Cyprus

Cyprus suffered a 91-64 defeat at the hands of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the opening night of EuroBasket at the Spyros Kyprianou arena in Limassol. Thursday was Cyprus’ national basketball ...

Cypriot champions Pafos FC have a mouthwatering tie ahead of them in this year’s Champions League, having been drawn to play German juggernaut Bayern Munich at home. Bayern Munich ...

Trade unions doubled down on Thursday, threatening possible nationwide strikes as of next week unless government mediation efforts come up with a proposal on the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) ...

The Green Party on Wednesday raised serious concerns over ongoing work at the Peyia sea caves, describing the site as under “continuous abuse.” “They have not had enough of destroying ...

The new road which will link Paphos and Polis Chrysochous will cost a total of €90.2 million plus value added tax, the public works department said on Thursday. It explained that ...

A 79-year-old woman was found dead inside her home in Pervolia on Thursday, after a fire broke out in the property. Larnaca police said the blaze started at about 12.30pm ...

A discarded cigarette caused the devastating wildfires sweeping through Limassol district last month, according to the findings of American investigators released on Thursday. “The cause of the fire was a ...

Authorities on Thursday questioned the mother of one of the main suspects in a sprawling investigation relating to alleged corruption in the leasing of firefighting aircraft at the Forestry Department (...

House president Annita Demetriou on Thursday said she “unequivocally” condemns a missile attack launched by Russia on the European Union’s mission in Kyiv earlier in the day. “Today, Kyiv ...

Former Greek deputy foreign minister Tasos Chatzivasileiou on Wednesday night called on the European Union and its member states to “not forget” Cyprus in conversations concerning the future of defence ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month were on Thursday taken back to the crossing point through which they entered the north on the day ...

A 51-year-old man was on Thursday handed two consecutive life sentences for the murder of 51-year-old Michalis Michael and 44-year-old Marios Onisiforou in the Limassol suburb of Ypsonas 2023. Meanwhile, his 56...

Nicosia should be “a model of equality, inclusion, and universal accessibility”, Cyprus confederation of disability organisations (Kysoa) chairwoman Themis Anthopoulou said. Speaking after a meeting with the capital’s mayor ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos was on Thursday called upon by the Cyprus agency of quality assurance and accreditation in higher education (Dipae) to name the universities he accuses of “selling ...

Testy exchange in row over party at protected turtle beach By Tom Cleaver The audit office is awaiting a response from the interior and agriculture ministries over a private party ...

An 80-year-old man was killed in a road collision which took place at the Kalo Chorio highway to Larnaca airport, police said on Thursday. The road has since reopened, after ...

Cyprus’ authorities and Greek Orthodox church have remained silent after the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrios church in Gaza City was ordered to evacuate by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). The ...

The main man at Kalamos Winery, Thanasis Ignatiou has been around wines since his teens in his beloved village of Amargeti in Paphos, and he says, it has been a ...

The damage to the water supply network has been repaired by the water development department (WDD), the Nicosia district government organisation (EOA) said on Thursday. “The water tanks were filled ...

The UN human rights council is set to discuss the report of its working group on the use of mercenaries – privately hired professional combatants – in Cyprus in their upcoming September ...

A total of 70 bales of hay were burned in a fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon at a property in Aradippou. According to police, the fire broke out around 2.45 ...

Plans for a new physiotherapy centre managed by the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (Cing) were approved on Wednesday. The centre is set to be built next to the ...

A 25-year-old foreign student and delivery driver was robbed by a group of men in Nicosia early on Wednesday, adding yet another case to the ongoing series of violent attacks ...

Police and the fire department are investigating the causes of a fire that broke out on Wednesday night in a car owned by a 48-year-old woman in the Famagusta district. ...