Cyprus

A tremor was felt in Cyprus on Monday afternoon, mainly in Larnaca, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Twitter. A 2.5 magnitude earthquake was felt in Larnaca on Monday afternoon, ...

By Elias Hazou and Jonathan Shkurko Opposition parties on Monday kept up the pressure on the government over its unpopular decision to scrap subsidies on electricity and on fuel, while ...

Diaspora parents should “ensure their children learn the Turkish language, history, culture and traditions,” Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said this weekend. Speaking at the Turkish Cypriot cultural festival in ...

The European Commission is set to raise concerns over Cyprus’ justice system in its Rule of Law report set to be published later this month. In a teaser article on ...

Cancer and STD causing human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination is now being offered free of charge to those under 19, medical services director Elisavet Constantinou said on Monday. More awareness needs ...

A group of young Muslims marched along the coastal Poseidonos Avenue in Kato Paphos on Sunday afternoon adding their voice to international anger after a protester burnt a copy of ...

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Colin Stewart, departs for the US on Monday where he is expected to brief ...

In a few days, old town Nicosia will fill with street food carts, cocktail bars and DJs as the 5th Epic Street Fest takes place. The streets near the new ...

In today’s episode, an autopsy today is expected to establish the exact cause of death of a six-year-old girl late on Saturday afternoon in a jet ski accident on ...

Four people have died as a result of a head-on traffic collision which took place in the north this morning. The incident happened at 3:40am on the road between Kyrenia ...

Police in Nicosia on on Sunday arrested a man suspected of dealing in stolen jewellery. According to police, between July 1 and 2 a resident reported that unknown people had broken into ...

Four men were remanded for eight days on Monday for enabling illegal migrants, setting off from Syria, to enter the Republic. According to police, members of the coast guard identified ...

Police have arrested a 47-year-old man for an investigated a case of burglary and theft in Paphos. According to police, the owner of an apartment complex on Saturday reported that ...

Police on Monday are looking for the assailant of a man injured in a bar fight in Paphos. According to police, the 54-year-old victim was injured on Saturday shortly after 8.30...

On Monday after dispersal of the local thin cloud, the weather will turn mostly clear. Temporarily increased cloud cover after noon in the mountains may lead to isolated showers. Winds ...

By Charles Ellinas The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has just published the 2023 edition of its annual ‘Sustainable Development Report’, and it does not make good reading for Cyprus. ...

‘We want to try to tell the Cypriots who we are and where we are coming from’ “Music is a worldwide language,” says Maria Demosthenous. “Its biggest strength is its ...

British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq exceeded the limits and spoke in a hostile manner, ‘foreign minister’ in the north Tahsin Ertugruloglou told Kibris. The comments considered unacceptable were made by ...

Customers who refuse to download the apps say they are discriminated against Smartphones may be pervasive – that extra appendage we never knew needed – but there is a still a significant ...

After evaluating a tip off from Europol, members of the police’s electronic crime unit on Sunday arrested a 56-year-old man. According to information, the man had in his possession/...

Cyprus and global banking sectors are facing a cocktail of challenges that lead to radical change, banking expert Chris Davis told the Cyprus News Agency on Sunday, underlining that enhancing ...

Residents of the beachside Sotira community help a demonstration on Sunday over proposed changes to the area, closing the exit off the highway leading to Ayia Thekla and Sotira. “We ...

By Patricia Jordan ‘High summer’ in the garden here brings out the amazing flowers of tropical and semi-tropical trees. If you live along the coastline then you will be able ...