Cyprus

Two people were remanded in custody for eight days on Monday after being found with almost 40 kilograms of cannabis and cocaine on Sunday. The pair appeared in court in Paphos ...

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air celebrated its six millionth passenger to either take off from or land at Larnaca airport on Monday. The airline gave a travel voucher to the ...

An engineer who was arrested on Friday in Turkey as part of the ongoing Isias hotel case was released on bail on Monday. Mehmet Goncuoglu was caught on Friday in ...

Spending by tourists between January and May has surpassed the figures for 2019, according to data released by the Statistical Service on Monday and showing that 2023 is set to be a ...

Using Cyprus as his inspiration, one designer is putting the island on the map by turning plastic bottles into in demand scarves finds NIKI CHARALAMBOUS Although Michalis Pantelidis has been ...

Police on Monday issued another warning about phone scams, where people receive calls from unknown persons urging them to invest in get-rich-quick schemes. Using mobile phone numbers starting with 94, 95, 96, 97 and 99, ...

ALIX NORMAN meets a group of people who live firmly in Cyprus’ golden past, and asks why their memories of an island long gone are still so precious These are ...

The time is almost here for the third edition of Larnaca Biennale which will unravel a series of events, exhibitions and artistic happenings throughout the coastal town. From October 11 to ...

Cyprus witnessed a significant surge in private debt during the first quarter of 2023, reaching a staggering 218 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), amounting to €60.1 billion, according ...

Truth is the basis for peace, lawyer and member of non-governmental organisation TruthNOW Achilleas Demetriades stated on Monday. Demetriades, who is spearheading efforts towards the establishment of a truth commission ...

A 40-year-old man on remand for eight days is a “very serious case”, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Monday where the suspect is alleged to have uploaded sexual content ...

Greece and Cyprus have common goals concerning the Cyprus problem both President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday, during the latter’s visit. At a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will visit Jordan and Palestine on Tuesday, an announcement from the presidential palace said on Monday. He will meet Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman along ...

A boat licensed to carry 54 people was used to transport 73 irregular migrants back to Lebanon along with 80 police officers overseeing the operation, the police officers’ association Isotita said on Monday. ...

A small increase in the number of Covid cases in Cyprus has been recorded in the last few days although this is not a cause for concern, the state health ...

British pensioner David Hunter was released from prison on Monday after Paphos criminal court handed him a two-year prison sentence on the count of manslaughter. Taking into account the time ...

In today’s episode, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due in Cyprus on an official visit. One of the main topics on the agenda today will be EU-Turkish relations, ...

While August is the island’s unofficial month of rest and vacation, Technopolis 20 in Paphos continues to provide a rich cultural agenda. Throughout the next month, several happenings will fill ...

A fire in Palaichori was caused by a short circuit at an abandoned water pump that was not meant to be receiving electricity, director of the Forestry Department Charalambos Alexandrou ...

Police on Sunday arrested two men in Paphos for a case of burglary and theft and causing malicious damage. The arrest of the two men, aged 24, was preceded by a ...

Police on Monday are appealing for information that may help locate Menik Sureka Seelangalage, aged 54, from Sri Lanka, who has been missing since 14 July from her home in Larnaca. The 54...

On Monday temperatures are expected to rise following the weekend’s slight respite, and a yellow weather warning has been issued in place from 11am until 5pm. Temperatures will rise ...

The police leadership has sought to allay fears coming from the union Isotita that officers lives were being put in danger when they are required to accompany migrants back to ...

Agrivoltaics seem to offer the perfect solution to the problem of appropriating farmland for solar parks, but are they a nonstarter in Cyprus? As with everything energy-related, things are not ...