Cyprus

Officials and farmers said on Tuesday they do not anticipate either a spike in grain prices or immediate shortages after the lapse of the Black Sea grain deal last month. ...

Work has been completed on the excavation of a monumental fortress at the Laona-Palaepaphos ancient site, dating to the Cypro-Classical period (5th–4th c. BC), the antiquities department said on ...

The north’s current ‘labour minister’ Hasan Tacoy announced on Tuesday his intention to challenge ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel for the leadership of the UBP. Speaking in a televised interview, ...

Teens from across the divide met and participated in a Cyprus Friendship Programme intercommunal student camp last week, where they were visited by the deputy British High Commsioner. The camp, ...

Nikos Christodoulides’ presidential campaign office was hit with a €36,000 fine on Tuesday for violating the election rules in the run up to the elections. The fine came from personal data ...

Officials have given assurances that by September Cyprus will do a test run of an ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) register for companies, and that by the end of the year ...

Controversial barbed wire fencing along stretches of the buffer zone may start being removed in September, reports said on Tuesday. The news was welcomed by residents of the impacted villages, ...

Larnaca officials on Tuesday gave the government an ultimatum: either the Koshi landfill stays or the asphalt plant. Both cannot coexist in the same area. Refineries have left parts of ...

The Labour inspection department announced that not a single worker was found to have suffered from heatstroke during the latest heatwave, but said it had received “a small number of ...

The finance ministry on Tuesday reminded municipalities and sewerage boards to prepare their budgets for the first half of 2024 “with prudence and rationality” given the coming transition to the new ...

Turkish Cypriot economists fear a “blow” to the north’s tourism industry after Turkey introduced new regulations on overseas credit card spending for its citizens. On Monday night, Turkey’s ...

BirdLife Cyprus is celebrating the success of artificial nests placed in the area surrounding the village of Androlykou. The nests were placed in the area as it is home to ...

Cyprus’ retail trade boomed in June 2023, with both volume and value seeing a significant increase when compared to the same month in 2022. The Retail Trade Value Index rose by 8.4 per ...

Bilateral relations were underlined on Tuesday as President Nikos Christodoulides met Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman. Christodoulides arrived at the Al Husseiniya palace at around midday and was received ...

One of the biggest music festivals in Cyprus is coming up this week. ELENI PHILIPPOU discovers what’s to come In just a few days, one of the biggest music ...

Cypriot youths have been invited to attend a two-day conference that centres on environmental and climate issues. The 2nd Local Youth Conference on Climate Change in Cyprus (LCOY Cyprus 2023) is ...

There is insufficient lifeguard coverage on Cypriot beaches, labour union Pasyek Peo warned on Tuesday. As the summer season reaches its peak and visitors from both home and abroad flock ...

What if you didn’t need an ATM to ensure you have cash in hand to go about your summer endeavours? What if you could walk into a store, shop ...

Following severe fires in Paphos and the death of a 75-year-old British man who was electrocuted after touching a cable, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday announced improved installations aimed at ...

Fikri Ataoglu, the north’s ‘deputy prime minister’ and ‘tourism minister’, has called for tourism facilities to be built on currently forested areas. Speaking to local television station Bagimsiz TV, ...

The Cypriot forestry department team deployed to Greece to help fight the raging fires returned to the island on Tuesday. The crew was welcomed at Larnaca airport by dignitaries including ...

In an unexpected move, Hellenic Bank on Tuesday announced that chief executive officer Oliver Gatzke will be stepping down from his position a year early. The decision comes after Gatzke ...

A third man arrested as part of an investigation into counterfeit banknotes in Famagusta was remanded in custody for three days on Tuesday. The man, aged 20, was arrested on Monday ...