Cyprus

A 33-year-old British man was arrested after attempting to smuggle a total of 32,400 cigarettes for which no import tax had been paid through Paphos airport, the customs department announced on ...

In the tranquil Paphos village of Gialia, life is slow but not quiet thanks to the plethora of creative festivals and events that happen at Val’s Place. This weekend, ...

All of the north’s electricity went out on Friday morning after an explosion at a substation caused the grid to completely collapse. The explosion occurred at around 5am at ...

Omodos mukhtar Evgenios Michael on Friday said he is “satisfied” with the rate of progress being made by the government in its efforts to help the Limassol district in light ...

Turkish Cypriots on Friday travelled to the village of Kokkina to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the Battle of Tillyria. Kokkina is now controlled by the Turkish military but is ...

Works to stabilise part of the old Paphos-Limassol road that passes from Petrou tou Romiou – known as Aphrodite’s birthplace – have been completed and the road, which had been affected ...

The police on Friday said they were “not aware of any problem” occurring while Turkish Cypriots crossed from the north en masse on Friday morning to attend commemorations for the 61...

The National Betting Authority has warned of a sharp rise in advertisements for illegal online casinos on popular social media platforms, stressing that many of the sites being promoted do ...

Cypriots can expect to live on average 65 years in good health, according to the latest 2023 figures from Eurostat, a full two years longer than EU average of 63.1 years. The term “...

Bus drivers in Larnaca will return to work on August 9, ending a ten-day strike that disrupted public transport services across the city. The decision followed a morning vote in a ...

The government has received more than 500 applications from farmers and livestock breeders for financial aid in the form of “reactivation plans” in the wake of the wildfire which tore through ...

The results of the investigation carried out by the United States’ Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) into the cause of and the circumstances surrounding the wildfire which ...

The Cyprus tax department has issued an urgent warning to the public about a new wave of fraudulent emails designed to trick recipients into revealing personal information. According to the ...

An architectural competition has been launched in Larnaca to transform the former leper colony in the salt-lake area into an environmental awareness centre, at an estimated cost of €2,6 million. The ...

A wildfire broke out near the Limassol district of Omodos on Friday afternoon, and was contained shortly afterwards. Fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said a total of eight fire engines ...

A bus company has been fined €4,000 for failing to implement preventive and precautionary safety measures following a risk assessment, particularly in relation to the operation and use of Kinglong buses, ...

Blood supplies in Cyprus have dropped to dangerously low levels, the head of the blood centre, Androulla Panayiotou, told the Cyprus Mail on Friday.  She issued an urgent appeal for ...

President Nikos Christodoulides expressed his shock and deep sorrow on Friday for the death of Lena Samara, daughter of former prime minister of Greece Antonis Samaras. Lena Samara died of ...

The forestry department issued a red alert warning for forest fires on Friday, in view of the extremely high temperatures expected on Saturday. It also reminded the public that starting ...

A 23-year-old woman was caught on Friday driving under the influence of alcohol at an extremely high speed on the Nicosia–Larnaca highway near Koshi. Police stopped the vehicle at ...

Britain’s near-daily surveillance flights over Gaza, flown from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, have prompted fresh questions about how the intelligence gathered is used and whether it is being passed ...

Shots were fired on Friday at 4am at a vehicle belonging to a 25-year-old woman in Oroklini. The woman alerted the police, after she heard loud noises resembling gunshots, while ...

The Larnaca bus driver strike entered its tenth day on Friday. Following a lengthy meeting on Thursday between union representatives and Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou, the drivers are set to ...

Around 900 to 1,000 Turkish Cypriots travelled by bus through the Limnitis crossing point on Friday to attend August 8 ceremony marking 61 years since the deadly bombing of Tillyria in 1964. The passage of ...