Cyprus

That’s the official line, but the results remain to be seen Big changes are coming down the pipe next year in terms of how people interact with their local ...

Cyprus’ foreign ministry advised Cypriot nationals on Sunday to avoid all travel to Lebanon. In an advisory issued on Sunday, the ministry said it is closely monitoring the situation in ...

A 61-year-old man was remanded in court on Sunday for five days over the attempted murder of a 36-year-old. Paphos district court issued the remand order after police said at 2...

The future of Cyprus’ gas beset by war, COP28 and tough negotiations with Chevron In our region the Israel-Hamas war overshadows most other issues. Right now, it is characterised by ...

Nicosia district court on Sunday remanded two people for five days over an attack against police officers in the capital’s old town. Officers were alerted of a fracas at ...

The government of Cyprus will increase its financial contribution to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) and offer allowances for carers to relatives of those who died or are missing ...

Cyprus has reached out to the EU for help including requesting items such as tents, after 194 migrants arrived to the island’s shores, it emerged on Sunday. The interior ministry ...

The new UN envoy to Cyprus should be seen as the last chance to solve the Cyprus problem, as the island’s division is becoming more entrenched with time, UN ...

Owner of iconic bakery Hurricane in the old city since 1942 says it’s time to retire If tradition had a taste, to some it would be a cheese pie – specifically, ...

A 54-year-old woman was arrested after she was reported to have scammed a lady for almost €20,000 by claiming she was the Nicosia general hospital chief, police said on Sunday. Nicosia ...

The proposed Government budgets for 2024 to 2026 presented to the House of Representatives in early October 2023 are once again self-serving in that the short-term financial and political interests of the decision-making ...

A 68-year-old man suspected of possessing and distributing child pornography was arrested in Famagusta, police said on Sunday. Members of the cybercrime unit received information that a user on a ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting October 23: Cyprus witnessed a significant increase in its government debt-to-GDP ratio at the end of the second quarter ...

And after his comments on the Israel-Gaza crisis this week, Antonio Guterres is no different Israel called for the resignation of the UN Secretary-General (UNSG), António Guterres, last Tuesday, ...

Constantinos Petrides: ‘we are embarking on a similar course that led to the 2013 haircut’ Former finance minister Constantinos Petrides has slammed what he says is the hypocrisy of politicians over ...

A man was rescued by a team from the Larnaca Search and Rescue coordination centre on Saturday after jumping from a cliff at Cape Greco. Coastal and maritime police, as ...

Low-wage civil servants announced on Saturday their intention to strike on Wednesday, demanding increases in pay. The move was made following a consultation with Central government workers’ union Pasydy on ...

A 61-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Saturday after having stabbed a man above the right buttock. He was apprehended at around 10am in the Coral Bay area. The ...

Oxi Day was celebrated on Saturday morning with a parade through the streets of Cyprus’ towns and cities. Schoolchildren, soldiers and others in traditional Greek dress walked to the sound ...

A small aircraft crashed in the village of Marki, in the Nicosia district, on Saturday morning. The Larnaca Search and Rescue Centre said they received information about the crash at ...

Cyprus abstained on Friday night from a United Nations General Assembly vote on a resolution calling for a “sustained humanitarian truce in the Middle East”. The resolution was adopted by ...

A 38-year-old man died on Friday evening after being involved in a bicycle crash in the Paphos district. The man, named as Panayiotis Savva, was riding his bicycle on the ...

Four ambulances were destroyed by a fire which broke out at the old Larnaca hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to the State Health Services (Okypy)’s ...

The clocks will go back an hour on Sunday morning, as daylight savings time comes to an end. At 4am, clocks across Cyprus will go one hour back, with the ...