Cyprus News

By Andria Kades and Jonathan Shkurko The fire raging since 9.50am on Wednesday in the Limassol state forest, between the villages of Vasas Kellakiou and Asgata, has been brought under ...

The EU Commission on Wednesday sent a reasoned opinion to Cyprus for failing to correctly incorporate EU legislation that covers money laundering and financial interests. An announcement details that Cyprus, ...

London-based investment fund Helikon Investments Limited has raised its stake in the Bank of Cyprus, according to an announcement by the bank. The Italian investment fund disclosed that its voting ...

Levels of dust in Cyprus’ atmosphere are not expected to reach the levels seen in Greece in recent days, the met office said on Wednesday. “Some of the [dust] cloud ...

The Internal Audit Service chief Anna Zavou-Christoforou said on Wednesday she had “no other choice” but to report auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides for “inappropriate behaviour”. Her statements on the state broadcaster ...

A woman reportedly made a failed attempt to run for the European Parliament during Wednesday’s official candidacy announcements. The woman arrived at the Filoxenia conference centre in Nicosia and ...

A massive gap in mutual understanding between the state and the managing consortium seems to be at the core of the stalled multibillion Larnaca port and marina project, with the ...

The new official residence being constructed for Ersin Tatar is a “symbol of the strength of the TRNC’s democracy”, Turkish Ambassador in Nicosia Metin Feyzioglu said on Tuesday. Speaking ...

Catching up with friends is always a delight. Going to a restaurant for an Asian fine dining experience is an added bonus. We headed to Kiku Asian in Paralimni, which ...

The Easter stipend for low-income pensioners will increase to €250, President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting. He specified the measure would be very important for around 13,500 low-income ...

Hellenic Bank is reportedly on the verge of finalising a deal with French insurer CNP Assurances to acquire its insurance operations in Cyprus, it emerged on Wednesday. Citing sources within ...

The Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education is set to implement a project aimed at linking the country’s higher education with the labour market, according to ...

Awareness of Lyme Disease is growing around the world, but it can still be difficult to get a diagnosis By Dina Gavarieva More than 14 per cent of the world’s ...

British bases police and customs officers, in cooperation with Cyprus police, made multiple arrests in a pre-Easter festivities clampdown, it was announced on Wednesday. “In two of the five planned ...

The Cyprus International Theatre Festival opens on Monday with the premier of Apocalypse Tomorrow by the Berlin-based company Kirill & Friends created by theatre director, filmmaker and Cannes winner Kirill ...

In today’s episode, the audit office said it is ready to deal with any steps from the legal service aimed at removing auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides from his post. Meanwhile, ...

Political parties on Wednesday officially announced their candidates for June’s European Parliament elections. The announcements were made one after another at Nicosia’s Filoxenia conference centre. Disy leader Annita ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 39-year-old man on Tuesday, for an investigated case of burglary and theft from a warehouse in Tala. According to the police, on Saturday a 30-year-old ...

Paphos police on Tuesday arrested a 35-year-old man for investigated case of illegal possession of burglary tools and a knife. According to police, officers stopped a car in which three ...

Investigations are continuing on Wednesday into the daylight shooting of a man on a busy road in Nicosia while the incident has rekindled reprovals over police ineffectiveness. The victim was ...

From forest conservation to the circular economy By Martin Clark At a national, European-wide or international level, environmental policy is usually reactive. It comes about due to an acute problem-generated ...

The Paphos municipality has informed consumers that it is investigating complaints submitted about high water bills on Wednesday. According to the municipality’s announcement, the high bills sent to approximately 450 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday addressed the Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev), during the federation’s annual general meeting, where he reiterated the government’s support for the local ...

Wednesday will be partly cloudy and hot, with episodes of dust. Temperatures will rise to 36C inland, 32C on the north and west coasts, 30C on the east and south ...