Cyprus

The Customs Department has ramped up checks on potential cigarette smugglers as a wave of massive busts take place at Cyprus’ airports and crossing points. Recent weeks have seen several ...

Cyprus will begin collecting and send humanitarian aid to Armenia to deal with thousands of refugees flooding into the country from Nagorno-Karabakh, an announcement said on Sunday. According to an ...

Exhibition features important photographs from Harvard University archives finds ELENI PHILIPPOU An exhibition of photographs of the Church of Panayia Kanakaria from the archive of Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University, has ...

A real scandal: president did not list his pension in wealth declaration By Efi Xanthou The last week saw the pundits debating Cyprus’ latest scandal: namely President Nikos Christodoulides’ omitting ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that the Republic of Cyprus has given the UN the all-clear to appoint UN adviser to evaluate the prospects of restarting talks on the ...

Police in Letymbou, Paphos are investigating a car arson on Sunday, after a pick-up truck caught fire earlier. According to police, the fire broke out in the bed of the ...

A 34-year-old man was remanded for two days by the Paphos district court, under suspicion of drug possession and for drink driving, police said on Sunday. According to Paphos police, ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting October 2: The Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) Constantinos Herodotou on Friday used his keynote address ...

Cyprus receives more energy from the sun per square metre than anywhere else in Europe and yet there is no end in sight to our energy woes “Between May and ...

Simos Galatariotis / Antonis Ioannou (Volkswagen Polo GTi R5) lead the 50th Cyprus Rally after the first day of the event. Second overall are Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar) / Mathieu Baumel (Andorra) driving ...

Limassol’s wine festival was slated to begin on Saturday night, with plenty of music, food, and of course wine, to last for the week-long cultural event. This year marks ...

Three years after it closed its doors, CCC is finally back. Alix Norman was amongst the thousands of visitors who revelled in today’s excitements In 2019, a mere five years ...

There were 206 bookings for traffic violations in a 24-hour span, police said on Saturday. Between 6am on Friday until the same time on Saturday, officers booked 49 individuals for speeding and 10 ...

The attacks by Hamas had not affected flights from Cyprus to Israel by Saturday afternoon, though authorities were on alert over the developments that led Israel’s Prime Minister to ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou praised on Saturday the development surrounding EuroAsia Interconnector that has seen Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) appointed as the implementation body and project promoter. ...

With the completion of the three morning special stages of the anniversary 50th Cyprus Rally, on Saturday 7 October 2023, only six seconds separate the leader Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar), and co-driver Mathieu ...

A training centre in Greece teaching agents how to use the highly invasive surveillance software Predator was run by a Greek Cypriot man, a global investigation claimed this week. The ...

President Nikos Christodoulides condemned on Saturday the “horrifying terrorist attacks against Israel from Gaza” and underlined Nicosia’s solidarity with Israel. Earlier in the day, Hamas launched a major rocket ...

A recent study reveals Cyprus has six times the recommended rate of Cesareans. ALIX NORMAN meets the expert who’s addressing what doctors fail to disclose about this major surgical ...

RODDY DAMALIS takes a trip down memory lane with some of the dishes that launched his career When I look back at my 40-year life (not career) in the restaurant ...

A man was arrested early on Saturday morning in Paphos after he tested positive for a narcotest and was found with cannabis in his vehicle. The driver was stopped while ...

The government web portal will be interrupted over the weekend due to maintenance work and upgrades. Operations were interrupted starting Friday at 3:30pm and the portal is expected to return ...

October is the month of cinnamon, spice and all things nice! Typically, that’s how it goes, welcoming the autumn season with spooky movies and pumpkin spice lattes. While it ...

A Russian journalist detained in Cyprus for allegedly being a threat to national security has left the island. The journalist’s detention on Thursday in Nicosia sparked a rare crisis ...