Cyprus

Police in the Nicosia district on Thursday arrested a man and a woman over a string of knifepoint robberies at kiosks. A total of three kiosk heists were reported in ...

The man accused of setting fire to Paphos’ municipal Christmas tree will remain in custody pending his trial. The man, aged 39, appeared in court on Thursday to be told of ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is to travel to Slovenia on Friday on the invitation of his Slovenian counterpart Tanja Fajon. While in Slovenia, Kombos is set to discuss matters including ...

Snow is expected to fall on the highest peaks of the Troodos mountain range again on Friday. Temperatures in the mountains are expected to stay below five degrees Celsuis all ...

The United Kingdom is on Friday using its Akrotiri base on the island to conduct bombing raids in Yemen, forcing the government to clarify that Cyprus was not involved in ...

The latest figures published by the Cyprus Statistical Service (CSS) indicate a notable surge in both construction output and construction producer prices profits. Both construction output and construction producer prices ...

Businesses which for one reason or another were unable to update their records regarding their ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) have asked authorities to relax the rules temporarily so that they ...

There are a million people living in the north, ruling coalition party DP ‘MP’ Serhat Akpinar said on Thursday. Speaking on Kuzey Kibris TV, he said “we have now reached ...

Lawmakers on Thursday excoriated the government for having gone along with a French initiative that would have let authorities to spy on journalists in new EU legislation coming down the ...

State officials blatantly looked the other way to allow a Limassol fish farm to operate illegally for 15 years, and it is only now being investigated for money laundering allegations, high-level ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday issued a ruling permitting the government spokesman and the undersecretary to the president to be present at sessions of the cabinet, provided they absent ...

By Jean Christou The budget of the Cyprus Addiction Treatment Authority has been increased by €600,000 for 2024 MPs heard on Thursday. However, some raised concerns that several addiction prevention programmes had ...

The newly formed cabinet convened for the first time on Thursday, ratifying the new deputy ministry position for European Affairs and approving a lump sum to subsidise low-income individuals for ...

Much-respected Lania-based artist Michael Owen passed away on January 4 after being badly injured in a car accident just before Christmas. Known principally as a landscape painter and regarded as Cyprus’ ...

A Chinese man who was on the Interpol Red list was declared persona non grata in the north on Thursday after attempting to apply for ‘citizenship’. The man, aged 54, who ...

Junior Achievement Cyprus (JA Cyprus) is launching its JA StartUp, which is aimed at fostering business ideas and innovation among university students in Cyprus, for the fifth consecutive year. It ...

An amount of €5m has been allocated by the government to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint. The support measure aims at encouraging businesses to reduce greenhouse emissions and was ...

Elam have been declared a terrorist organisation in the north, following the publication of the north’s annual list of illegal terrorist organisations on Thursday. They were one of several ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday defended his evidently loaded speech during the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet and commissioners. During Wednesday’s ceremony, he told new appointments: “close your ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said on Thursday that there are two separate states in Cyprus and there is no need to try things that had been tried repeatedly. Opening ...

The ongoing clashes between Attorney General George Savvides and Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides will be discussed at the parliamentary institutions committee, where two of the country’s top officials will ...

Third-division football club Geroskipou FC, based in the village of Yeroskipou, near Paphos, has reported on Thursday the existence of fake profiles on social media platforms, namely Facebook and Instagram, ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides was elected as one of the directors of the European office of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) on Thursday. Established in 1978, the IOI is the only global ...

Commissioner of State Aid, Stella Michaelidou, approved the “RESTART 2016 – 2020 Programs for Research, Technological Development, and Innovation of the Research and Innovation Foundation.” The total budget for this, until the end ...