Cyprus

More than 150 athletes aged up to 87 relived moments from their swimming careers at the 8th international veterans’ games, held this weekend at the Limassol Olympic swimming pool. Aided by excellent ...

Travel documents, both identity cards and passports, can currently not be issued due to a technical problem in the civil registry system, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry ...

A fight between two minors aged 15 and 13 at a public secondary school in Paphos is under investigation, police said on Tuesday. As a result of the fight, the 13-year-old was ...

A 30-year-old convict in the central prisons was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of 49-year-old Limassol businessman Stavros Demosthenous last week. He has been held in the ...

The Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (Anad) and the Nicosia Multipurpose Municipal Centre have signed a memorandum of cooperation, the two bodies announced on Tuesday. The partnership, originally formalised ...

Prices for frozen molluscs and fresh fish rose in September compared to August, while fresh meat prices fell over the same period, the consumer protection service’s latest price observatory ...

Turkish Cypriots were on Tuesday incensed Turkish nationalist political party MHP leader Devlet Bahceli’s comments as he twice called for northern Cyprus to join Turkey in the aftermath of ...

Two men, aged 30 and 31, were remanded for eight days by the Larnaca district court on Tuesday after the seizure of crystal meth. The drug squad (Ykan) said the seizure followed ...

Repeated social media posts by women claiming to have been physically harassed by two men in Limassol have been circulating since the weekend. Three women described the alleged assaults to ...

Serious omissions, lax supervision and “black holes” in public revenue were uncovered in an Audit Office report into the tax behaviour of 11 companies operating leisure and dining venues in Larnaca’...

A rocket launcher detached from a military helicopter during a training flight on Tuesday, falling into a residential area in Peyia, the defence ministry said. At around 1pm, a H145...

A three-month-old baby was found locked inside a parked vehicle in Paphos on Tuesday morning, prompting an immediate response from the fire service. The call came around 9am, and firefighters ...

A fuel tanker overturned in Monagroulli, Limassol, on Tuesday morning, causing a mazut leak. The incident occurred around 10.30am while the driver was transporting fuel oil to a local quarry. ...

A new negotiation framework drawn up by the government to solve the ongoing disagreement over the Cost of Living allowance (CoLA) received a lukewarm reception from employers and unions on ...

Two sisters from the UK, Diane Mills and Moya Luxford, were named “Ayia Napa tourism ambassadors” at the municipality’s town hall on Friday, marking their 98th and 110th visits ...

A worker who accidentally swallowed caustic liquid from a water bottle in the Ayia Varvara industrial area, Paphos, remains in serious but stable condition at Paphos general hospital. The incident ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday held talks in Zagreb with Croatian leaders ahead of Cyprus assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. According to a written statement ...

All possibilities remain open, including that of criminal activity, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Tuesday after a fire broke out the previous evening at an electronics store in ...

The autumn agenda is packed. Villages, town centres and even harbours are filling with cultural events, and every week more happenings are added to the list. Culture lovers are spoilt ...

Four men have been arrested in connection with the murder of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol, as investigators piece together evidence linking a double-cabin vehicle to all three crime ...

A weak low-pressure system is affecting Cyprus on Tuesday, bringing intervals of increased cloud and a chance of light dust in the atmosphere, according to the meteorological service. Throughout the ...

The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) announced this week the launch of the European Statistics Competition 2025-2026. “Following another record-breaking year with approximately 27,000 participants, the European Statistics Competition will take place ...

Businesses somewhat slipped in terms of cybersecurity, although private individuals improved, according to the results of surveys published on Monday. The surveys, carried out by the Digital Security Authority (DSA), ...

Cyprus’ trade unions suspended their joint meeting on Monday afternoon after receiving a draft negotiation framework from the government side, citing “many ambiguities” in the document. The decision came during ...