A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
In a man fighting stereotypes, and over a plate of Pakistani kebabs, THEO PANAYIDES finds a hard worker happy to have made Cyprus his home
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Police in Limassol on Wednesday are looking for the owner of a bulldog dog that attacked and injured a 69-year-old woman.
According to the police statement, the 69-year-old reported to ...
“Larnaca has always been an intercultural hub between the West and the East,” say the organisers of an upcoming event that tours the town. “The existence of the port, the ...
In today’s episode, retired British miner David Hunter did everything he could to help his terminally ill wife Janice as her condition deteriorated in the last few years of ...
Police on Tuesday arrested a 43-year-old man in Paphos for a case of theft and dealing in stolen property, and are seeking to establish the whereabouts of a second suspect ...
Police in Paphos on Tuesday took into custody two burglary suspects, found in possession of tools and suspected stolen items.
According to the police, at 6.40pm a tip off was ...
Famagusta police on Tuesday uncovered an improvised nursery in a house garage where cannabis plants were being grown.
According to police statement, at around 4.30pm the drug squad detected the ...
The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) and the Chamber of Commerce of Famagusta this week announced that they will collaborate on the launch of a ‘free university’ initiative in Famagusta.
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An autopsy is to be preformed on Wednesday on the body of the four-year-old boy found dead in a swimming pool in Emba.
According to police spokesman and head of ...
The Cyprus Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Environment is implementing various initiatives to support beekeeping, aiming to improve the general conditions and trade of hive products, according to Minister ...
On Wednesday the weather will initially be mostly clear with gradually increasing cloud cover and local showers and isolated thunderstorms expected, mainly in the highlands, inland and the north. Winds ...
The Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Industry on Tuesday announced that, in collaboration with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) and the state’s Trade Centre in Dubai, ...
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As time passes, the world has gradually become more interconnected, and individuals have developed a keen interest in different cultures and a desire to experience them firsthand. ...
President Nikos Christodoulides met with his predecessor Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace on Tuesday for a “friendly and creative meeting” lasting over an hour.
The two discussed the latest ...
Cyprus must assert itself with a strong voice to the EU in a bid to mitigate the effects of sanctions to businesses on the island, chairman of the House commerce ...
Parliamentarians on Tuesday again rejected one of the government’s proposed appointees to the Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission due to her links to a private company.
The dispute concerns ...
Health Minister Popi Kanari expressed Cyprus’ readiness to collaborate with the World Health Organisation (WHO) partners in safeguarding health and prosperity of citizens on a global level.
Speaking during the ...
The government was on Tuesday forced to rethink its proposal for a ‘basket of goods’ after businesses and MPs gave it the thumbs-down by arguing it may in fact boomerang ...
Early school leavers in Cyprus dropped by three percentage points in the past decade, falling from 11 per cent in 2012 to eight per cent in 2022, Eurostat figures revealed on Tuesday.
This ...
A 41-year-old Cypriot born boss of an investment company was found guilty of fraud by a London court jury earlier this week.
Anthony Constantinou is estimated to have defrauded clients ...
Hiring almost 2,000 employees to the civil service would be a step backward, opposition Disy MP and former finance minister Harris Georgiades said on Tuesday, a day after the House finance ...
Twenty complexes in refugee housing estates have critical stability issues and will need to be evacuated immediately, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday.
He was speaking at a press ...
During his upcoming visit to Berlin, President Nikos Christodoulides will explain in detail to the German Chancellor his proposal about the appointment of an EU envoy on Cyprus, the government ...
SpaceX’s Starlink is ‘coming soon’ to Cyprus with works starting in Q3 of 2023, meaning the public will have even greater market choice in how it accesses the internet.
Cyprus ...