Cyprus

Paphos district lifeguards have announced a two-hour work stoppage in protest of under staffing and other longstanding issues. In an official statement the lifeguards said they took the decision last ...

Over two dozen kg of beef were confiscated at the Ayios Dometios crossing point by authorities in the north, and an individual was arrested, reports said on Wednesday. According to ...

The Green Party on Wednesday raised the alarm over a large volume of sewage ending up at the Larnaca Salt Lake near the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque. “The sewage has ...

Witnesses have reported bomb attacks and being threatened when called to testify on match fixing allegations, the former member of the sports ethics committee Charis Savvides told the House institutions ...

Yeroskipou municipality was on Wednesday fully geared to appeal a town planning decision greenlighting the construction of a hotel by the archbishopric, in an area brimming with antiquities. The municipality ...

Discussions on the use of police body cams and in cars continued at the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday, with the deputy head of the committee saying they are ...

After a spectacular chamber music festival, the Pharos Arts Foundation returns to its open-air venue The Olive Grove in Delikipos again this summer, to host a concert with the internationally ...

Spyware has been abused in certain EU member states, posing a threat to democracy and the rule of law, Jeroen Lenaers, president of the Pega committee, said on Wednesday. Speaking ...

Cyprus holds the highest proportion of blood donations in terms of population, the Thalassemia International Federation (TIF) said on Wednesday. In an announcement to mark World Blood Donor Day, the ...

In her debut novel writer combines Cyprus’ past with magical realism finds PAUL LAMBIS Sarah Fenwick is no stranger to Cyprus’ music and art scenes. Best known for her soulful ...

A 38-year-old man has been jailed for two years after being found guilty of aiding third country nationals to illegally enter the country, having driven a boat from Syria into ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer agreed on Wednesday on the importance of the EU taking a more active role at the negotiating table once Cyprus talks resume. “...

The significant improvement in the yield margins of yesterday’s issuance of AT1 capital bonds reflects the bank’s transition into a sustainable and profitable banking institution, according to Bank ...

A new bill aimed at clamping down on poaching and preserving the country’s biodiversity has been put forward for public consultation by the interior ministry. The bill sets out ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou is headed to Jerusalem, where on Thursday he will hold meetings with his counterpart, Israeli Energy and Infrastructure Minister, Israel Katz. The focus of the meeting ...

The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on Wednesday handed down a ten-year prison sentence to a 33-year-old woman, after finding her guilty of smuggling of 16.8 kilograms of cannabis. According to a police ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is set to have a call with UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, to discuss developments over a more active role for the EU in resolving ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou questioned President Nikos Christodoulides handling of the Cyprus problem on Wednesday by focusing all his efforts on securing the so called more active involvement of ...

The Mayor of Dherynia, Andros Karagiannis, has claimed that ‘some EU countries are practically supporting Turkey’. Speaking regarding Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s announcement of the planned construction ...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to five months in jail by the Nicosia district court on Tuesday after he was found guilty of violent conduct during a football match between ...

Turkish Cypriot journalists gathered outside the north’s ‘presidential’ palace on Wednesday morning to protest the alleged ejection of journalist Serhat İncirli from the press pack at the palace on ...

But who is Cyprus’ Pan Dragomir? THEO PANAYIDES finds an exuberant and business-like comedian on a roll after daring to do something Pan Dragomir is having a moment – but who ...

In today’s episode, former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos will be put on a sabbatical until his appeal against a guilty sexual assault verdict concludes, the Holy Synod has decided. In ...

Owners of trademark emerge triumphant in cancellation proceedings By Ramona Livera On May 18, 2023 the Cyprus Registrar of Intellectual Property delivered a reasoned decision on an application for the cancellation of ...