Cyprus

In today’s episode, four new ministers are expected to take up their duties on Wednesday, following President Nikos Christodoulides partial and widely anticipated cabinet reshuffle. In other news, there ...

Fatal traffic accidents in the Paphos district increased in 2023, compared to the previous year, assistant police chief, Michalis Nikolaou, said on Tuesday. Nikolaou said the increase was slight, with a ...

Netflix (NFLX.O) has defeated a lawsuit filed by shareholders in a federal court in California that accused the streaming entertainment company of hiding the extent to which account-sharing was ...

On Tuesday increased cloud cover will bring isolated rains mainly in the west, the mountains, and on the south coast. Dust will be observed in the atmosphere from time to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has attended the inauguration of a revamped permanent exhibition space for the British Period at Nicosia’s Leventis municipal museum, praising the institution for its 40-year-long contribution ...

In an official announcement by the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare, the Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities informed recipients of the monthly Blind and the Severe Mobility ...

According to a report released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), in November 2023, Cyprus witnessed a notable 1.6 per cent increase in retail trade volume compared to October. This positive trend ...

The Cyprus Consumers Association on Monday warned of a continuous increase in the number of complaints it has received, pointing to a notable surge compared to previous years. In a ...

EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ylva Johansson will visit Cyprus on Tuesday to discuss migration management as well as the implementation of the EU Action Plan for the Eastern Mediterranean ...

The UN Secretary-General’s newly-appointed personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, is expected to arrive this week in New York, where she is to hold a series of ...

Police said on Monday they arrested 13 persons for illegal employment and illegal work during sweeps at several premises across the island over the weekend. The police checks took place in ...

Political party CTP in the north on Monday finally weighed in on the arrest of Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat, whose wife is a CTP ‘MP’, following Kursat’s arrest ...

Journalists should not be targeted in conflict flashpoints, the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Cyprus said on Monday, following the death of three more journalists in Gaza a ...

A man appeared in court on Monday accused of stealing a lorry and driving it to the north but told the court he was “too drunk to be able to ...

The roads being built in Akamas are not wider than originally planned, the outgoing head of the forestry department Charalambos Alexandrou said on Monday, in a swansong statement on the ...

The short-term outlook for the economy is a positive one, but risks could loom in the longer term, the Fiscal Council said on Monday. Michalis Persianis, chair of the Fiscal ...

A 44-year-old man suspected of manslaughter following a car accident that killed four people on New Year’s day will be sent to criminal court for trial, Limassol District Court ...

The two men who killed 45-year-old Ayca Alav in Nicosia’s walled city are still on the run, police inspector Huseyin Zaifer told a court in the north on Monday. ...

There is “no disagreement” between President Nikos Christodoulides and political party leaders on the Cyprus problem, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. Speaking after a National Council meeting held ...

President Nikos Christodoulides replaced four of his ministers on Monday in a partial reshuffle that had been widely anticipated. Effective from Wednesday, Vasilis Palmas will take over from Michalis Giorgallas ...

A bill which would have legalised conscientious objection in the north was rejected by a majority vote in ‘parliament’ on Monday. The bill, which had been put forward by opposition ...

From the Paphos campaign that saved an animal sanctuary to the Limassolian who climbed K2, ALIX NORMAN looks at our island’s small wins over the last 12 months Globally, 2023 was ...

The Larnaca criminal court sentenced a man to 15 years in prison on Monday, for having attempted to import a total of 36 kilogrammes of cannabis into Cyprus. The man, a 47-year-old ...

High budget entertainment came at us from all directions in 2023, but it wasn’t a winner for everyone says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Who won? Who lost? Which service achieved its yearly ...