Cyprus

Plans to increase revenue and save costs in the state health services (Okypy) were discussed at an intergovernmental meeting on Friday. The meeting was attended by President Nikos Christodoulides, Health ...

Taking place in October for the first time in an effort to extend the island’s touristic season, the 62nd Limassol Wine Festival is currently taking place in the heart ...

The north’s ‘cabinet’ approved a bill to privatise its ports on Thursday evening. The move was published in the ‘official gazette’ on Friday morning, with tenders set to be ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Sibel Siber was remanded in custody for three days on Friday after having been arrested in the ongoing “fake prescriptions” scandal. Siber, a doctor by ...

The transport ministry on Friday released a statement banning private vehicles from accessing the road in front of the arrivals at Larnaca and Paphos airports. Specifically, at Larnaca Airport the ...

In the coming weeks, the government is poised to make its final decisions regarding new measures to combat rising prices, although a meeting at the presidential palace on Friday failed ...

Limassol General has been downgraded to a category 2 hospital, the health insurance organisation (HIO) announced on Friday, an issue which in previous days drew the ire of the state health ...

The north’s ‘cabinet’ approved a bill to privatise its ports on Thursday evening. The move was published in the ‘official gazette’ on Friday morning, with tenders set to be ...

A teacher at a Limassol high school was accused of forcibly cutting a student’s hair, it emerged on Friday. According to reports, the incident happened at the start of ...

The Animal Party expressed its “disgust and outrage” on Friday after images surfaced of kittens which had been “brutally tortured and killed” in a cemetery in Larnaca. “There can be ...

The island’s ports have been put on full alert on Friday under a plan to evacuate thousands of Israelis and foreign nationals by sea to Cyprus. Initial plans include ...

Titled Seeing Through Melancholia: Transcultural Melancholias / Hüzün in the Eastern Mediterranean, a new exhibition will take over the House of Hadjigeorkakis Kornesios this autumn. From October 25 to November 19, ...

In today’s episode, the interior minister informed the House interior committee of his plans to create a Deputy Ministry of Migration and Asylum. Elsewhere, the House plenum passed a ...

A hooded man in Limassol on Friday threatened employees with a gun and tried to set fire to a pizza restaurant. According to a police report, the incident occurred at 4.20...

By Iole Damaskinos and Tom Cleaver There are now no commercial flights between Cyprus and Israel after Cypriot airline TUS Airways became the last to suspend its services between the ...

Cyprus-based Yotam Werzansky-Orland, Esq., CEO of KWO Strategy Ltd., has earned his place among the world’s top 300 innovation and intellectual property (IP) strategists, as recognised by the prestigious annual ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit for the period of January to August 2023 reached €5.8 billion, compared to €5.2 billion during the same period in 2022, according to a report released this week by the state’...

Cyprus has witnessed a notable increase in bounced cheques, with 26 such incidents totalling €276,202 reported in September 2023 alone. This concerning trend has landed 15 individuals (comprising 12 legal entities and 3 individuals) on the ...

Limassol port management company DP World recently concluded a three-month internship programme for students specialising in shipping and related fields, in a bid to strengthen its ties with the local ...

Friday will start off mostly clear with afternoon clouds expected to bring isolated rains or storms, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 32C in the interior, 30C on ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met the ambassadors of Arab states in Nicosia on Thursday to discuss the situation in Israel and Gaza. The minister expressed Cyprus’ support for de-escalation and ...

Eviction orders have been issued for 25 more homes in Pissouri, made unsafe for habitation after years of land slippage, the community leader told MPs on Thursday. Lazaros Lazarou also said ...

The UK’s Minister of State for the Armed Forces, James Heappey, was on the island on Thursday, paying a visit to the Sovereign Base Area in Akrotiri. The British ...

Turkish and Greek Cypriots are determined to work towards a brighter future for workers in a reunified island, the head of the Segdamelin union, Athos Eleftheriou said on Thursday. He ...