Cyprus

The department of pharmacology at the University of Cyprus (UCy) is collecting unwanted medicines from the public, assistant medical school professor Nikolas Dietis, said on Friday. The unwanted medicines – expired ...

The Cyprus cheesemakers’ association is to hold an extraordinary general meeting on Friday to discuss “measures to be taken” regarding the “critical situation” regarding forthcoming adjustments to the ratio of ...

Parties across the political spectrum have supported the government’s recent raft of measures aimed at helping people through the cost-of-living crisis. Disy, Akel, Diko, Depa, the Greens, Edek, and ...

The headquarters of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce (Keve) was attacked with red paint on Thursday night. Workers arriving at the building on Friday morning were confronted by the walls, ...

Ed Sheeran is to perform in Cyprus as part of his upcoming world tour. While the exact date is yet to be confirmed, it is expected that he will perform ...

Police investigations into the north’s fake prescription scandal will be completed within 10 days, ‘labour minister’ Sadik Gardiyanoglu said on Thursday. Speaking in a television interview, he said: “Police have ...

Repatriation is underway of over one hundred Turkish Cypriots from Gaza, authorities in the north announced on Friday. Information provided by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister, Ahmet Yildiz, put the number ...

National flag carrier Cyprus Airways on Friday released a report revealing its traffic results for the month of September 2023, with the airline having transported a total of 48,560 passengers during this ...

The Larnaca 2030 European Capital of Culture committee announced on Friday the launch of a bio design festival. In its statement the organisation explains that “bioengineering concerns the use of biological ...

The electricity transmission operators of both Cyprus and Greece signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the provision of technical services from Greece to Cyprus in view of the forthcoming EuroAsia ...

A parade of Ferrari cars will take over central Nicosia’s Makarios avenue this Saturday for a good cause. As part of the Drive For a Purpose with Ferrari event, ...

Best known for his song Lady in Red, British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Chris de Burgh will perform a concert in Limassol later this month, gathering fans for an evening of ...

In today’s episode, the government announced the reinstatement of the electricity subsidy as part of a raft of measures aimed at helping people through the cost-of-living crisis. Elsewhere, Cyprus ...

The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) received a donation of €75,000 from the Turkish Cypriot community. According to a CMP announcement this latest donation on Wednesday, brings the total ...

Coordinated action is needed to deal with possible new flows of refugees because of the Hamas-Israel war, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said at the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council ...

Paphos district court issued a one-day detention order on Thursday against a person for an alleged impersonation case at Paphos airport. According to the police, on October 19 at 4.40pm a ...

The path to sustainable tourism involves the fusion of technology and the preservation of cultural heritage, stated Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis, during his speech at the 16th International ...

Friday will be partly cloudy with isolated afternoon rains, mainly in the mountains, the interior and the east. Temperatures will rise to 28C in the interior and the coasts, and ...

Wildlife protection NGOs have warned that Cyprus’ Griffon Vulture population could be wiped out unless much more is done to stamp out poison baits. The dire warning from BirdLife Cyprus, ...

A peaceful protest for solidarity with the Palestinian people was held near the Israeli embassy in Nicosia on Thursday evening, monitored by a heavy police presence. The event was organised ...

Secret service (KYP) agents will be exempt from speed limits under certain conditions, under a law passed by parliament on Thursday. Vehicles operated by KYP will be allowed to go ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Yasemi Ozturk called for the north’s Jewish Centre to be closed on Thursday. Ozturk, who belongs to governing party UBP, said she would contact the relevant ...

Cyprus cheesemakers’ association chairman Marios Constantinou said the Agriculture Ministry has instructed producers to “abolish” goat’s and sheep’s milk halloumi on Thursday. “What we have been told by ...

Three of the suspects in the north’s ongoing “anti-prostitution operation” reappeared in court on Friday, with one released on bail and the other remanded in custody. One of the ...