Cyprus

Officials are bracing for the logistical nightmare of the upcoming local and European elections, featuring a smorgasbord of as many as 20,000 candidates vying for the 3,500 public offices up for grabs. ...

Butchers in the north have introduced a “service fee” for their customers to sidestep price controls introduced by the ‘government’ for the retail price of lamb. The north’s ‘government’ ...

A 24-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days on Saturday, suspected of having set fire to a barber shop. The fire had broken out at 10.30pm on Thursday ...

Cyprus “lived better days” when Disy were in charge, party leader Annita Demetriou said on Saturday. Speaking at Greece’s governing New Democracy party’s conference in the country’s ...

A 44-year-old man accused of having captained a boat which brought 22 irregular migrants to Cyprus was remanded in custody for six days on Saturday. The boat was intercepted off the ...

Local government reform is now “in the final stretch”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Saturday. Speaking to mukhtars, he said he described the reforms as “long-awaited, radical, and ambitious”, ...

The government’s goal is to create a “fully digitised state”, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Saturday. Speaking at a business conference, he said a fully digitised state would “...

People smugglers “are advertising voyages to Cyprus on social media”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Saturday. Speaking to mukhtars, he said the phenomenon of smugglers setting sail from Lebanon ...

A total of 13 children were arrested and accused in writing in Limassol on Friday night after having illegally lit bonfires. The bonfires form part of the Cypriot Easter tradition of “...

The government is “addressing” increases in the retail price of fuel, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Saturday. He said the matter will be addressed with “targeted measures”, as well ...

A fun day at the gallery awaits children aged five to seven as another creative workshop takes place at AG Leventis Gallery. Titled Myself and Others, the event will embody ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos formally announced on Friday night the beginning of his campaign for re-election. In an event attended by former President Nicos Anastasiades and the leaders of Disy ...

The Larnaca municipality is taking the fight to mosquitoes, it said on Saturday, continuing its inspections and spraying of areas known to have high volumes of the insect. It said ...

A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a mobile traffic camera van near Limassol on Friday night, police said. The incident occurred in the Kato Polemidia area at around 9.20pm. There ...

A fire broke out in an abandoned oil mill in Tseri on Friday night. Fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said the fire caused “extensive damage” to the building and its ...

Police have said they believe a fire which broke out at a kindergarten in Nicosia’s old town on Friday night was an act of “juvenile delinquency”. The fire broke ...

Saturday’s weather may entail localised rain and isolated storms in various parts of the island. In view of a yellow weather warning put out on Friday, storms are expected ...

Using the body itself as art, one local man with a curated look is both playful and serious. THEO PANAYIDES meets a man (once half fish) who trusts his instincts ...

Evenings of exciting music are approaching soon, taking music lovers all over Cyprus this April. A handpan, lyra and double bass concert by the Gaba Project will take place in ...

Cyprus witnessed a notable increase in total new loans in February 2024, reaching €575.5 million, compared to €462.7 million in the previous month, according to a report released on Friday. This surge is ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos issued instructions on Friday for the immediate preparation of a report on the process followed for the rental of the pharmaceutical services warehouse which flooded during ...

The local government reform is a big bet that must work, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, adding that the ultimate goal is the administrative autonomy and financial viability of ...

Decisions on migration might be made that “are not liked”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, after it was announced Lebanon would not be taking migrants back from Cyprus. “I ...

A meeting between UN Secretary-General and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday finished after an hour, following the latter’s comments that only a state solution can be the ...