Cyprus

Turgay Avci, chairman of the north’s higher education standards authority (Yodak), insisted on Monday that his own degree is real. Avci had faced allegations that his degree, which he ...

The Cyprus Mail’s Souzana Psara recently spoke with Genia Boustany, director of Poseidonia Hotel, about its sustainability journey, focusing on its transition to a circular operating model. In January 2022, ...

Only two out of eight anaesthesiologists at Makarios hospital are willing to participate in abortions, it emerged on Monday, following a complaint that a woman was forced to endure for ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis on Monday travelled to La Hulpe, in Belgium, to attend the informal meeting of the EU Tourism Ministers, which is taking place under the ...

Nicosia mayoral candidate and current Disy MP Nikos Tornaritis on Monday announced plans to construct a bicommunal solar farm in the buffer zone in the city. Speaking at a meeting ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (Kne) on Monday released a statement urgently requesting the release of the crew of Galaxy Leader, a vehicle-carrying vessel, which has been captured by the Houthis. ...

Drugs and other prohibited items including mobile phones are being smuggled into prison from court, reports said on Monday. According to Phileleftheros, the drugs and prohibited items come into prisoners’ ...

One of the rarest marine mammals in the world, the Mediterranean monk seal, has been breeding steadily in Cyprus in recent years with two born in the latest season, researchers ...

Consumers are saving approximately €7.50 on around €95 of purchases following the introduction of zero VAT rate on 11 products, the consumer protection service said on Monday. According to the service, consumers, depending ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Monday released its financial results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, posting a profit after tax of €487 million, with new lending reaching €2 billion in total. “2023 ...

The ceiling of the canteen at the Canakkale middle school in Famagusta collapsed during the February school holidays, it emerged on Monday. The ceiling’s collapse is the latest in ...

Abuses of the national health scheme (Gesy) are the biggest problem affecting the health sector, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Damianos said that the ...

Police on Sunday arrested of a 32-year-old man in Paphos on suspicion of theft and illegal stay in the Republic. According to the police, at 6.30pm suspicions were raised at ...

A 51-year-old man had to be rescued by police after crashing his vehicle into a ravine on Sunday. The authorities were initially alerted around 6pm, when the man was reported ...

In the absence of light, the senses are heightened and magnificent things can occur. This is the premise of the black light theatre, a unique performance which happens in total ...

The Labour Advisory Board is meeting on Monday with Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou and social partners to discuss the urgent matter of staff shortages in various industry sectors, and outstanding ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is in Brussels on Monday to participate in the work of the EU council of foreign affairs. The situation in the Middle East, ongoing Russian aggression ...

Police were on Monday searching for the people behind an armed robbery that took place shortly before midnight on Sunday in Limassol. According to police, the robbery took place at ...

Monday will start off mostly clear, gradually turning partly cloudy with a chance of rains, mainly in the mountains and the south. Temperatures will rise to 20C in the interior ...

Leaving aside the issues of how the doomed LNG project was awarded, the key issue is to recover and complete it Much has been said and written about the debacle ...

Police arrested a second person on Sunday in connection with a large amount of drugs that were discovered in Paphos on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Paphos resident was arrested after a ...

Renowned Italian artist Francesco Camillo Giorgino, known as Millo, celebrated for his large-scale murals across the globe, is bringing his talent to Cyprus this week. Millo will be collaborating on ...

Officials would do better to stop blaming misinformation, apologise for clearly illiberal measures during the pandemic, and try to reassure us that the vaccine situation is being monitored Covid vaccines ...

Nine people were arrested on Sunday as the police staged a special operation in Nicosia and Paphos to identify third country nationals living illegally on the island. During the operation ...