Cyprus

Costume maker and professional cosplayer Ahmet Mamali won first place in ‘Best Craftsmanship’ at this year’s Middle East Film and Comic Con held in Abu Dhabi. Mamali’s costume ...

Theatre lovers in Cyprus have plenty to enjoy this season as local productions are touring, be it amateur shows or established theatre companies. Most of them are in Greek – as ...

Healthcare was at the forefront of discussions between Health Minister Michael Damianos and Greek Deputy Health Minister Marios Themistocleous during the latter’s official visit to Cyprus on Friday. Damianos ...

Around 250 seconded nurses are being forced to perform other duties in addition to or instead of their own jobs, leaving hospitals short of nurses, nurses’ union Pasyno chairman Christos Christodoulou ...

Opposition party Akel accused President Nikos Christodoulides of “only caring about his public image” on Friday. The party was reacting to the government’s latest round of economic measures aimed ...

CBC governor Constantinos Herodotou on Friday addressed the “Digital Financial Literacy: the Way Forward” conference, held by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). The conference aimed to explore the multifaceted ...

The Republic of Cyprus “can offer solutions to European, international, and regional problems,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Speaking to students in Athens, Christodoulides spoke about the “Amalthea” plan – ...

The Paphos Regional Tourism Board (Etap) recently completed a survey revealing that the district has a capacity of approximately 20,000 beds, across 6,000 self-catering accommodation units, which includes villas, houses, and apartments. ...

Turkish Cypriot social media journalist Serdinc Maypa appeared in court on Friday, accused of violating people’s right to privacy. Maypa, who had gained a large social media following in ...

The Cyprus Pulmonology Society on Friday sounded the alarm over high levels of dust in the atmosphere. Increased levels of dust have been blown northwards towards Cyprus from the Sahara ...

A total of 34 bicommunal business ventures have applied for this year’s Stelios Foundation Bicommunal Business Awards. The businesses, all of which are fronted by one Turkish Cypriot and one ...

Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras kicked off his re-election campaign on Friday with a video on YouTube. Vyras, who became mayor on New Year’s day in 2017, said that he had ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has decided to maintain the countercyclical buffer rate at 1 per cent, with effect from June 2, 2024. According to a statement by the CBC, “in accordance ...

Cypriot football giants Apoel on Friday unveiled its plans for the new stadium it is set to build. The stadium will be located in the village of Kokkinotrimithia and will ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (Hio) issued €80,000 in fines last year to over 40 health service providers for abusing Gesy, it emerged on Friday. Data obtained by CNA revealed that in 2023, the ...

‘Cyprus’ economy is doing better than most of EU’ (Update) By Tom Cleaver Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday that Cyprus’ economy is “operating at a better level than ...

The fleet of vessels registered under the Cypriot flag has seen a significant increase of approximately 5.5 per cent, equivalent to about 1.1 million tonnes, over the past six months, according to ...

An action plan with dozens of measures to help third-country nationals legally residing in Cyprus integrate into the labour market and economy has been prepared, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou. Ioannou ...

A 67-year-old man was on Friday handed a ten-year prison sentence for raping and abusing his 61-year-old girlfriend. The sentence was handed down by Larnaca criminal court, with the man ...

For the 49th consecutive year, the Christodoula charity march will be staged, this year on April 7 in Limassol, the Bank of Cyprus announced on Friday. The annual march to raise ...

The house of Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios ethnological museum in Nicosia will close on Saturday due to emergency conservation works, the antiquities department announced on Friday. An ethnological officer told the Cyprus ...

Total deposits in Cyprus saw a significant net increase of €65.4 million in February 2024, rebounding from a substantial decrease of €366 million during the previous month, according to a report on deposits ...

Two cars in Paphos were destroyed in a fire, police said on Friday. The two cars, belonging to a couple, caught fire on Thursday night, necessitating the fire service to ...

The board of directors of state-owned asset management company Kedipes this week decided to make the largest quarterly cash payment to the state since its establishment in 2018, amounting to €140 million, ...