Cyprus

By Iole Damaskinos and Nikolaos Prakas The first day of school for thousands of secondary school students began on Thursday, as children returned to their desks and gymnasiums and lyceums. ...

Paphos District Court on Wednesday imposed a 15-month prison sentence to a 74-year-old woman for causing the death of a 10-year-old schoolgirl. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, the 74-year-old ...

The American University of Beirut’s Mediterranean campus (AUB Mediterraneo) was officially inaugurated at the Paphos Innovation Centre on Wednesday. The event was attended by the ministers of education of ...

Corrective measures will be taken on the new park and ride in Nicosia, after being reevaluated at the end of the month, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, on the ...

Thursday will be mostly clear with temperatures rising to 37C in the interior, 33C on the south and east coasts, 31C on the remaining coasts and 27C in the higher ...

The family of Thanasis Nicolaou, the 26-year-old national guardsman who was found dead under the Alassa bridge in 2005, on Wednesday requested for the presiding judge at the Limassol court to ...

Excavation works have started in the Aloa village, where dozens of Turkish Cypriots were killed ahead of the second leg of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus 1974, the Turkish Cypriot member ...

All things plants-based and wellness will be celebrated this weekend as the latest edition of Vegan Fam Fest takes place. Held on Saturday and Sunday at the Ancient Olive Trees ...

Nicosia’s old town was quiet on Wednesday night, as police maintained a strong presence in the area to prevent potential anti-migrant protests turning violent. Police and police vans also ...

Thirteen people arrested during racist riots in Limassol last week are appearing in criminal court in October, the Limassol District Court decided on Wednesday, after they filed the case directly ...

‘Justice abroad’ director Michael Polak has announced that he is going to represent the 20-year-old British tourist who reported she was gang raped at her Ayia Napa hotel. Polak previously ...

Deputies on Wednesday grilled Cyprus’ police chief on institutionalised racism within the force and whether this was a factor in the observer status police took, as mobs attacked migrants in ...

The council of ministers on Wednesday approved a series of proposals tabled by the ministry of education, including self-evaluation for schools and increased school chaperones. Speaking after the cabinet meeting, ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal tabled by the education ministry to implement a pilot programme for German language learning in state secondary schools. Two schools have been selected ...

Rubbing shoulders with A listers in the world of music, one Cypriot’s move to America has seen her make the industry her living finds PAUL LAMBIS Drawn to music ...

Cyprus is at a critical juncture where we must decide what kind of democracy we want to live in and this will be determined by its citizens’ level of democratic ...

Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz has been conditionally released from custody in Cyprus and is to reappear in court on Sept. 14, a Cypriot police official said on Wednesday. Steinmetz was ...

Cyprus Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Wednesday announced that the Cabinet of Ministers has approved another action within the Recovery and Resilience Plan, focusing on the framework and action plan ...

Police were gearing up for an anti-immigrant protest in Nicosia on Wednesday, despite assurances it would be cancelled. Speaking during the House legal affairs committee, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou was ...

Two people have been arrested in the north after allegedly “entering the database” of the north’s ‘interior ministry’ and giving residence permits to 103 people. The pair, who are both ...

The council of ministers on Wednesday gives the go ahead to the appointment of a deputy minister for European affairs ahead of Cyprus’ assumption of the EU Council presidency in ...

The north’s first 4G mobile network is set to be switched on Thursday, with the north’s ‘government’ set to earn 1.25 billion TL (€43 million) from the associated tendering process. ‘...

The attempted murder case in Xylotymbou has evolved into a homicide case, as the 35-year-old victim, who was in critical condition after being found in a pool of blood on ...

The trial of Sefer Bugra Altundag, who stands accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur in January, has been transferred to the Trikomo high criminal court. The ...