Cyprus

With the arrival of November, the Nicosia International Festival enters its fifth week, with classical music, a Cypriot band’s debut album and a special concert celebrating the 100 years of ...

Police in Paphos on Thursday arrested a 39-year-old man after the theft of electrical construction machinery. According to the police, the theft was reported on October 23 by the 55-year-old owner ...

In today’s episode, the retail price of petrol has dropped by 8.33 cents per litre after the House of Representatives unanimously passed a law to slash fuel duty on Thursday. ...

The Mesa Potamos to Platres road will be closed from for five days starting next week, the Forestry Department has announced. According to the announcement, the road will be closed ...

The Cyprus hunting association (Kok) on Friday called for respect of the rules as the hunting season for endemic game is set to begin on Sunday. In an announcement, the ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old man who had been wanted for burglary and theft. According to the police, the 22-year-old is allegedly involved in a case of breaking into ...

The University of Cyprus’s Economics Research Centre (CypERC) this week revised its projections for the country’s real GDP growth downward for 2023, citing various challenges and uncertainties. The centre’...

The City of Dreams Mediterranean has been honoured with the title of the world’s best new luxury resort-casino at the Seven Stars Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Awards 2023 (SSLHLA). In ...

Friday will be partly cloudy at times with light morning rains possible in the west and northwest. In the afternoon isolated rains are expected in the mountains and the eastern ...

Electricity subsidies and financial assistance for photovoltaic installation have started being provided to people with laryngeal cancer thanks to the advocacy of a local charity. The association of cancer patients ...

The transport minister was granted the power to implement ultra-low emissions zones (ULEZ) in Cyprus, after a bill was passed into law in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci called on Thursday for a merger between the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (LTB) and the neighbouring municipality in Kioneli and Yerolakkos. Speaking to Kibris Postasi ...

The trial of Kenan Ayaz, who stands accused of being a member of proscribed terrorist organisation the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), is set to begin in the German city of ...

The government will be ready to implement a programme for prostate cancer screening in the first three months of next year, Dipa MP Michalis Giakoumi said on Thursday. Giakoumi was ...

Four people and two companies have been included on the latest list of entities sanctioned by the United States due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The list was published ...

The retail price of petrol has dropped by 8.33 cents per litre after the House of Representatives unanimously passed a law to slash fuel duty on Thursday. The reduced fuel tax ...

House President Annita Demetriou called on Turkey to “contribute” to the search for missing persons in Cyprus on Thursday. She said the House of Representatives expresses its “undivided support for ...

Public hospitals will be able to effectively handle increased needs for treatment linked to the conflict in the Middle East, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Thursday. In a meeting ...

The President of the European Investment Bank, Werner Hoyer, is set to make an official visit to Cyprus on Monday. Hoyer will be joined on the island by the newly ...

House President and Disy party leader Annita Demetriou has called for Syria to be classed as a safe country, so that Cyprus can send back Syrian asylum seekers. In a ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou presented awards on Thursday to schools which employ the “content and language integrated learning” (CLIL) approach for second and other language education. A total of 85 primary ...

House President Annita Demetriou met on Thursday with a delegation from the Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek). Etek’s delegation was made up of its chairman Konstantinos Konstanti and director ...

Fifty refugee families were almost kicked out of an Ayia Napa hotel they were staying at and put on the street, after their government regulated stay there had expired, and ...

A 57-year-old Australian man has been charged with engaging in sexual intercourse with a child in an abandoned beach in Protaras following international police cooperation. The two are blood relatives ...