A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
In today’s episode, Deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides delivered a stinging verbal attack on the auditor-general, whom he accused of a deliberate and concerted campaign to blacken his name, vowing ...
The national guard and armed forces on Tuesday will conduct training activities within the Nicosia flight information region (FIR), the Ministry of Defence announced.
The exercises will involve the participation ...
Police on Tuesday arrested an 18-year-old man for theft of money and interference in judicial proceedings.
According to police spokesman and head of Paphos CID Michalis Nikolaou, on February 15, a 30...
One man has been arrested in connection with the most recent episodes of hooliganism by football fans in Limassol, while arrest warrants have been issued against two others who are ...
By George Sklavos
The smooth transition to the digital age is one of the toughest challenges facing the banking sector in Cyprus.
We are living in a time when everything ...
The course and prospects of the Cypriot economy, as well as issues pertaining to EU funds until 2027, took centre stage during a meeting between Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and European ...
On Tuesday the weather will be partly cloudy with local rains and isolated storms expected, mainly in the northern half of the island. The winds will be mainly south-westerly, weak ...
The island’s wines will once again be the focus of attention by international experts at the 14th Cyprus Wine Competition in Limassol this week.
Speaking at a press conference ...
Last year the ‘cabinet’ in the north granted permits for the purchase of real estate to 2,810 foreign nationals, while during the first three months of 2023 alone about 1,000 such permits were ...
Parliamentarians on Monday sounded upbeat that legislation regulating which homes would be eligible for reduced VAT will go to the House plenum for a vote on June 8.
The ‘sweet spot’ – ...
Deputy Culture Minister Michalis Hatzigiannis said on Monday that publication of a woman with a criminal record appointed to work at his ministry is barbaric and distorted.
In his statements, ...
Secondary teachers’ organisations on the island on Monday hailed the education ministry’s decision to scrap mid-term exams.
The education ministry on Monday decided to abolish the mid-term exam and ...
Interior minister Constantinos Ioannou informed on Monday European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas about the migration policy being followed by Cyprus to tackle issues of illegal migration.
Ioannou said that ...
Medical experts and cancer patients alike hope to see new and innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the disease on the island with the inauguration of the Nicola David-Pinedo Cyprus ...
Five young teens were called in for questioning on Monday after police and firefighters uncovered arson attacks across high schools in Limassol.
It is understood that the vandalism centred around ...
Deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides on Monday delivered a stinging verbal attack on the auditor-general, whom he accused of a deliberate and concerted campaign to blacken his name, vowing that he ...
Energy expert Charles Ellinas on Monday brushed aside comments made by Eni CEO, Claudio Descalzi that no EastMed pipeline could be feasible without Turkey, to which the government issued a ...
All students who sat a physics paper that has been mired in outrage will be given full marks for the questions that appear not to have been part of the ...
Local authorities must play a decisive role in the social integration of immigrants and refugees arriving in Cyprus, President of the Union Municipalities and Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras said on ...
Seven traffic cameras were damaged in Limassol by AEL fans who organised a roughly one thousand-strong rally at 5pm on Sunday.
Police detailed that the rally took place ahead of ...
President Nikos Christodoulides will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin later this week where they will discuss the Cyprus problem and the proposal for greater EU involvement in ...
If the walls of Cyprus could speak, they’d be crying out for more than divisive slogans and political graffiti. ALIX NORMAN meets a couple whose larger than life murals ...
The status of the island’s 180-km long buffer zone is clearly set out in resolutions and decision of the UN, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, commenting on recent ...
The new Navtex issued by Turkey is illegal, government spokesperson Constantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday, adding that the national airspace, Flight Information Region (FIR) and maritime area come under the ...