Cyprus

From scissors to ATMs, everything is designed for right-handers. To celebrate International Lefties Day, Alix Norman asks what it’s like to be a rare left-hander in a world that ...

The peak of the Perseid phenomenon, known in lay terms as shooting stars, started on Friday and will last through Sunday. During this time up to 100 shooting stars per hour ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has rejected a proposal by President Nikos Christodoulides to have a joint meeting with a top UN official when he visits Cyprus later this month. ...

The percentage of graduates in Cyprus that find work within a year of completing education was recorded by Eurostat to be at 81.4 per cent, just below the bloc’s average ...

Reports on Friday night confirmed that developments are underway into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasilikos, spearheaded by a Chinese-led consortium, with the energy minister due in China ...

Opposition party Akel has criticised President Nikos Christodoulides for what they charge is his inaction over the row at the health ministry between its two most senior staffers. The issue ...

Cyprus has recorded its first confirmed cases of the Covid-19 sub-variant ‘Eris’ but this has not had any impact on the hospitals, according to a senior health official. Medical services ...

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to Cyprus and meeting with Justice Minister Anna Procopiou has caused a lot of controversy, as she is the first EU member ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ has been recalled from its summer recess after opposition ‘MPs’ called on the government to answer questions regarding a tax break given to Ercan (Tymbou) airport’...

The blood bank on Friday appealed to the public to donate blood as reserves are close to being “dangerously low”. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, senior official at the ...

A bicommunal group of sailors named ‘Winds of Change’ will be sailing around the entirety of the divided island, Larnaca municipality announced on Friday. The city’s mayor Andreas Vyras ...

A man in northern Nicosia has been arrested after fraudulently obtaining a total of 3,617,166TL (€121,653) in the space of a week in July. According to the Turkish Cypriot police, the ...

The attorney-general’s decision to appeal 76-year-old David Hunter’s sentence and verdict has caused surprise and anguish in both his defence team and family, as well as the broader ...

Police on Thursday detained six Israeli nationals after they reportedly caused disruption to a flight bound for Tel Aviv. They are all teenagers. Israeli news outlet Ynet quoted one of ...

A 25-year-old was arrested under suspicion of stealing thousands of euros and residing illegally in the Republic police said on Friday. According to police, the individual stole a bag with €6,000 ...

The property market on the island remains buoyant with even high-end property sales continuing to rise, statistics released by Sotheby’s International Realty real estate agency show. In the first ...

Turkish Cypriot police have arrested a total of 13 people after British Turkish Cypriot Huseyin Mavideniz was beaten to death outside an entertainment venue in Trikomo on Thursday. Two of the ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel has announced the names of the members of his new cabinet, after performing a cabinet reshuffle on Friday. The highest profile move is ...

Former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos, who was found guilty of sexual assault, has moved to his village of Paliometocho, after weeks of refusing to follow orders from the Holy Synod to ...

Nicosia Municipality on Friday informed the public that from Monday, August 21, 2023, until the end of October 2023, the section of Hera Street between Stassinou Avenue and Stassandrou Street will remain closed ...

Consumers association president Loukas Aristodemou has claimed supermarkets are listing false prices for products on their shelves. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he said over 200 products were being ...

The fisheries department on Friday responded to a social media post picked up by news sources, following the publication of a photo showing turtle tracks on an organised beach in ...

Occupancy rates in Ayia Napa hotels are now similar to those seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, mayor Christos Zannetou said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Zannettou explained ...

The cybercrime police on Friday said it had made no request for the parody social media account Jho Low Presidential Godson to be closed. “Our aim was not to silence ...