Cyprus

The fire that broke out near the village of Koilani, in the Limassol district, was under control on Friday, but aerial firefighters remain on standby in case of flare-ups. Speaking ...

A couple of weeks after the violent anti-migrant protest, we asked a selection of people on the streets of Nicosia for their views on the migrant issue.

The September What’s On agenda is quickly filling up with new art exhibitions in galleries all around the island. A handful of art shows have already opened and even ...

A joint aeronautical exercise between Cyprus, Greece, France and Italy has been successfully completed, it was announced on Friday. The national guard said the exercise, held for the fourth consecutive ...

Deputy Minister of Shipping, Marina Hadjimanoli met with Secretary General of the IMO Kitack Lim and newly elected General Secretary Arsenio Dominguez. In a press release on Friday it was ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will seek the assistance of EU Council President Charles Michel and EU Commission President Ursula von de Leyen as part of efforts to have a joint meeting ...

On Friday the weather will be mostly clear with temperatures rising to 35C in the interior, 33C on the south and east coasts, 31C on the remaining coasts and 26C ...

A fire that broke out early on Friday morning at a metals recycling plant in the Geri industrial area has been brought under control with the use of five fire ...

The illiteracy rate among primary school leavers stands at close to 10 per cent, MPs heard on Thursday, showing that the vast amounts of taxpayer money going to education are not ...

A new mosque is set to be built in Kioneli, after an agreement was signed on Thursday between the town’s mayor Huseyin Amcaoglu, Foundations administration (Evkaf) chairman Ibrahim Benter, ...

A spat broke out on Thursday between the state health service organisation (Okypy) and the nurse’s union Pasyno, after the latter claimed that patients at the Athalassa Psychiatric Hospital ...

The parliament’s Selection Committee on Thursday decided that the ad hoc committee on demographics – chaired by nationalist party Elam – restrict itself to discussing matters such as birth rates and ...

Opposition parties on Thursday said they have already drafted a bill cutting the special defence contribution from 30 to 17 per cent, pointing out that there was no need for the government ...

September is brimming with festivals, and villages and rural associations around the island are proudly presenting local celebrations. In Orounta, O Horos tis Gourounias will take place on Friday and ...

The Cyprus Student Union (Peom) in Limassol collected school supplies for students facing financial difficulties, an announcement from the group said on Thursday. The supplies were collected from August 21 until ...

Police are investigating a case of internet fraud wherein a scam artist managed to extract more than €80,000 from a company based in Nicosia. The case was reported to police by ...

Construction work on the road between the villages of Pyla and Arsos resumed on Thursday, with works taking place outside the buffer zone near Arsos. Rumours surfaced among Turkish Cypriot ...

Controversy has surrounded the north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek) and its workers’ trade union (El-Sen)’s leader Caglayan Cesurer regarding an alleged nepotism scandal. According to reports, Kib-Tek hired 16 people ...

The government’s policy of reducing the VAT rate, in some cases to zero, on various everyday products, has been “very successful”, according to the Consumer protection service’s director ...

By Jonathan Shkurko, Tom Cleaver and Elias Hazou A blaze that broke out earlier on Thursday near the village of Koilani, Limassol district, was brought under control by the evening, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday condemnation from Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot ‘government’ of the EU parliament report was “nothing new,” while he said the government holds “particularly dear” ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou has denied reports that a project aimed at providing housing for 600 low-income families in the Limassol areas of Ayios Nikolaos and Ayios Ioannis is now hanging ...

The militaries of the north and Turkey are carrying out joint exercises this week. The exercises, which have been given the official name “Martyr Captain Cengiz Topel Mediterranean storm exercise-23”, ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Elias Hazou The government on Thursday decided to set up an interdepartmental team as a focal point for drawing up policies to stem the tide of ...