and hasn’t put it down, THEO PANAYIDES finds a safe pair of hands with countless famous friends and ...

Limassol police on Wednesday arrested two more suspects, in relation to the violence by hooligans that took place last week in Limassol. The incident involving over one hundred hooded and ...

A thorough investigation is underway on Wednesday into reported cases of pharmacists practising with fake degrees, the pharmaceutical services said. In an official statement the services condemned the alleged incidents, ...

The heart of the festive season this year in Nicosia will beat in the historic centre of the capital. The Municipality of Nicosia will transform Laiki Yitonia into a festive ...

In today’s episode, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Tuesday spoke of “cautious optimism” regarding talks with energy giant Chevron over development of the Aphrodite offshore gas field. Elsewhere, prison ...

Police in Paphos on Wednesday are searching for an individual suspected of breaking-in and damaging the city’s social welfare offices. According to Paphos CID head Michalis Nikolaou the suspect ...

Patients with leukaemia in need of chemotherapy are on a long queue as the haematology department of the Limassol General Hospital has exceeded its capacity, patients’ rights groups said on ...

The annual growth rate of Cyprus’ Composite Leading Economic Index (CLEI) remained positive in October 2023, despite a slight deceleration, according to the University of Cyprus Economic Research Centre. Based on ...

The Construction Materials Price Index in Cyprus experienced a marginal decrease of 0.13 per cent in October compared to the previous month, according to the latest report from the state’s ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, accompanied by ministers is travelling to Belgrade on Wednesday for the third Cyprus-Serbia intergovernmental summit. The president is set to have a private meeting with the President ...

Wednesday will be mild and partly cloudy with periodic dust in the air from the evening onwards. Temperatures will rise to 23C in the interior, 22C on the east coast, 24...

The ability of Cypriot banks to reduce operating costs while investing in digital transformation will be key to offsetting inflationary pressure and still-high credit provisions, rating agency Standard and Poor’...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos defended the government’s position over the war waging between Israel and Gaza, telling MPs that Cyprus is approaching the idea for a humanitarian corridor “realistically”. ...

Cyprus’ accession to the Schengen Area and the Visa Waiver program are one of the foreign ministry’s top priorities for next year, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday. ...

A mountain development commissioner is set to be appointed within the next two months, an agriculture ministry confirmed on Tuesday amid mounting criticism from MPs at the House commerce committee. ...

A man was arrested in northern Nicosia on Tuesday for masturbating in the middle of a road. The man was later taken to court and charged with obscene exposure, before ...

Most of the anti-corruption authority’s budget for 2024, around €1.2 million, will be spent on investigating complaints filed before it, officials said on Tuesday. According to the authority, the complaints are ...

Attorney General George Savvides confirmed on Tuesday that his service was reviewing the case details surrounding a 2012 fatal road accident, for which no one has been held accountable for over ...

Members of the House refugee committee will visit Brussels next week to urge EU officials to put pressure on Turkey to help find Cyprus’ missing persons. According to committee chair ...

The cancer committee of the Cyprus patient associations’ federation (Osak) on Tuesday urged for the inclusion of a National Cancer Institute in the health ministry’s 2024 budget. “The need for ...

The number of British armed forces deployed in the sovereign British bases in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean has surged by around 1,000 following the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7, ...

The attorney-general on Tuesday suggested the public should manage their expectations regarding new prosecutions in relation to the ‘golden passports’ affair, where to date just one case has been brought ...

Prison guards have been instructed to carry out thorough checks on inmates to find illicit mobile phones as the justice ministry is trying to clampdown on organised crime unfolding in ...