Cyprus

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan to cover the travel, accommodation and food expenses of one family member who accompanies a patient sent abroad to receive medical treatment. Speaking after ...

The Council of Europe (CoE) honoured health affairs commissioner Stella Kyriakidou as one of the 75 outstanding women for their significant contributions to the advancement of human rights. This recognition is ...

The European Commission has referred Cyprus to the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) due to its failure to fulfil obligations under the Habitats Directive, which aims to protect over a ...

High-level officials from the Chinese-led consortium responsible for constructing the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasiliko are expected to visit within the week, according to Energy Minister George Papanastasiou. ...

The Republic of Turkey received a €9,000 fine on Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for the imprisonment of a Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector. The ECtHR ruled that ...

The anti-money-laundering unit (Mokas) has seized approximately €10 million, as well as nine luxury vehicles, four properties and cryptocurrencies assets over the past two years as part of investigations into money ...

The Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) activated the Nearchos plan on Tuesday night to conduct an airlift for a 48-year-old man crew member of a cargo ship sailing off ...

The journey of the aid ship Open Arms is proceeding according to plan, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Wednesday. The shipment of over 200 tonnes of aid for Gaza, ...

The NC Network has announced the inaugural “Ena Oniro Mia Efxi Charity Marathon Podcast,” a special charity event to be streamed live on the NC Network’s YouTube channel on ...

The Green Party on Wednesday raised questions about a potential new illegality committed on a beach in Protaras. According to the party’s announcement, the construction under scrutiny is a ...

Trade union Oekdy-Sek on Wednesday expressed their satisfaction with the government’s decision to extend the forest firefighting season from six to eight months. The decision will also see several ...

Cyprus has signed an Enterprise Agreement with tech giant Microsoft to enhance the island’s digital transformation and improve the public sector’s efficiency. The €8 million agreement was signed by ...

By Andrea Kouyiali I wasn’t sure what to expect at Kaji to be honest. My excited other half couldn’t wait to go but that only made me more ...

Larnaca district court remanded a 26-year-old man for eight days on Wednesday following the discovery of a suitcase containing 17kgs of cannabis at Larnaca airport. During the investigation of the ...

A 38-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman arrested on Sunday in Paphos are believed to have been involved in a string of burglaries, police said on Wednesday. Paphos police’s ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Iole Damaskinos An ecclesiastical court decided on Wednesday to call for further investigations by a three-member committee looking into the Osiou Avakoum monastery extortion and sex ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday called for the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s chairman Turgay Avci to resign. Scandal has engulfed the north’s higher ...

Two people aged 33 and 27 were remanded for eight days on Wednesday after they were arrested to facilitate police investigations into a case involving the attempted illegal entry of a total ...

In a roving oncologist, THEO PANAYIDES finds a socially conscious doctor who believes a positive mindset can help fight the bad vibes and worse of his days “I had a ...

Police on Wednesday are investigating a car fire in a residential area of Pissouri in Limassol, which completely destroyed the vehicle. According to the police press office spokesman, the fire ...

Motivational stories, inspiring speeches and a world of ideas are coming to Limassol this month as a new event takes place. Set against the backdrop of the old port of ...

In today’s episode, the humanitarian aid ship Open Arms finally set sail from Larnaca for Gaza. Meanwhile, President Nikos Christodoulides will meet the UN Secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria ...

Paphos police proceeded to arrest a person for a case of arson set in the early hours of Tuesday in a vehicle parked in a garage in the industrial area ...

Two men aged 53 were remanded on Wednesday for committing car arson in Paphos. Police and fire fighters in Paphos attributed a fire that broke out in a vehicle owned by ...