Cyprus News

House President and Disy party leader Annita Demetriou has called for Syria to be classed as a safe country, so that Cyprus can send back Syrian asylum seekers. In a ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou presented awards on Thursday to schools which employ the “content and language integrated learning” (CLIL) approach for second and other language education. A total of 85 primary ...

House President Annita Demetriou met on Thursday with a delegation from the Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek). Etek’s delegation was made up of its chairman Konstantinos Konstanti and director ...

Fifty refugee families were almost kicked out of an Ayia Napa hotel they were staying at and put on the street, after their government regulated stay there had expired, and ...

A 57-year-old Australian man has been charged with engaging in sexual intercourse with a child in an abandoned beach in Protaras following international police cooperation. The two are blood relatives ...

The north’s Chief Police Inspector, Ali Savas Altan, was remanded in custody subject to the beginning of a trial, having been charged with taking bribes. Altan stands accused of ...

Nicosia will receive support for its green and digital transition through its inclusion in a European Commission initiative, the municipality announced on Thursday. The Cypriot capital has been selected to ...

A 34-year-old man who shot and injured another young man in Paphos last month will answer to attempted murder charges on November 16, the criminal court decided on Thursday. Until then, ...

When one young woman left Cyprus for Australia to study she had no idea how long it would take her to feel at home says PAUL LAMBIS In 1972 Anastasia Constanti (...

After two consecutive months of inflationary increases, October has brought signs of moderation in Cyprus’ inflation rate, according to the latest report by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). According to ...

With an e-museum in the making, one Cyprus village is making sure its history is not forgotten finds PAUL LAMBIS In less than a month, seven traditional villages and towns ...

A 56-year-old man found guilty of assisting third country nationals to enter the Republic illegally was sentenced to 24 months in jail on Thursday. Famagusta district court also found the man ...

Giorgos Perdikis on Thursday publicly announced his intention to compete for the leadership post of the Green Party to ‘help bring back unity’. The long-time former leader and MP of ...

Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, responsible for peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, will visit the green line in Pyla and also occupied Famagusta on Thursday. On Wednesday Lacroix met ...

On Saturday, October 28, the first Catrinas Parade took place in Cyprus, organised by Tonantzin Mexican Restaurant in Nicosia. La Catrina is the name given to a skeletal figure with an ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Nikolaos Prakas Police are certain that the image released of two men shows the murderers of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos, who was gunned down in Limassol earlier in ...

In today’s episode, further measures will be taken by police, following two high-profile Cyprus gangland murders almost 36 hours apart, police said on Wednesday. In other news, refugees in Cyprus ...

The District Court of Paphos imposed a 15-month prison sentence on a 41-year-old man found guilty of a string of burglaries and thefts committed in the district. According to the ...

So much is happening on the first weekend of November. It is the unofficial start of the market season and several are taking place in Nicosia this Saturday and Sunday, ...

A 35-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for a case of armed robbery under investigation, committed in Protaras. According to police statement, the man, a Paphos resident, was arrested in ...

Police in Limassol on Wednesday arrested a 37-year-old man for possession of over 6kg of cannabis. According to the police, members of an anti-drug patrol followed the man, who was ...

The Cypriot government has reported a surplus of €931.6 million for the period spanning January to September 2023, according to a preliminary estimate released this week by the state’s statistical service. ...

Hellenic Bank on Wednesday released a statement underlining that it is spearheading the green transition with innovative, specialised products, something which was further stressed during a recent energy conference. The 11...

Thursday will see increased clouds and dust episodes at intervals, with rain expected and a chance of an isolated storm, mainly in the mountains and the north. Temperatures will rise ...