Cyprus

A strategic leadership programme is to be held at the ministry of defence in collaboration with the UK, it was announced on Tuesday. The UK High Commission in Cyprus, the ...

A series of films being shown this week by the Goethe-Institut Cyprus brings thought-provoking German works to Nicosia. From Thursday to Sunday, the German institution will offer a snippet into ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides announced plans to create a “digital citizen” mobile application, on which people can access government services. Elsewhere, the cost of compensating every single ...

Roads leading to Troodos are open only to vehicles with anti-skid chains or four-wheel drive, police announced on Tuesday. The statement noted that light snowfall has so far affected the ...

A 44-year-old man who was seriously injured in a traffic collision overnight in Paphos was placed under arrest on Tuesday after police investigations revealed him to be illegally in the ...

Police on Monday arrested five persons in a coordinated operation against illegal employment in Nicosia. According to police the operations was carried out in coordination with the immigrations service and ...

Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with rains, isolated storms and snowfall in the mountains. Hail is also likely while snowfall may be heavy at times. An amber warning is in ...

The Cyprus Association of Electronic Money Institutions and Payments (ACEMPI), a member of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve), on Monday introduced a significant tool for the electronic ...

The much-touted opening up of the electricity market has been pushed back to the summer of 2025, MPs heard on Monday. They got the news from Stavros Stavrinos, executive director at ...

Heavy hailstorms in the Pentadaktylos mountain range caused the motorway between Nicosia and Kyrenia to ice over on Monday night. A flurry of hailstones in the region left the road ...

The Kyrenia Municipality is to use 100 per cent of the property tax revenue it collected in 2023 to “meet the urgent needs of schools” within the region, its mayor Murat Senkul ...

Nicosia’s Theatro Ena theatre announced on Monday the suspension of its operations after 37 years of continuous presence. The theatre announced the decision in a social media post, lambasting Deputy ...

The north’s ‘agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus said on Monday that the Republic “must tighten its quarantine rules” regarding the import of citrus fruit. He made his comments in ‘parliament’ ...

President announces digital app among more than 80 policies President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday announced plans to create a “digital citizen” mobile application, on which people can access government services. The ...

The House finance committee on Monday approved the release of €1.04 million for the procurement of services from the anti-corruption authority. The amount concerns the purchase of services from experts for ...

Wind and string instruments and classical music compositions will sound all over Cyprus in February as the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra presents two new concert series. Its February agenda is not ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Monday met with taxi drivers in light of a planned clampdown on Turkish Cypriot taxis operating in the Republic. Those in attendance discussed “possible ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Monday denied it has already decided to invest €43 million into upgrading its power plant at Dhekelia, following allegations by an association of businesses. ...

Long waiting lists for specialised treatments on Gesy are “a lever for the financial exploitation” of patients, Gesy’s supervision commissioner Eugenia Efstathiou said on Monday. Efstathiou was speaking at ...

The DNA evidence for two defendants in the Ayia Napa gang rape trial was thrown out during a hearing at Famagusta criminal court on Monday. As such, their trial will ...

Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are impacting Cyprus, leaving stakeholders increasingly concerned, director general of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber Thomas Kazakos said on Monday. During a press conference, he ...

The auditor-general and the rector of the state-run Technical University of Cyprus (Tepak) traded more barbs on Monday, the former describing the university as a den of “decay”. Earlier in ...

Police recorded over a thousand violations over the weekend, authorities said on Monday commenting on their beefed-up operations. Police carried out 2,103 checks on persons and 2,091 checks on vehicles and 310 checks ...

The cost of compensating every single Greek Cypriot for every single piece of land lost in 1974 may top £22.4 billion (€26.3bn), former Immovable Property Commission (IPC) chairman Ayfer Said Erkmen has ...