Cyprus

Police were on Friday investigating a fire which broke out at dawn in the a car belonging to a 60-year-old resident of Nicosia. According the police, the fire broke out ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Prime Minister of Iraq Mohamed al-Sudani discussed the further development and expansion of bilateral cooperation between the two countries on Thursday in a meeting held in ...

Friday will turn mostly clear after dispersal of low morning clouds. Temperatures will rise to 37C in the interior, 32C on the east and southeast coasts, 31C on the remaining ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will be decisive, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday, ahead of the meeting. Christodoulides is scheduled to meet Guterres ...

An initiative by the Bank of Cyprus aimed at bolstering efforts to protect borrowers and first homes was discussed on Monday during a meeting of the bank’s leadership, led ...

Covid-19 and flu jabs will be administered simultaneously from October 2 across existing vaccination centres, the health ministry announced on Friday. It said those who wish to proceed with just the ...

The creation of an adult hepatology clinic was top of the agenda of the parliamentary health committee on Thursday. A paediatric liver centre already exists, and thus the committee also ...

Energy and Trade Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou sought to fend off renewed attacks against the e-kalathi (e-basket) – a product price comparison tool – as he was criticised for not offering proper solutions ...

The House interior committee heard on Thursday that the Famagusta local development plan has been consistently delayed due to “political interventions”. Akel MP Yiannakis Gavriel stated that the Ayia Napa – ...

Political parties in Cyprus on Thursday said that President Nikos Christodoulides sent the right message to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, during his speech at the UN General Assembly a day ...

A brawl at the Nicosia central prisons was contained by the guards who managed to restore order, the prisons department announced on Thursday evening. The incident, according to the department’...

Parliament on Thursday voted in favour of clamping down on cars and other vehicles which have undergone unauthorised modifications, with the aim of reducing noise pollution. The bill passed with 35 ...

Paphos audiences will be treated to two concerts next week as the world-renowned Vienna Mozart Orchestra performs there for the first time. Organised by the Paphos Municipality, two classical music ...

The police and the fire brigade signed a memorandum of cooperation on Thursday regarding training of new recruits. The signing of the memorandum took place at a ceremony attended by ...

Nicosia municipality presented on Thursday a parking app which will help drivers find available spots, as it hailed the development as promoting greener and more accessible policies. The app, called ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng where they reiterated the “excellent” ties between the two nations. The meeting in New York on Thursday saw Zheng reconfirm ...

Every single employee at the Presidential palace will have their overtime payments examined by the audit service, following on from recent controversies surrounding payments made to deputy government spokesperson Doxa ...

Beaches in Paphos are set to become more accessible for people with disabilities after the region’s tourism board Etap announced the purchase of new equipment. Three floating wheelchairs, which ...

The government is “constantly taking measures” in the battle against inflation rates, according to Finance Minister Makis Keravnos. Speaking after a meeting with the Association for the protection of borrowers (...

Cyprus and Kyrgyzstan signed a memorandum of understanding on political consultations between the two countries. The aim of the memorandum is to “deepen the institutional framework of bilateral cooperation between ...

Two men were arrested on Thursday for stealing a vacuum from a real estate agency in northern Nicosia. The first man, aged 42, was initially arrested as a suspect in the ...

Police “should not hide” while carrying out speed checks, according to spokesman Christos Andreou. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Thursday, he said “the instructions are clear. They ...

The Nicosia district court on Thursday issued bans from sports venues and financial guarantees to six individuals who were arrested on September 17 prior to the start of a football match ...

Central Asian countries were warned against accepting the north as an observer member of the Organisation of Turkic states (OTS) at a conference in Brussels on Wednesday, according to reports. ...