Cyprus

Thirteen state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly motorbikes were delivered on Wednesday to the Paphos municipality for its traffic department. Mayor Phedonas Phedonos said that after 12 years, the traffic department was upgrading its fleet ...

The House legal committee on Wednesday requested a review of the European arrest warrant mechanism. Committee members said the review should be made with the aim of preserving the rule ...

Aradippou mayor Evangelos Evangelides called on Wednesday for solutions to the bad smell experienced in the Larnaca area in recent days. “The wider area of Larnaca is faced with a ...

There are currently 126 pending complaints against lawyers in Cyprus out of 1,035 inherited by the current disciplinary board of the Cyprus Bar Association three years ago, attorney-general (AG) Giorgos Savvides said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will attend an international conference on developments in the Middle East in Cairo on Saturday. The conference has been convened by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Heads ...

The north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek) cancelled a tender for the purchase of two new generators on Wednesday after no bids for the tender were received. The tender would have ...

The education ministry on Wednesday said that next year the post-secondary vocational education and training institutes (MIEEK) will begin operating in Famagusta. During a House education committee session, the representatives ...

Authorities were called to assist victims of human trafficking in 147 cases last year and 149 so far this year while the island’s two shelters accommodated 20 people in 2022 and 14 so far ...

A 24-year-old migrant set himself on fire on Wednesday morning outside the migration services office in Larnaca. He is being treated for burn wounds at the Larnaca general hospital A&...

The government on Wednesday pledged to clean up the illegal operation of some 600 private ‘sports schools’ and replace them with three regulated schools per sport, it said. The move was ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari held a meeting on Wednesday centred on the A&E departments within the national healthcare system, Gesy, as more former private emergency departments have joined ...

The Green Party’s political bureau on Wednesday expressed its regret over statements by MP Alexandra Attalides on her reasons for resigning from the party. Attalides resigned on Monday, slamming ...

Dozens of Cypriots are still in Israel and do not want to be repatriated, ambassador Kornelios Korneliou said on Wednesday, as the crisis continues. Commenting on the 52 Cypriots who have ...

The electricity authority (EAC) announced on Wednesday it will take the energy regulatory authority (Cera) to court to appeal Cera’s rejection of its request for a 25 per cent increase ...

Cyprus is preparing for further increases in arrivals from Israel Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Wednesday, as the crisis between the country and Gaza continues. Speaking at a press ...

The Greek Cypriot side did not back down on the issue of the Pyla-Arsos road and is just “creating impressions” for domestic consumption, the Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign ministry’ said on ...

Old Market in Larnaca’s Old Town, a place dear to my heart, blurs the line between bar and restaurant with a finesse that inexplicably reminds me of one of ...

The use of tools for the purpose of finding and or collecting mushrooms is prohibited, the forestry department announced on Wednesday, the start of mushroom-picking season. The department said that ...

Every art form has its defining representatives; in the case of gastronomy, Joël Robuchon was a man who put the ‘fine’ in the art of fine dining. A native ...

In what could be termed as junk, one man finds collectible treasures. THEO PANAYIDES speaks to a permanent expat rescuing Cyprus’ modern history one discarded landfill piece at a time ...

The foreign ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned the Israeli attack on a hospital in Gaza that resulted in the “tragic loss of civilian life”. In a post on X, formerly ...

National flag carrier Cyprus Airways on Wednesday unveiled plans to extend its schedule with new flights to the city of Nice, France, starting from December 12, 2023, with the airline set to ...

A female shopper’s quick action saved the life of a 46-year-old father who suffered a heart attack at the Engomi mall in Nicosia. Speaking on CyBC’s morning programme, ...

Are outdoor film nights a summer memory? The weather may be turning cooler but before winter activities take over, one local venture presents a last outdoor evening experience as its ...