Cyprus

A 29-year-old is to appear before Larnaca court on Tuesday after police caught him speeding at 153km/h on a road with a speed limit of 65km. The young man ...

Cyprus’ court of appeals on Tuesday began legal proceedings in the appeal against British pensioner David Hunter’s sentence and court verdict. The three-member bench gave both prosecution and defence ...

A 31-year-old man was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday for the attempted murder of a 42-year-old last year, where a six-year-old boy was also injured by the gunfire. ...

The condition of the seven-year-old girl, who was seriously injured in a freak road accident is stable and out of danger, the doctor who treated her said on Tuesday. Meanwhile ...

Consternation was caused at the Nicosia general hospital when a patient on oxygen lit up a cigarette causing a fire, it emerged on Tuesday. The patient was being treated in ...

Two more cultural happenings will be in the spotlight this week as the Nicosia International Festival moves into its fourth week. A contemporary dance performance by a French-Malian choreographer will ...

Deployment of drones for smoke and fire detection to aid in early fire prevention is being considered by state representatives, academics and non-governmental organisations. The system, developed at Athalassa park, ...

In today’s episode, the proposed state budget for 2024 focuses on fiscal stability and achieving greater strides towards the ‘green transition’ and digital transformation, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on ...

The Cypriot Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Environment and the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence at the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) have signed a memorandum of cooperation, according to ...

Tuesday will be mostly clear with thin dust observed at times. Temperatures will rise to 34C inland, 32C on the south and east coasts, 30C on the west and north ...

The walls of the historical Venetian Palace in Famagusta’s old town are being reinforced, after some feared they may collapse. An agreement was signed by the north’s Famagusta ...

An inmate at the Nicosia central prisons was in hospital on Monday after he set himself on fire. The man is currently being treated for severe burns and breathing problems ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos referred to the role that Cyprus has played in repatriating hundreds of foreign citizens, including EU citizens, through its ESTIA scheme, during the discussion held by ...

A 34-year-old man was arrested on Monday in Limassol as part of a child pornography investigation, police said. Investigations began after a tip-off from Europol that detailed a social media ...

The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice to British nationals living or visiting Cyprus, noting the heightened chance of demonstrations relating to the tension in the Middle East. ...

It is high time the education ministry develops a coherent policy to tackle weaknesses in the system that fail to support children with autism, MPs at the House human rights ...

By Elias Hazou and Nick Theodoulou The proposed state budget for 2024 focuses on fiscal stability and achieving greater strides towards the ‘green transition’ and digital transformation, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos ...

Larnaca municipality hosted a meeting on Monday to discuss how to deal with the stench of manure that has overpowered local residents, an announcement said on Monday. The municipalities of ...

EuroAsia Interconnector Ltd – the Cypriot company behind the mooted subsea power cable linking Greece, Israel and Cyprus – will quit the project entirely, it emerged on Monday. Industry sources moreover told ...

A seven-year-old girl is in very serious condition at the Makarios children’s hospital after suffering brain hematoma in an apparent freak accident on the highway. The police announced that ...

Cyprus Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou on Monday took part in a meeting of the House Finance Committee, during which he underlined the significant uncertainties stemming from geopolitical disruptions that ...

A 28-year-old received a ten-year prison sentence at Larnaca criminal court on Monday after being found guilty of being in possession of 16 kilos of cannabis. The case emerged after the ...

The Chief Rabbi of Cyprus Arie Zeev Raskin has called on people in Cyprus to donate food and medicine to Israeli families who fled the country after the attack on ...

Cyprus witnessed a significant increase in its government debt-to-GDP ratio at the end of the second quarter of 2023, rising by 2.2 percentage points from the previous quarter, to reach 85.3 per cent, ...