Cyprus

A new municipal nursing home in Larnaca will begin operating in June 2025, and will have the capacity to house 48 elderly people, the municipality said on Tuesday. The municipality said the ...

Contracts for the construction of a student dormitory on Voulgaroktonos, Arsinos, and Komninos streets in the centre of old Nicosia were signed on Monday. According to the Nicosia municipality, the ...

Ombudswoman Maria Sylianou Lottides in a strongly worded letter to police leadership weighed in on Friday’s racial violence in Limassol, adding to the growing number of voices denouncing police ...

Concerned pro-migrant activist groups have urged vulnerable minorities to keep a low profile when another anti-migrant protest takes place on Wednesday evening, this time outside the presidential palace in Nicosia. ...

Back to bring more cultural evenings to the capital city is the cultural festival of the University of Cyprus, which this year marks its 26th edition. After a packed summer ...

Police will be held accountable no matter their ranking in the force’s hierarchy, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He was speaking on CyBC’s morning radio, in ...

In today’s episode, more than 1,000 people descended on Limassol to attend an anti-fascist protest organised by AKEL; the protest was organised in response to the violent anti-migrant riots, which ...

Police on Monday confiscated a large amount of duty-free cigarettes and tobacco packets from a vehicle driven by a 34-year-old man, on the Nicosia-Limassol highway. According to police statement, around 6.30...

Police in Paphos on Monday arrested a 34-year-old man for an investigated case of burglary. According to the police, the complaint was filed on July 30, by a 28-year-old man, that ...

Paphos police on Monday arrested a person for allegedly kidnapping a 24-year-old woman and attempting to force her into a sexual relationship with him. According to Paphos CID chief Michalis ...

Tuesday will be mostly sunny with locally increased afternoon clouds likely to bring isolated rains, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 35C inland, 32C on the south, east ...

Cyprus and Greece are likely to face increased migration activity from Turkey in the period 2023-2024, although a drop was noted in the first months of the year, the EU ...

The independent anti-corruption authority will this week begin work on two cases it has prioritised, one of which may involve deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides, it emerged on Monday. The Cyprus ...

Two men, aged 22 and 21, were arrested in Kyrenia on Monday for stealing a cat. The theft occurred at around midnight on August 31, when the cat, named Bob, was taken from ...

The Nicosia water board celebrated 70 years since its creation on Monday and bestowed awards unto legislators who contributed to its progress. Among those handed awards were President Nikos Christodoulides, interior ...

Cabinet has approved the policy framework for regulating remote working within the public service, as part of the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021-2026. Regulating rules outlining remote ...

There should be a “British city” built in the north, according to the chairman of the Cyprus Turkish chamber of commerce UK chairman Muhammet Yasarata. Yasarata made the suggestion at ...

By Tom Cleaver and Andria Kades More than 1,000 people from all over Cyprus descended on Limassol on Monday evening to attend an anti-fascist protest organised by Akel. The protest was ...

The tourists of Arab origin who were attacked during the anti-migrant riot in Limassol on Friday will be offered free accommodation for their next trip to Cyprus. The move was ...

The First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides and the spouse of the prime minister of Greece, Mareva Mitsotaki, were given a guided tour of the historic neighbourhoods of Ayios Kassianos and ...

Former President Nicos Anastasiades has revealed he will soon initiate restoring the “fraternal relations” in Disy following an internal rift within the right-wing party during this year’s presidential elections. ...

The new bus lane and park and ride system that began operating on Monday to ease traffic congestion into Nicosia is proving a great success, according to a Cyprus Public ...

Police in Limassol are investigating a case of potential online fraud and embezzlement following a complaint from a 42-year-old man on Monday who tried to invest more than €30,000 in cryptocurrency. ...

Calls for the resignation of Cyprus’ police chief and justice minister were still on the table on Monday, as the police’s widely condemned failure to deal with Friday’s ...