Cyprus

Coastal city and Guangzhou share astonishing similarities says mayor The Limassol municipality on Monday will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Chinese city of Guangzhou, as the two towns ...

Police on Sunday seized a quantity of 13.5kg of cannabis following a coordinated operation by the Limassol drug squad (Ykan), they announced on Monday. During the operation, three people were ...

The decision to start providing consular services to Russian citizens living in the north was “long overdue”, Russian Ambassador in Cyprus Murat Zyazikov said on Monday. In an interview with ...

Overnight works on sections of the Nicosia-Limassol highway are set to start on Monday and will continue until Friday. According to an announcement by the Department of Public Works, the ...

The large fire in Akrounta, which burned over six square kilometres of Limassol state forest, was on Monday said to be under complete control following two nights of firefighting efforts. ...

In today’s episode, the large fire that broke out in the Akrounta area of Limassol was reported to be under control but suspicions remain that arson may have been ...

“For the last 20 years the AHDR has been creating magic in one of the most unexpected places, the ‘dead’ zone in Nicosia,” say the organisers of an upcoming street party ...

The ministry of education stands by schools so children can have the best education, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday. She was speaking during a visit to the A’ ...

An orange weather warning for thunderstorms was issued on Monday by the met office. The warning will be in place from 11am to 6pm and isolated thunderstorms are expected to ...

Shots were fired by an unknown perpetrator from a moving vehicle on a Bank of Cyprus branch in Limassol it emerged on Monday morning. Police have cordoned off the scene ...

Thousands of people took part in a peaceful march in central Nicosia on Sunday night in support of migrants in the country. Starting from Eleftheria Square at 6pm, demonstrators marched ...

‘Forever’ chemicals harmful to both humans and the environment have been found in most brands of paper straws, Belgian researchers say. Cyprus banned many single-use plastic items such as plastic ...

The large fire in the Akrounta area of Limassol is now manageable, authorities said on Sunday afternoon as light rain began to fall in the area, raising hopes of totally ...

Intensive moves are underway to create a new political party on the island called Volt Cyprus, which will focus on resolving the Cyprus problem, modernising the country and European integration. ...

Launching a youth card and a bill to regulate the status of artists in addition to overseeing the completion of the construction of the New Cyprus Museum are the priorities ...

A 37-year-old man was arrested trying to leave Larnaca airport on Saturday after had previously given sworn testimony he had lost his travel documents. According to head of Paphos CID ...

The Sardam interdisciplinary event returns rich and vibrant says ELENI PHILIPPOU Back this September is another edition of the local interdisciplinary literature festival Sardam, taking place once again in Limassol. ...

The aftermath of recent racist attacks have left some foreign workers living in fear The racist attacks which hit at the heart of Limassol with fire and fear, have left ...

Two Cypriot women who were in Morocco during the earthquake there were on Sunday safely evacuated from the country. Thousands are believed to have did in the Reichter 7 squake. A ...

With the participation of 50 to 60 tractors, farmers from western Nicosia closed the Kokkinotrimithia roundabout on Sunday in protest over the unequal treatment they receive. The farmers gathered at the Akaki ...

Corruption weakens the economy although a lot is being done in Cyprus to work against it, the US state department’s global anti-corruption coordinator said on a recent trip to ...

We can never accept that our country remains divided, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, adding that from the moment he took power a major diplomatic effort was launched to ...

An agreement signed with a private Turkish company to produce all the electricity in the north is riddled with problems say those in the field, who fear further dependence on ...

Rains are expected to hit Cyprus later on Sunday, the Met Office said, while temperatures are set to fall as of Monday. Clouds are set to develop throughout the day ...