Cyprus

Xenophon Kallis, head of the missing persons service at the foreign ministry for many years, has passed away at the age of 73 after a long battle with cancer, CyBc reported ...

Paphos police are investigating an attempted murder in the early hours of Sunday in the village of Psathi, they said. According to police, a 31-year-old man was shot at around 5.30...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received two refusals from the Turkish Cypriot side and one ‘yes’ and one ‘no’ from Turkey to two proposals related to a joint meeting with the ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting September 18: Tourist arrivals to Cyprus witnessed a significant surge of 60,254 visitors in August 2023, a rise of 13.4 per cent ...

President Christodoulides will return from New York empty-handed, despite the expectations he raised about a breakthrough on the Cyprus issue, because of his refusal to put his positive agenda into ...

The Nicosia festival continues with more cultural productions this September and October. Coming up on Monday is a performance by The Contemporary Piano Trio. Musicians Miranda Papaneokleus, Nikos Pittas and ...

Around 200 runners, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, took part in an 8km run in Nicosia’s old town on Saturday for International Peace Day 2023. Funded by the European Union, the ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari instructed the national health insurance organisation (HIO) on Saturday to present her with a study on the basic national health scheme (Gesy) services to be offered ...

European Parliament (EP) President Roberta Metsola on Saturday sent a message to Famagustians that the EP’s position on the reunification of Cyprus remained unwavering. According to an announcement by ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will host a meeting aimed at making decisions to prevent and deal with fires and floods in October, according to fire brigade chief Nikos Logginos. The meeting ...

Cyta has postponed upgrades to the network would have affected customers in the wider Polis Chrysochous area. The work, which was due to start at 7am on September 27 was expected ...

Well-known Cypriot tetraplegic mouth painter Kyriacos Kyriacou from has died aged 67 after being hospitalised for the past ten months at the Nicosia general hospital, his family announced on Saturday. “He ...

A series of experiential workshops at the AG Leventis Gallery will take place soon with art psychotherapists Eleni Petridou and Marina Ioannou, members of the Association of Art Therapists and ...

Cyprus is set for a sizzling weekend with temperatures hitting 39C inland on Saturday and remaining higher than the average until at least Tuesday, the met office said. Temperature will ...

‘In Cyprus, there always seems to be someone willing to tell you you’re doing it all wrong!’ Alix Norman meets a Larnaca mum who’s sick of being judged ...

In a collaborative effort to tackle the challenges facing the tourism industry, particularly the shortage of staff, the Pancyprian Association of Owners of Hospitality Centres (Osika) held a meeting earlier ...

A police constable on duty, and another man were killed after being hit by a car on Friday night on the Larnaca-Ayia Napa motorway as the officer tried to remove ...

Firefighters were battling a blaze that threatened the Ayios Neophytos Monastery in Paphos in the early hours of Saturday, authorities said. The blaze was declared under control some five hours ...

During a meeting held this week in New York, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides engaged in discussions with the leadership of Ernst and Young, headed by Julie Linn Teigland, Managing Partner ...

Cyprus is dedicated to a dual green and digital transformation, with clear objectives aligned with EU priorities, according to a statement released on Thursday by Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation, ...

Local government reforms are “on the home straight”, according to interior minister Constantinos Ioannou. In a speech read on his behalf by the Kyrenia district officer, Antonis Economides, to a ...

The extension of the tourist season and investment in the human resources are among the goals of the deputy tourism ministry, Kostas Koumis said on Friday. Addressing an event in ...

A section of the Larnaca – Ayia Napa motorway was closed due a traffic accident on Friday evening. The closure concerns the direction of Ayia Napa, where the road has been ...

Paphos police on Friday arrested a hotel employee on suspicion of stealing over €2,000 from guests’ rooms. The 20-year-old man was detained after police secured testimony against him. He is being ...