Cyprus

The neighbourhood social worker service will be expanded following last April’s successful pilot of the programme, it was announced on Thursday. Each municipality or community that participates in the ...

A total of 247 birds, all finches, were killed in a fire set on bird cages in the village of Mandres in the north. The cages were in the back garden ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday met with the advisory committee on tax reform, asking that progress on this matter be accelerated, in order to reap any benefits at the earliest ...

The results of a death inquiry into the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou will happen after Easter it was decided on Thursday. The third inquiry into the death of ...

One in ten women of reproductive age suffer from endometriosis in Cyprus, Minister of Health Michael Damianos said. The condition affects the quality of life of millions of women worldwide ...

Turkish Cypriot authorities were criticised this week after Cameroonian anti-racism campaigner Emmanuel Achiri discovered he has been barred from going to the north, despite having lived there for almost a ...

Art can be expressed in numerous different ways. So can therapy. But what happens when these two worlds merge? ELENI PHILIPPOU finds out Both therapy and art have been around ...

The second ship tasked with transporting humanitarian aid to Gaza, called Jennifer, is scheduled to set sail by the end of the week, most likely on Saturday, weather conditions permitting, ...

The patients’ association (Osak) called on all state healthcare (Gesy) beneficiaries to activate their online medical profiles in an announcement on Thursday. The organisation called on the public to update ...

The largest global pitch competition, Startup World Cup, is making its debut in Cyprus this year, with the application phase for startups commencing on March 25, and entries will be accepted ...

The electricity subsidy is to be extended until the end of June as part of the government’s latest package of measures aimed at alleviating the cost-of-living crisis. The measures ...

The 44-year-old driver of the double-cab involved in the quadruple fatal crash that occurred in the early hours of January 1, 2024 in Limassol, pled not guilty to any of the ten ...

With qualification now complete for this summer’s Uefa European Under-17 championship, the names of the 15 teams which will travel to Cyprus to compete have now been confirmed. Austria, Croatia, ...

Police officers are over-reliant on messaging application Viber due to the lack of an official electronic communication method, trade union Isotita’s police branch chairman Nikos Loizidis said on Thursday. ...

Close to two thirds of road fatalities in Cyprus happen in urban areas, figures from the road safety performance index showed on Thursday. According to the 46th Road Safety Performance ...

The economic climate in Cyprus experienced a downturn in March, with the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) falling due to worsening business conditions across all sectors. Specifically, according to the Centre ...

Cyprus’ state budget deficit for 2023 increased by €80 million, compared to the deficit recorded in 2022, according to the state’s fiscal report submitted to the House of Representatives this week. Specifically, ...

DP World, a global logistics company, hosted Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades and Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis, at its Dubai Headquarters on March 25-26, according to a statement released this ...

Formula 1 legends Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso took their first steps with karting engines from Italian manufacturer IAME, which is now laying solid foundations in Cyprus as well, ...

Nicosia police are investigating a fire which broke out outside the Omonia clubhouse on Thursday morning. According to reports, the fire started around 5am and subsequently spread to an outdoor ...

A 47-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday evening after a string of thefts from shops in the Larnaca and Famagusta districts last year. The woman had reportedly obtained products from ...

In today’s episode, the electricity authority has been left in the lurch and smart meter installation has again fallen into a state of limbo, after the administrative court’s ...

The US-built port in Gaza being constructed as part of the ‘Amalthea’ humanitarian sea corridor initiative, could be ready significantly before May 1, President Nikos Christodoulides, said on Thursday. Speaking at ...

A third inquiry into the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou is coming to an end on Thursday, while a date is expected to be set for the coroner’s ...