Cyprus

Hellenic Bank on Wednesday released a statement explaining that in an increasingly volatile economic environment, Cypriot businesses require a stable and reliable partner, noting that with a customer-centric approach, in ...

Thursday will be partly cloudy with isolated showers. Temperatures will rise to 29C in the interior, 28C on the coasts, and 18C in the higher mountains. Winds will be south- ...

Shaziye Azimkar, the Turkish Cypriot woman who saved a man’s life after he suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday, spoke about her experience on Wednesday. Speaking to Turkish Cypriot ...

The north declared a three-day period of “national mourning” on Thursday following a deadly bombing of the Al-Ahli al-Arabi Baptist hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. ‘Prime minister’ Unal Ustel announced ...

Police in Paphos arrested two teenagers on Wednesday after a school fight led to two people being taken to the accident and emergency department on Tuesday. The arrested pair are ...

The Palestinian Embassy in Nicosia declared three days of national mourning on Wednesday, following a deadly bombing of the Al-Ahli al-Arabi Baptist hospital in Gaza. The Embassy said they will ...

A 29-year-old woman has regained the use of her leg after Cypriot doctors performed a “pioneering surgery” at the Nicosia general hospital. Leading orthopedic surgeon Ioannis Orphanos performed the surgery – ...

A spat between Edek party leader Marinos Sizopoulos and EU MP Demetris Papadakis over leaked audio of conversation that preceded the MEP’s removal from the party by the party ...

Weekends in the city go by in a blink this autumn as the events agenda expands. Performances, plays and activities for all ages and interests arrive as new and annual ...

A 63-year-old man died on Wednesday after an “industrial accident” on a farm near Morphou. The man, named as Nikos Michael from Lythrodontas, was reportedly run over by a heavy ...

Thirteen state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly motorbikes were delivered on Wednesday to the Paphos municipality for its traffic department. Mayor Phedonas Phedonos said that after 12 years, the traffic department was upgrading its fleet ...

The House legal committee on Wednesday requested a review of the European arrest warrant mechanism. Committee members said the review should be made with the aim of preserving the rule ...

Aradippou mayor Evangelos Evangelides called on Wednesday for solutions to the bad smell experienced in the Larnaca area in recent days. “The wider area of Larnaca is faced with a ...

There are currently 126 pending complaints against lawyers in Cyprus out of 1,035 inherited by the current disciplinary board of the Cyprus Bar Association three years ago, attorney-general (AG) Giorgos Savvides said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will attend an international conference on developments in the Middle East in Cairo on Saturday. The conference has been convened by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Heads ...

The north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek) cancelled a tender for the purchase of two new generators on Wednesday after no bids for the tender were received. The tender would have ...

The education ministry on Wednesday said that next year the post-secondary vocational education and training institutes (MIEEK) will begin operating in Famagusta. During a House education committee session, the representatives ...

Authorities were called to assist victims of human trafficking in 147 cases last year and 149 so far this year while the island’s two shelters accommodated 20 people in 2022 and 14 so far ...

A 24-year-old migrant set himself on fire on Wednesday morning outside the migration services office in Larnaca. He is being treated for burn wounds at the Larnaca general hospital A&...

The government on Wednesday pledged to clean up the illegal operation of some 600 private ‘sports schools’ and replace them with three regulated schools per sport, it said. The move was ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari held a meeting on Wednesday centred on the A&E departments within the national healthcare system, Gesy, as more former private emergency departments have joined ...

The Green Party’s political bureau on Wednesday expressed its regret over statements by MP Alexandra Attalides on her reasons for resigning from the party. Attalides resigned on Monday, slamming ...

Dozens of Cypriots are still in Israel and do not want to be repatriated, ambassador Kornelios Korneliou said on Wednesday, as the crisis continues. Commenting on the 52 Cypriots who have ...

The electricity authority (EAC) announced on Wednesday it will take the energy regulatory authority (Cera) to court to appeal Cera’s rejection of its request for a 25 per cent increase ...