Cyprus

The UN Special Rapporteur for Environment Defenders Michel Forst has called on Cyprus to lead a group of countries in promoting the Aarhus Convention. Adopted in June 1998, the Aarhus Convention ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou reiterated the government’s goal of safeguarding halloumi exports, adding that the protection of halloumi as a national product remains unchanged during a meeting with the ...

Rents on commercial Turkish Cypriot properties in Limassol have sharply increased, the House refugee committee heard on Tuesday. Rent increases from €150 to €2,800 a month and in another case from €30 to €999 ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou made it clear she would not tolerate “tactics of the past” on Tuesday as teaching union Oelmek threatened it would take measures. Speaking to state broadcaster ...

By Andria Kades and Jonathan Shkurko In what appears to be a path towards agreement, the state health services (Okypy) and trade unions representing public hospital workers made progress on ...

Two people, aged 23 and 22, were sentenced to four years in prison by the Famagusta district court on Tuesday after being found guilty of charges related to illegal drug possession, intent ...

The Nicosia International Festival, which is part of the capital city’s bid for the European Capital of Culture 2030, remains true to its long-term strategy of showcasing Cypriot creators alongside ...

First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides and Education Minister Athena Michaelidou cooked healthy meals for children at the Elenion primary school on Tuesday. The pair used ingredients sourced from the garden ...

The government on Tuesday hinted it may extend some of the relief measures it introduced last November – such as subsidising electricity bills – beyond the end of the month. Taking journalists’ ...

Lives were put at risk by the severe weather seen in the north last week, deputy mayor of Kormakitis Valentinos Koumettos told MPs on Tuesday. The weather last Tuesday night ...

Famagusta Mayor Simos Ioannou has requested a meeting with the UN Secretary-General’s envoy Maria Holguin, filing his request with President Nikos Christodoulides, who he met earlier on Tuesday. Ioannou ...

British High Commissioner in Nicosia Irfan Siddiq was on Tuesday summoned to the foreign ministry to be served with a demarche, following comments made in a newspaper interview, government spokesman ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday expressed Greece’s support to restart Cyprus problem talks on the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal federation. He was speaking after meeting the ...

The government aims for all new cars bought in Cyprus to be electric by 2035, spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He said the current target entails 25 per cent of new ...

Another dead body was found washed up on Cyprus’ coast on Monday afternoon, this time near Rizokarpaso. The finding of the body was announced by the Turkish Cypriot police on ...

Bank of Spain governor Pablo Hernández de Cos on Tuesday said that the European Central Bank (ECB) will proceed with cutting interest rates, without, however, specifying the timeline for ...

The Republic is to create a special lane at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point for schoolchildren and people receiving healthcare to cross from the north, it was announced on Tuesday. ...

No potato shortage is expected after heavy floods caused by heavy rain in Famagusta last week, potato farmers association head Andreas Karios said on Tuesday. “It seems that the damage ...

The EAC needs to be financially viable and in a position to maintain its infrastructure, electricity authority spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou said on Tuesday. Commenting on the cost of electricity for ...

SARA DOUEDARI looks at six of the best wellness experiences in Cyprus Colder temperatures mean we are all looking for some comfort, and what better place to find it than ...

The north’s ‘antiquities department’ on Tuesday hit back at former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem Kudret Ozersay, accusing him of complicity in the lawbreaking of which ...

Multiculturalism is the most ambitious project in human history. The challenge is to try to blend people with diverse religions, histories, cultures, and languages, without homogenizing and destroying the source ...

The contractor behind the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal should be “counting the days” before it receives a notice of termination, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. His ...

The Larnaca regional tourism board (Etap) announced on Tuesday that its participation in several European programmes will ultimately help to boost specialisation and professional qualifications in Cyprus’ tourism and hospitality ...