Cyprus

Opposition party Disy called for the issue of lawyers taking advantage of migrants to be discussed at the house interior committee, in a letter sent to parliament on Friday, after ...

Audit office spokesman Marios Petrides on Friday accused the interior ministry of “flouting” the recommendations of the audit office, amid discussions on the latter’s report on the golden visa ...

The first Cyprus-Greece Intergovernmental Summit took place in Athens on Friday, headed by the heads of state of both countries, who discussed the escalating crisis unfolding in the Middle East, ...

In a display of solidarity, around 15 demonstrators gathered for a peaceful sit-in in front of the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, drawing attention to the ongoing crisis in Gaza. The sit-in, ...

The forestry department on Friday took ownership of six new drones. Two of the drones were donated by online trading platform Exness Global Ltd, while the remaining four were acquired ...

Labour unions Pasydy and Peo on Friday agreed to pursue improved wages for hourly government staff in the context of the renewal of the collective agreement for 2022-2024. According to ...

House President Annita Demetriou called on the government to take measures to alleviate the cost of living for retirees on Friday. Demetriou was speaking to the House of Elders and ...

In the ongoing investigation around the death of National Guard officer Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was found under a bridge in Alassa in 2005, his family is in search of ...

Opposition ‘MPs’ in the north called on ‘parliament speaker’ Zorlu Tore to resign on Thursday evening during rising tensions surrounding the ‘state’ budget. The controversy arose as ‘parliament’s’ finance ...

The basic pension rate is set to increase by four per cent from the beginning of the new year, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Friday. Panayiotou was addressing the ...

Larnaca Criminal Court absolved and acquitted a 49-year-old Colombian shaman, in the prima facie stage, being charged for prescribing a harmful substance to a Lithuanian permanent resident of Cyprus, which ...

By Andri Agathokleous Socio-emotional learning and wellbeing in early childhood education are attracting growing attention, as researchers continuously emphasise their drastic benefits for children at the start of, and across, ...

By Dr Andreas Anagiotos Nicosia General Hospital, under the State Health Services Organisation (Okypy), houses the sole interdisciplinary skull base team in Cyprus. This highly-specialised unit focuses on the treatment ...

The Cyprus Development Bank (CDB Bank) has been reported to be in discussions with an Armenian banking institution regarding a potential acquisition, following the breakdown of talks with AstroBank, according ...

A man has been jailed for nine years over the manslaughter of 26-year-old Cypriot Ioli Hadjilyra in a park in Brisbane, Australia in 2019. The Daily Mail reported that 38-year-old Bradley ...

Two men, a father and son, were remanded in custody for three days on Friday after beating and stabbing the father’s other sonearlier the same day. Police officer Mustafa ...

High-profile event in Nicosia explores strengthening economic ties between Cyprus and India Eurobank Cyprus hosted a working dinner on Thursday at the Hilton Hotel in Nicosia, featuring top executives from ...

Scores of students from various schools gathered on Friday morning outside Paphos Technical School to protest the expulsion of six students for “delinquent behaviour” earlier in the week. The school’...

A renovated Larnaca Ottoman hamam has been inaugurated as an events space, and called an example of the multicultural character of the city. Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras said the building’...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar slammed the European Union on Friday following the release of the EU-Turkey report on Wednesday. “The EU has become a prisoner of the Greek Cypriot ...

An explosion occurred outside a shop in the Makedonitissa area of Nicosia in the early hours of Friday morning. Police said the explosion occurred at around 2:30am and caused damage ...

The series of events of the Cultural Foundation of the Bank of Cyprus titled Moments of ’23 opens this year with the participatory performance Wildflowers in the City, on Saturday at 11...

In today’s episode, a court decision awarding over €780,000 to a depositor who lost his Laiki Bank savings due to the 2013 ‘haircut’ ignited a wave of reactions. Meanwhile, President Nikos ...

A 39-year-old resident Famagusta arrested for a slew of burglaries and thefts under investigation will appear before the district court on Friday. According to police, the man is suspected of ...