Cyprus

Ground handlers at Larnaca airport went on an impromptu two-hour strike on Monday, affecting 18 flights throughout the day. Employees of Goldair at the airport stopped working between 10:40am to 12:40pm, ...

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Payouts for rent subsidies as part of the ‘Ktizo’ scheme for refugee housing have already begun, with more set to follow, the government said on Monday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

A man was bitten by a turtle while swimming at the Kato Paphos municipal beach on Monday. The incident happened in the morning in the popular area known locally as ‘...

Police in Ayia Napa arrested three people suspected to be in possession of laughing gas with an intention to sell, authorities reported on Monday. According to police, a woman, 50, ad ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) have said that a further three people were admitted to the Limassol general hospital with heatstroke on Monday, bringing the total number of cases ...

Police in Paphos made two more arrests in connection with investigated cases of thefts of building materials, starting to look like the work of an organised ring. According to CID ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is traveling to Brussels on Monday to participate in a two-day summit and the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). This ...

An accident involving five cars caused both lanes on the Nicosia to Limassol highway to be closed at 9.30am, police announced. The accident happened near the exit to Ayios Tychonas ...

In this episode, a heatwave is expected to start dissipating by Wednesday, with the met office saying that high temperatures will continue Monday. Elsewhere, feverish preparations are underway for the ...

Seven illegal immigrants arrived at Cape Greco by speed boat on Sunday around 10am. Authorities detected the boat initially 11 nautical miles southeast of the headland. The coast guard intercepted the ...

A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a traffic accident that occurred on Sunday in Geroskipou. According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, the accident happened at 6.50pm when a rental ...

Air quality had reverted back to normal levels on Monday afternoon in Geri, after a recycling plant in the area burned to the ground. Earlier in the day, the labour ...

On Monday high temperatures are expected as the heatwave dubbed ‘Cleon’ continues and a yellow weather warning is in place until 6pm, as is a red alert for fire risk. ...

Staff are feverishly preparing for the new school year, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said, explaining that the summer months are especially important to prepare for all the new changes ahead. ...

A paper and plastics recycling factory in the industrial area of Yeri has been destroyed, according to a statement from the Fire Services on Sunday. Specifically, the announcement stated that ...

Architects resign as harbour revamp months behind and contract not followed A baffling combination of incompetence and lack of coordination and controls in the renovation and restoration project of the ...

A 90-year-old man died from heatstroke on Sunday, spokesman of the state health services organisation (Okypy) Pambos Charilaou said, adding that another two elderly people are being monitored for the ...

The WHO warning on the popular sweetener has released a media storm The World Health Organisation’s catergorising of aspartame as a “possible carcinogen” has caused a storm of media ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ move calling for a joint meeting of the anthropological lab of the committee of missing persons (CMP) with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is a good, lawyer ...

Tucked away between Loulla’s clothing boutique and a medical lab in Polis Chrysochous, lies an unassuming gem-of-a-place, the Polis charity bookshop. Operating from its current premises since 2005 (previously out ...

A woman-led youth organisation aspiring ‘to help every girl thrive’ is hosting the biggest ever conference held in Cyprus by volunteers. The Girl Guides Association of Cyprus (GGAC), which provides ...

Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas is in the United States, where he will sign an agreement for the integration of the National Guard of Cyprus into the State Partnership Programme (SPP), ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Constantinos Kombos is traveling to London and Brussels for several engagements to discuss Cyprus and the Cyprus issue as well as EU-Turkey relations, an announcement from the ...