Cyprus

Household hazardous waste collection units will be temporarily operating in Limassol and Paralimni, it was announced on Thursday. According to the municipalities’ announcement, the purpose of the initiative is to ...

Police on Wednesday arrested three people in Larnaca suspected after they were caught driving with cocaine and cannabis in their vehicle. According to the police, the men, aged 19, 22, were arrested ...

Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli on Wednesday said that Cyprus’ role as a prominent, internationally recognised maritime centre will be further enhanced in the coming year. Speaking to the ...

Thursday will be mostly clear with temperatures rising to 21C in the interior, 22C on the coasts and 13C in the higher mountains. Winds will be mainly north-westerly to north-easterly, ...

Consulting and advisory firm PwC Cyprus recently announced that it successfully organised an event entitled “A New Reporting Obligation on VAT” at its state-of-the-art experience centre. The event focused on ...

The scheduled route of the British naval vessel identified as RFA Lyme Bay, which was tasked with transporting humanitarian aid to Gaza via Cyprus was changed due to security concerns, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday paid tribute to the former President of the European Commission Jacques Delors, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 98. In a post on ...

A 59-year-old was arrested in Nicosia on Wednesday after members of the drug squad Ykan found five strips of paper allegedly infused with a synthetic drug in his car. Additionally, ...

Deputy Shipping Minister Marina Hadjimanolis on Wednesday said that in light of recent attacks carried out by the Iran-aligned Yemeni Houthi militant group on ships in the Red Sea, the ...

A tragic incident took place near Stoke-on-Trent in central England on Christmas Eve resulting in the death of 62-year-old Cypriot national, Charalambos Nicolaou. Accompanied by his 17-year-old daughter, Nicolaou was ...

Teachers should have the right support from the government to streamline any changes that can improve the education sector, head of the primary school teachers’ union Poed, Myria Vasiliou, said ...

A 58-year-old prison guard who was arrested in possession of drugs while driving to his shift has been suspended from his post, media reported on Wednesday. This concerns the second ...

The secret services of Turkey, Germany, or both, are accused of orchestrating an “attack” against Kenan Ayaz, according to his team, after one of his lawyers reported that his laptop ...

There was a notable rise of 6.2 per cent in the average gross monthly earnings of employees in Cyprus during the third quarter of 2023, totalling €2,224, compared to €2,094 in the same period ...

By Richard Boxall A run feast in brilliant late December weather at Ypsonas resulted in a first tournament win for Markhor Cricket Club after they overcame a battling Royal team ...

Sixty people, mostly elderly, are being treated in public hospitals for Covid-19 at the moment, while there is a constant flow of patients with infections, state health services organisation (Okypy) ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he had nothing to do with a slew of allegations implicating him in a $50 million bribery scandal, it emerged on Wednesday, as he ordered ...

This year, Cyprus recorded 33 fatalities in traffic accidents, police said on Wednesday, urging drivers to be cautious. The data spans from the beginning of the year until Wednesday, six days ...

After 18 years of life, The Lazy Dragon emerged from his cave a year ago and landed together with his creator George Hadjipieris, at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre where he performed ...

Cypriots were out and about in the shops over the holidays but there was no significant uptick in Christmas purchases, other than at supermarkets, the head of the small shopkeepers ...

Larnaca municipality managed to procure over €30 million from European funds, and a massive revamp of the city and municipality are underway, Mayor of Larnaca, Andreas Vyras, said on Wednesday. “The ...

Forgetting the obvious operatic association when you say to your friends, ‘Let’s meet at Don Carlo’, you run the risk of sounding like you are in an episode of ...

The paediatric ward at Makarios Hospital is 90 per cent full with children suffering with respiratory infections, the department chief Dr Avraam Elias said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

By Richard Boxall The two semi finals of the Cyprus Autumn T20 Cup, played on the same ground and same day, provided a stark contrast to each other. In both ...