Cyprus

Electricity subsidies and financial assistance for photovoltaic installation have started being provided to people with laryngeal cancer thanks to the advocacy of a local charity. The association of cancer patients ...

The transport minister was granted the power to implement ultra-low emissions zones (ULEZ) in Cyprus, after a bill was passed into law in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci called on Thursday for a merger between the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (LTB) and the neighbouring municipality in Kioneli and Yerolakkos. Speaking to Kibris Postasi ...

The trial of Kenan Ayaz, who stands accused of being a member of proscribed terrorist organisation the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), is set to begin in the German city of ...

The government will be ready to implement a programme for prostate cancer screening in the first three months of next year, Dipa MP Michalis Giakoumi said on Thursday. Giakoumi was ...

Four people and two companies have been included on the latest list of entities sanctioned by the United States due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The list was published ...

The retail price of petrol has dropped by 8.33 cents per litre after the House of Representatives unanimously passed a law to slash fuel duty on Thursday. The reduced fuel tax ...

House President Annita Demetriou called on Turkey to “contribute” to the search for missing persons in Cyprus on Thursday. She said the House of Representatives expresses its “undivided support for ...

Public hospitals will be able to effectively handle increased needs for treatment linked to the conflict in the Middle East, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Thursday. In a meeting ...

The President of the European Investment Bank, Werner Hoyer, is set to make an official visit to Cyprus on Monday. Hoyer will be joined on the island by the newly ...

House President and Disy party leader Annita Demetriou has called for Syria to be classed as a safe country, so that Cyprus can send back Syrian asylum seekers. In a ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou presented awards on Thursday to schools which employ the “content and language integrated learning” (CLIL) approach for second and other language education. A total of 85 primary ...

House President Annita Demetriou met on Thursday with a delegation from the Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek). Etek’s delegation was made up of its chairman Konstantinos Konstanti and director ...

Fifty refugee families were almost kicked out of an Ayia Napa hotel they were staying at and put on the street, after their government regulated stay there had expired, and ...

A 57-year-old Australian man has been charged with engaging in sexual intercourse with a child in an abandoned beach in Protaras following international police cooperation. The two are blood relatives ...

The north’s Chief Police Inspector, Ali Savas Altan, was remanded in custody subject to the beginning of a trial, having been charged with taking bribes. Altan stands accused of ...

Nicosia will receive support for its green and digital transition through its inclusion in a European Commission initiative, the municipality announced on Thursday. The Cypriot capital has been selected to ...

A 34-year-old man who shot and injured another young man in Paphos last month will answer to attempted murder charges on November 16, the criminal court decided on Thursday. Until then, ...

When one young woman left Cyprus for Australia to study she had no idea how long it would take her to feel at home says PAUL LAMBIS In 1972 Anastasia Constanti (...

After two consecutive months of inflationary increases, October has brought signs of moderation in Cyprus’ inflation rate, according to the latest report by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). According to ...

With an e-museum in the making, one Cyprus village is making sure its history is not forgotten finds PAUL LAMBIS In less than a month, seven traditional villages and towns ...

A 56-year-old man found guilty of assisting third country nationals to enter the Republic illegally was sentenced to 24 months in jail on Thursday. Famagusta district court also found the man ...

Giorgos Perdikis on Thursday publicly announced his intention to compete for the leadership post of the Green Party to ‘help bring back unity’. The long-time former leader and MP of ...

Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, responsible for peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, will visit the green line in Pyla and also occupied Famagusta on Thursday. On Wednesday Lacroix met ...