Cyprus News

The combined cost to the taxpayer for the holding of Sunday’s local government and European parliament elections is €7 million, chief returning officer Elikkos Elia said on Friday. He said ...

By Robert Morgan A 44-year-old wanted man was arrested on Thursday in connection with the serious injury of a 49-year-old man in Limassol in May and was expected to be ...

The state’s handling of schools amid the heatwave is wholly inadequate and has failed to do the bare minimum in the past six years, Children’s Rights Commissioner Despo ...

Crown Iris sailed into Larnaca from Haifa on Friday, in the first of an estimated 22 trips till November 2024, up compared to 2023. The cruise ship, with a capacity of 2,000 passengers, was ...

Four people from Switzerland and Scotland are the new “tourism ambassadors” of Ayia Napa, having visited the island 68 and 40 times respectively. Ayia Napa municipality said in a press release that ...

By Robert Morgan Some 103,269 Turkish Cypriots are registered to vote in the 2024 EU parliamentary elections despite residing in areas not controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, though Turkish Cypriot voter ...

A massive police presence will be monitoring election centres across Cyprus on Sunday, spokesman Christos Andreou said, while the police union Isotita expressed dissatisfaction with the overtime pay. According to ...

Members of the Pancyprian Association of Sea Sports and Entertainment Facility Owners held a protest outside the Ayia Napa town hall on Friday morning, accusing the municipal council of “arbitrary ...

A 22-month-old boy is fighting for his life after being electrocuted at home in Limassol by a plugged-in vacuum cleaner. Police said the boy was found unconscious at around 9am ...

The two independent investigators on Thanasis Nicolaou’s case received on Friday the full verdict of the death inquiry and court transcripts from the latest hearings. At Limassol court, retired ...

The transport ministry on Friday reported a rise in passenger traffic at Larnaca and Paphos airports for May 2024. The total number of passengers that transited at both airports reached 1,140,659, marking ...

Cyprus is moving into the smart transport age, with the signing of a €5.8-million contract on Friday between the government and Ebas Swarco Consortium. The two-year project “Supply, installation, integration ...

Billy Jo Sports & Rock Bar in Limassol hosts the URBANZ – Street Style Market this Saturday and Sunday featuring local shops from all over Cyprus. The two-day event will be ...

Electricity demand on Friday is expected to be higher than the previous day due to the unusual heatwave, Cyprus’ transmission system spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said on Friday. Maximum demand is ...

Amid the ongoing heatwave affecting Cyprus, the social welfare deputy ministry has conducted surprise inspections of nursing homes in Nicosia and while most facilities were found to be adhering to ...

Ballot boxes for Sunday’s multiple elections are being handed over to the 1,864 polling station chiefs on Friday. Chief returning officer Elikkos Elia said Nicosia ballot boxes had already been ...

For the third year in a row the agriculture ministry is using barn owls to control rodent populations across Cyprus. The initiative was first launched in 2019. It is supported by ...

Starting on Sunday, the Palestine On Screen Film Festival begins with presentations of a diverse array of films, documentaries, shorts and dramas that vividly portray the Palestinian narrative, highlighting its ...

In today’s episode, Cyprus has topped the European chart for prison overcrowding, with a staggering 166 inmates per 100 places.Meanwhile, with temperatures in Cyprus reaching a record high for early ...

With the orange heatwave warning in effect from 11am till 5pm, people in Cyprus are bracing themselves for another scorcher on Friday. Temperatures are expected to peak at 44C inland ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday denied reports that United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin’s mandate had been extended by three months. “The news in the Greek Cypriot ...

More than 300 road offences were reported across Cyprus over the past 24 hours, mainly speeding. During a police operation in Famagusta district to check buggies, trikes and quads, 21 people were reported ...

Officials from the tax department are set to crack down on homeowners who benefit from VAT reductions while renting out their property through AirBnB and Booking.com, it emerged on ...

A tender for the leasing of two firefighting helicopters has been scrapped, after none of the bidders met the standards, local media reported on Thursday. Citing a source within the ...