Cyprus

Products and services associated with Valentine’s Day saw an almost ten per cent increase this year in comparison to last year, the statistical services said on Wednesday. According to ...

Cyprus could start producing its first natural gas as soon as 2026, and plans to participate in a high-powered electricity cable project linking the eastern Mediterranean to continental Europe, its energy ...

The University of Cyprus’ (UCy) financial management needs to be rationalised and modernised, the House education committee said on Wednesday, while examining the university’s budget. Although the budget submitted ...

The European Union’s Habitats Directive was “violated” by the environment department in its greenlighting of construction projects in the Cape Greco area, the Audit Office said on Wednesday. It ...

After four years of discussion, parliament will soon be voting on making it mandatory to record police officers during interrogations and investigations. The matter was discussed during Wednesday’s House ...

The Cypriot economy grew by 2.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to a growth rate of 2.3 per cent recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2022, according to a report ...

A 55-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in jail for bringing drugs into the country, police said on Wednesday. According to police, the man was arrested with a 38-year-old woman ...

Former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem has revealed a document allegedly showing a university in the north, of which the rector was invited to meet ‘education minister’ ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday called for the British parliament to “offer assistance” to address “common challenges”. She made the remark during a meeting with a delegation of British ...

Condemnation and repercussions over a homophobic video shown in a Nicosia school has been deemed fascist by the head of the House education committee and Diko MP Pavlos Mylonas. The ...

Cyprus is outperforming the European Union average on a range of metrics related to public health, despite government spending on health falling below the bloc’s average, according to the ...

Approximately 46 per cent of Cypriot graduates consider themselves overeducated for their jobs, according to a study carried out by the department of higher education of the education ministry. “In Cyprus, ...

By Rony Junior El Daccarche A sum of 900,000 euros has been invested towards the last phase of upgrading and improving the roads in Dherynia, the municipality announced on Wednesday. A ...

By Rony Junior El Daccache The drugs squad, Ykan, are hunting for two suspects in Emba who escaped after a car chase in a case involving a large quantity of ...

Consulting and advisory firm PwC Cyprus has marked a significant achievement in its journey towards achieving net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with the company successfully transitioning to using 100 per ...

By Tom Cleaver and Iole Damaskinos The future of the planned road between Pyla and Arsos depends entirely on the United Nations, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said ...

European University Cyprus (EUC) on Wednesday announced that its startup programme, implemented in collaboration with tech giant Microsoft, is set to launch its third cycle, offering active support to Cypriot ...

Google for Startups, NVO Lab, and GameDev Cyprus (GDCy) are gearing up for the launch of the LVLUP Accelerator, a dedicated programme aimed at supporting gaming companies in Cyprus, according ...

Police arrested a 30-year-old man for a spate of burglaries in Paphos going back almost a decade, authorities said on Wednesday. According to police, officers received an anonymous tip about ...

We visited Sherlock’s Home Bar, nestled in the heart of Limassol, on Anexartisias street, during what was one of the coldest weeks of the year, which was fitting, because ...

A member of the Ndrangheta Marando who was living in the north was declared persona non grata by the north’s authorities on Wednesday. The man, named as 76-year-old Sebastiano ...

The village of Zodia, near Morphou, was flooded overnight on Wednesday after the local brook burst its banks. The brook overflowed after heavy rain hit much of the island, including ...

Man injured in Athienou gas leak explosion A man was injured and transported to the Larnaca general hospital on Tuesday evening following a gas leak apparently caused by a cylinder ...

In the creator of award-winning adverts, THEO PANAYIDES meets a driven, cool man who sees things other people can’t and believes the world should fight for Gaza, not feel ...