Cyprus

Cyprus has the highest number of incarcerated women, amounting to 9.5 per cent of the prison population, the 2022 annual statistics published by the Council of Europe revealed on Tuesday. According to ...

MPs on Tuesday threatened to turn activist and do sit-downs blocking the entrances of ministry buildings, in protest at what they call an ongoing snub by government officials. At the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and CEO of Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni Claudio Descalzi had a “very positive” meeting at the presidential palace on Tuesday. Also present was Energy ...

Three men were remanded for eight days by the Famagusta District Court on Tuesday on suspicion of having aided 50 migrants enter Cyprus illegally. Police said that in the early hours ...

No evidence of criminal wrongdoing has come up in the case of the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, and therefore the state will be taking no more action, the ...

The indictments in the ‘golden passports’ case have been re-filed as promised, attorney-general Giorgos Savvides said on Tuesday. “We said we would, and we did,” Savvides told reporters. Taking questions ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari unveiled a new children’s health awareness campaign on Tuesday called the Children’s Protection Shield. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of ...

The tourism industry faces “important environmental and economic challenges ahead,” President Nikos Christodoulides warned on Tuesday addressing the Cyprus Hoteliers’ Association’s (Pasyxe) general assembly in Nicosia. The current world ...

Days after announcing a venue had been found for the popular AfroBanana festival organisers said on Tuesday the event was on the move again, and will not be held at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday one of his priorities is the establishment of a deputy environment ministry to facilitate the country’s green transition in the coming years. The ...

Economic sentiment in Cyprus experienced a significant improvement in June 2023, as the Economic Uncertainty Index (EUI) dropped to its lowest level in the past three years, according to a report ...

PAUL LAMBIS meets a Byzantine artist creating spiritual masterpieces on the island who is rare because she is both a woman and a foreigner Although born and raised in Holland, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday expressed his satisfaction over the inclusion of the Cyprus problem in the conclusions of the European Council, following the government’s initiative. Despite the fact ...

With tankers blocking central roads in Nicosia, the outraged association of petrol station owners on Tuesday protested unfair competition from illegal imports of fuel from the north as the finance ...

Ten packages of anabolic steroid pills of 100mg each were discovered by customs officials in the trunk of a car driven by a Turkish Cypriot at the Dheryneia checkpoint on ...

The ‘governor’ of the north’s Famagusta district Ozden Keser has denied that a stretch of beach in the region has been closed to the public. He spoke after reports ...

In order to reduce the amount of rubbish seen on Paphos streets, the number of cleaning crews has increased, Head of Sanitary Services at the municipality Christos Christou said on ...

Pledging to support vulnerable groups where needed while maintaining an ardent fiscal policy, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday said he expected more action from banks to absorb increasing interest ...

Tala community leader on Tuesday objected strongly to the characterisation of works undertaken at a lush green spot in the community as an “environmental crime” by community residents. “I wish ...

Police on Tuesday are investigating an explosion in a vehicle parked outside a home in Limassol. The car was parked outside the home of the 53-year-old owner of the vehicle ...

Not only is ‘sexting’ increasingly widespread among minors, but so is possession and dissemination of child porn material, police announced on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBC radio, electronic crime department spokesman, ...

Larnaca has commenced a pilot programme aimed at fighting back against a new invasive and potentially dangerous species of mosquito which has been found in the area. The Aedes aegypti ...

By Richard Boxall Moufflons batsman Roman Mazumder put the Cyprus Super Kings bowlers to the sword at Ypsonas cricket ground in the 2023 CCA BAOFinancial 40 Over Cup. Opening the batting on ...

If it is a different type of weekend activity you are after this event in Nicosia this Sunday is for you. A day dedicated to cleaning and picking up rubbish ...