Cyprus News

The Christmas Village at Ayia Napa Marina is back and it promises to be bigger and more magical than ever. From Saturday to December 30, the marina will transform into a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday welcomed Cyprus’ revised long-term rating from stable to positive by international ratings agency Fitch, saying it was an acknowledgment of the government’s planning. He ...

Alix Norman meets the man who’s single-handedly caring for the island’s most frequently abandoned animals, and discovers how desperately he needs help ‘We currently have absolutely zero volunteers! ...

The adoption of circular economy practices by Cypriot hotels is essential for bolstering the competitiveness and resilience of Cyprus’ tourism sector, stated Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis. Moreover, Koumis ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber this week expressed deep concern over recent assaults by paramilitary forces in Yemen on commercial vessels passing through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. ...

Cyprus experienced a significant deceleration in inflation in November 2023, dropping to 1.7 per cent compared to the previous November, marking the lowest rate in the past three months. This decrease was ...

President Nikos Christodoulides set a goal on Friday for the agriculture sector to produce five per cent of Cyprus’ gross domestic product. The sector is currently worth three per cent ...

Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) will operate all school bus routes on Monday, the company announced on Friday, saying it has received all automatic fire-extinguishing systems. The company added that it ...

President Nikos Christodoulides held on Friday evening a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres focusing on the Cyprus issue, the Turkish violations in the buffer zone as well ...

Parliament on Friday passed a bill requiring employers to provide suitable seating for the thousands of workers currently required to stand for long hours in jobs where they could actually ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday kept mum about his conversation with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis following a visit to Athens by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking after visiting the ...

The attorney-general’s (AG) request to add in a new witness in the inquest over the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou was rejected in court on Friday, with the ...

Environmental organisations lambasted the agriculture ministry again on Friday for failing to conduct works properly for Akamas and instead choosing to invite them to visit the site to see the ...

Two exhibitions this month will see artists showcase their work. In Limassol, Morfi Gallery welcomes Ludmila Budanov’s artworks as she presents an ongoing exhibition that will run until December 12. ...

EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides was given an honorary doctorate from the University of Reading in the UK on Friday. According to a statement, the decision to award Kyriakides an ...

Cyberattacks against the government pose as the biggest risk to the Cypriot economy, while the mass influx of migrants and deteriorating climate change conditions make up remaining top three risks, ...

A total of 55 families will receive support from Larnaca’s food bank ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities. There are still more applications pending however, which may see ...

An official complaint has been filed to police on Friday by state health services organisation (Okypy), after a woman complained that a nurse had locked her husband in a hospital ...

President Nikos Christodoulides outlined his plans for the elderly, including plans for a national strategy and a national action plan, on Friday. Christodoulides was addressing the European political conference on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides heralded the bundle of bills voted into law in parliament tackling foreclosures on Friday, saying it marked “a milestone for the fiscal stability and financial outlook of ...

There was yet another delay in the trial of Sefer Bugra Altundag on Friday, who stands accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur. The case had most ...

The competition commissioner’s appointment was deemed legal by an appeals court on Friday, sparing the body a slew of complications. According to a statement by the attorney-general’s office ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met with the Bank of Cyprus Oncology centre’s chairman of the board Christos Triantafyllidis on Friday to discuss solutions to the centre’s financial deficits. The ...

The government will commission a study on how to streamline the state payroll to reflect international and European standards, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday, as he discussed the ...