Cyprus News

Tuesday will be mostly clear with some afternoon showers, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 19C in the interior and on the coasts, and 8C in the higher ...

Cyprus experienced a notable increase in road freight transportation during the third quarter of 2023, indicating a positive trend in the movement of goods, both within Cyprus, as well as to ...

The International Student Identity Card (ISIC), which offers discounts to students, has extended its reach to Cyprus, according to an announcement released on Monday. “Following its successful trajectory in Greece ...

The Housing Finance Corporation (HFC) acknowledged on Monday delays in issuing loans to applicants, but again attributed this to understaffing. The matter came up at the House finance committee, discussing ...

Cyprus supports the 13th package of sanctions against Russia, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said during the EU council of foreign affairs in Brussels on Monday. Kombos pointed out that the ...

A meeting convened by the Paphos Regional Tourism Development and Promotion Company (ETAP) on Monday saw stakeholders and members planning to enhance wedding tourism in the region. Representatives from Paphos, ...

The Cyprus Consumers’ Association (CCA) on Monday called for transparency on fuel prices, asking the fuel monitoring authority to explain why pre-tax fuel prices from October to December 2023 deviated significantly ...

A 24-year-old was arrested by the police in Limassol on Monday as the prime suspect in the theft of a handbag valued at €500, which contained a cash amount exceeding €2,500, as ...

The relationship between the EU and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Cyprus has been instrumental in promoting dialogue, building trust and fostering reconciliation, the head of UNDP Cyprus ...

Police in Larnaca are investigating a case in which four men allegedly robbed a house “under the threat of garden shears”. The alleged burglary took place shortly after 1am on ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Monday signalled that a bill increasing maternity leave from 18 to 22 weeks would soon get the nod from the cabinet and then head to parliament. In ...

A carer who allegedly beat a 100-year-old man who resided at the care home at which she worked in Famagusta was released on bail on Monday. In court in Famagusta, ...

The Limassol criminal court on Monday saw a tussle taking place involving a relative of one of the two defendants in the double homicide case in Ypsonas last year. Marios ...

The villages of Paliometocho and Kokkinotrimithia joined the Nicosia water board on Monday. Their collaboration was finalised following the signing of contracts by Nicosia assistant district officer Andreas Hadjipakkos and ...

Restoration works on former Turkish Cypriot homes on Piale Pasha street in Larnaca have been completed, the town’s municipality announced on Monday. The works pertained to improvements to the ...

Interest in the subsidy plans for purchasing electric vehicles has surged since the opening of the application process last Saturday, according to data released by the department of road transport. ...

Former President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday welcomed the appointment of Gabrielle Louise McIntyre, who is meant to investigate corruption claims against him which were written in a book. The anti-corruption ...

An increasing number of customers are using the Bank of Cyprus’ digital channels, for both banking and insurance products, leading to a large increase in digital sales of insurance plans, ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of robbing six asylum seekers who had been smuggled with his help from Turkey to northern Cyprus. In court, ...

A 29-year-old man appeared in court in Paphos on Monday as part of the police’s investigation into a large quantity of drugs found in the village of Emba last ...

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) on Monday released a statement expressing concern about the island’s tourism prospects for 2024, highlighting significant challenges ahead. During a recent session, the ...

In a flight of imagination, ALIX NORMAN asks AI to imagine what the places of Cyprus would look like as humans If Limassol was human, what would we see? For ...

Turgay Avci, chairman of the north’s higher education standards authority (Yodak), insisted on Monday that his own degree is real. Avci had faced allegations that his degree, which he ...

The Cyprus Mail’s Souzana Psara recently spoke with Genia Boustany, director of Poseidonia Hotel, about its sustainability journey, focusing on its transition to a circular operating model. In January 2022, ...