Cyprus

Foreign firefighting aircraft began departing from Cyprus on Wednesday, as the fire in the Alassa dam area of Limassol that has been burning since last week has now been put ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu has touted a shift to a ‘presidential’ system, saying he “believes in [it] until the end”. The north has had a parliamentary system ...

The government’s deputy spokesperson Doxa Komodromou has said the ongoing row between health minister Popi Kanari and the ministry’s permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki is an “internal matter for ...

The organised beach in Gialia is not compliant with the restrictions set to protect the turtles that nest on it, it emerged on social media on Wednesday. A series of ...

With a focus on transparency, the 4th Cyprus Forum will be held in Nicosia this September, organised by the Oxygono NGO in collaboration with the Delphi Economic Forum. Held under ...

A high-ranking UN official is expected to visit Cyprus in late August to hold meetings with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...

Limassol municipality on Wednesday opened a call for tenders for a linear park connecting Ayia Sophia and the seafront area, a new project that aims to improve and upgrade the ...

The Bank of Cyprus Group on Wednesday announced an after-tax profit of €220m for the first six months of this year, a five-fold increase on the €43m posted for the ...

Nicosia police on Wednesday said two arrests have been made in relation to attempted arson and car arson. Around 5pm on Tuesday police were alerted that a private vehicle, owned ...

Dozens if not hundreds of unpaid Covid-19 fines are pending in court, while a judge has stated that re-registering the cases would burden the state with unnecessary costs. The issue ...

A Turkish government office has corroborated Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s claims that the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) fabricated a quote after a recent interview. Turkish Presidency’s Communications ...

Potential clashes between football fans were prevented on Tuesday night as the police received unconfirmed information which tipped them off. Footage from football hooligan accounts on social media showed dozens ...

In a journalist and award-winning novelist who follows stories across the continents, THEO PANAYIDES finds a vivacious woman in love with Cyprus Anais Llobet is moving on. This is not ...

The summer heat and an ice-cold beer go hand in hand. Coming up soon are three beer festivals that will take fans to locations in Nicosia and Paphos. Two are ...

In today’s episode, Director of the Forestry Department Charalambos Alexandrou said due to the relentless heatwave this July, the number of fires within the department’s area of responsibility ...

Police on Wednesday arrested on the spot a man, caught stealing from an unconscious 19-year-old on a street in Ayia Napa. According to the police, officers on patrol found the 19...

By Efi Xanthou On July 12, 2023 the European Parliament adopted the Nature Restoration Law. This was excellent news since there was a big push from specific European political parties and lobby ...

US Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Robert Menendez, is expected to visit Cyprus to address the Cyprus diaspora conference to be held in Nicosia. Head of ...

Electrical interconnections have a critical role to play in our collective efforts to achieve climate neutrality, according to Andreas Poullikkas, Chairman of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA). Poullikkas explained ...

Police arrested a 49-year-old man on Tuesday, to facilitate investigations into a case of theft in Paphos. A bather noticed the 49-year-old stealing his bag from the beach. According to ...

Wednesday will be mostly clear after initial low morning clouds. Temperatures will rise to 38C in the interior, 31C on the west coast, 33C on the remaining coasts and to 30...

The Central Bank of Cyprus on Tuesday announced that in July 2023, a total of 36 bounced cheques amounting to €112,717 were issued, contributing to the addition of 18 entities (11 legal and 7 natural persons) ...

Vehicle registrations in Cyprus witnessed an extraordinary surge during the first seven months of the year, with a notable 27.9 per cent increase in overall registrations between January to July 2023. The ...

The full results of the 2021 census will be ready by March 2024, a Statistical service (Cystat) representative said on Tuesday, meaning they will meet a hard deadline set by the European ...