Cyprus

President Nikos Christodoulides has signed off on the contentious fuel tax law rather than send it back to parliament, so as to protect consumers from skyrocketing prices, the government announced ...

A nationwide campaign to tackle indoor smoking is underway police said on Wednesday. Offenders will be fined up to €85 with Friday and Saturday nights set to be heavy with inspections. ...

A report filed four years ago by a tech company warned the government of the risk of water leaks at the finance ministry’s basement, where servers are located. News ...

AstroBank on Wednesday released its annual results for 2022, reporting strong profitability for the year, with net income reaching €12.2 million, and consequently increasing common shareholders’ equity to €203.7 million. According to ...

All relevant bodies should act to prevent and deal with issues of violence in schools, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Wednesday. She was speaking after a discussion on security ...

With a range of roles on TV, in film and theatre under her belt, PAUL LAMBIS speaks to a familiar face If Lucy Christofi had to define her childhood in ...

National investment promotion agency Invest Cyprus on Wednesday released a statement summarising its activities at the Delphi Economic Forum, where a number of actions and initiatives helped to showcase investment ...

BE OPEN Art, an online art gallery set up by BE OPEN think tank, a humanitarian initiative founded by international businessperson and philanthropist Elena Baturina, is running a new competition ...

Police are appealing for information to help locate UK national Edward Francis Hunter, aged 43, in connection with an investigation into a case of residential burglary and interference with legal proceedings, ...

Paphos CID chief Lefteris Kyriakou on Wednesday confirmed that suspected murder victim Angelos Perikleous had been shot and buried in an unknown place. Speaking on Sigma news, Kyriakou said the ...

Cyprus’ ranking in world press freedom jumped 10 spots this year to 55th out of 180 countries across the world. The figures published on Wednesday, however, reveal concerns about self-censorship linked to ...

Sexual harassment within the police force and the fire service will now be considered a disciplinary offence, the Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday, approving a proposal tabled by the ...

The Cypriot ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Martha Mavrommati, presented her credentials to President Xi Jinping during a joint ceremony with other ambassadors on Wednesday. During the ...

No sales transaction was made for the three hotels in Varosha through the immovable property commission, its ‘chairman’, Novber Ferit Vehci was reported as having stated on Wednesday. As reported ...

In the head of the jury of Cyprus Film Days THEO PANAYIDES meets a dynamic woman who grew up surrounded by art and sees herself as free, despite it being ...

It cannot be a proper summer on the island without back-to-back concerts and this year too, musicians from the Greek and Cypriot music scene are planning evenings of live music. ...

In today’s episode, Greek Cypriots who sold their property in Varosha did so because they can see no light at the end of the Cyprus problem tunnel and are ...

Larnaca police on Wednesday arrested a 32-year-old man for transporting a loaded air pistol and reckless driving. According to police statement, during a traffic patrol police noticed the man driving ...

Police on Wednesday are investigating a case of car theft from Limassol’s Katholiki quarter. According to police statement, the car had been left parked and running with the keys ...

Paphos Police on Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old man for an alleged case of forgery, impersonation and circulation of a forged document. According to the police, at 6 pm a man bound ...

Limassol police on Tuesday issued a hefty fine to a 30-year-old man for possession of duty-free tobacco products. According to police statement, around 9 pm police stopped the man’s vehicle ...

Police in Paphos on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old man for burglary and theft, as well as obstructing a police officer in the performance of his duty. According to police statement, ...

Paphos police issued 1,329 fines in the month of April as part of a coordinated operation to prevent road collisions, most of them involving speeding. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, ...

Police in Paphos on Wednesday are investigating a fire that broke out shortly after midnight in two vehicles belonging to a couple in Kissonerga. According to police spokesman and head ...