Cyprus

Six bird species have stopped breeding on the island over the past seven decades, reducing the robustness of Cyprus’ ecosystems immeasurably, Birdlife Cyprus told the Cyprus Mail. “Since 1950, we have ...

Cyprus’ capital city boasts just four per cent of tree coverage Whenever a data collection company releases a table of statistics regarding tree coverage or green spaces in European cities, ...

A pilot programme in Larnaca has seen numbers of the pests reduced A programme to battle increasing numbers of mosquitos on the island is already showing results, with a notable ...

Turkish Cypriot police have arrested seven more people in connection with a n investigation to the forgery of medical prescriptions, reports from the north said on Sunday. The seven arrests ...

ELENI PHILIPPOU looks forward to the 14th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival in Nicosia next month The Pharos Arts Foundation returns to The Shoe Factory in October to present the 14...

The Nicosia-Troodos road was closed temporarily in both directions on Sunday afternoon due to an accident, police said. The accident involving a bus and two cars, happened near the Evrychou ...

An on-duty police officer and another man who were killed by a car on Friday night on the Larnaca-Ayia Napa highway, both died from multiple injuries, post mortems on Sunday ...

Police task force cracking down on illegal trade With drug busts on an almost daily basis and increasingly large stashes found, the island’s police drugs task force has painted ...

Police confirmed reports on Sunday that they maintain a list of foreign nationals suspected of possible links to terrorist groups abroad. In statements to the Cyprus News Agency following a ...

Organic production in Cyprus has made huge strides in the past two decades, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Sunday during the first annual organic farming festival in Denia. The ...

The north’s universities are facing crises ahead of the start of the new academic year in October, with financial and administrative issues plaguing its largest academic institutions. The Eastern ...

An out-of-court fine of €1,500 was imposed on a 61-year-old man found to be in possession of a quantity of duty-free tobacco products, police said. According to police, the man was ...

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 ...