Cyprus

A court decision vindicating a 78-year-old man for refusing to pay cemetery tax to Oroklini council, may put other municipalities in Cyprus between a rock and a hard place, the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday called the promotion of Cyprus’ identity and culture “of paramount importance, especially considering the risks posed by the continued occupation of the island.” Reading a ...

Both the growing number of children born out of wedlock and the new national health system Gesy pose challenges to safeguarding and protecting Cyprus’ extremely strong, decades-long national thalassaemia prevention ...

As the Music in the Mountains series continues, more and more local bands, duos and trios perform in Cyprus’ rural villages. Café-bars and restaurants will host some of the ...

Residents in dangerous refugee apartment buildings that will undergo renovation or be completely rebuilt are set to receive a lump sum to pay rent elsewhere, as the state will take ...

British High Commissioner to Cyprus Irfan Siddiq, expressed on Friday the full support of the UK government to the Cypriot President’s initiative for the resumption of negotiations for a ...

The goal is to have a trustworthy, reliable, and responsive fire brigade, Justice Minister Anna Koukides-Procopiou said during her first official visit to the fire service headquarters on Friday. The ...

Cyprus can be a model of peaceful coexistence of people of different religions and cultures through the resolution of the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. He was ...

The union of petrol station owners has called for an urgent meeting with the president to finally resolve what they say is the unacceptable purchasing of petrol from the north. ...

Dancer Dinos Kkanti was honoured on Thursday evening with a plaque by Larnaca municipality for winning a Guinness world record for the most wine glasses balanced on the head. A ...

Labour union Pasyek Peo on Friday called on the forestry department to staff as many stations in mountainous areas as possible in view of the summer season and the consequent ...

Jason Kaye, a pioneer of jungle techno and influential UK garage DJ, producer and label owner of Cypriot origin has died aged 54. The news broke on social media last weekend, ...

A Paphos special education teacher has to carry children to the toilets herself, House Education Committee chairman Pavlos Mylonas said on Friday, highlighting the need to invest more funds in ...

Ireland’s Minister of State for Law Reform, James Browne on Friday visited the anthropological lab of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) to discuss cooperation initiatives. The minister was ...

University of Cyprus rector Tasos Christofides on Friday denied allegations of conflict of interest surrounding the employment of his daughter, calling on the auditor-general to show some respect on the ...

Six Covid-19 deaths and 1,281 infections were recorded in the last week, the health ministry said on Friday. At the same time, 41 Covid-19 patients remain hospitalised. Ten of these are in ...

Opposition party Akel is expecting to be updated by President Nikos Christodoulides on his proposal regarding the EU’s more active participation in the Cyprus problem. “We are very close ...

Health ministry data published on Thursday over flu deaths wrongly included an eight-year-old child, Dr. Maria Koliou said on Friday. Speaking to the state broadcaster, Koliou said the mistake was ...

Although independent cinema from around the globe does reach the island, it is usually part of international film festivals or seasonal theatre appearances. This month though, the CVAR-Severis Foundation brings ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos are in constant contact with Central Bank governor Constantinos Herodotou, following a 30 per cent slump in shares of ...

Greece encourages the UN Secretary General to make further efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, always within the framework of the UN Security Council decisions, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias ...

The met office has issued a yellow warning for isolated and possibly heavy thunderstorms to affect Cyprus on Friday. In a tweet, it said the warning is in effect from 05:30 ...

Visiting UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo commended the two negotiators in Cyprus for the work they are carrying out. In a message on Twitter issued by UN Cyprus, DiCarlo who met ...

National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) on Thursday announced that George Agioutantis has been appointed to the position of managing director and executive member of the board of directors of the ...