Cyprus

With September just around the corner, a new season of cultural happenings awaits! As the new academic year begins, the local cultural scene shakes off the August snooze and prepares ...

By Andria Kades and Iole Damaskinos Every means available to the government will be used to ensure safety in Chlorakas after two days of violent clashes, President Nikos Christodoulides decided ...

National flag carrier Cyprus Airways on Monday announced a remarkable 70 per cent surge in passenger numbers in July, transporting a total of 77,656 passengers, compared to 45,578 passengers during the same month ...

The government has rejected the latest proposal on developing the Aphrodite gas play as it tilts the scales in favour of the companies holding the concession while at the same ...

A new wave of protests began in Chlorakas on Monday night with groups of people chanting “get out” as part of a fresh attack against migrants living in the area. ...

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms was issued on Monday night, set to last until midnight Tuesday. Nicosia was hit with pouring rain and thundersorms storms as one resident told ...

The met office on Monday warned of further heavy rains and thunderstorms after unsettled weather hit various parts of the island earlier in the morning. Parts of Cyprus woke up ...

A social media firestorm has broken out on Monday, following attacks against migrants, their businesses, and cars in Chlorakas overnight, with the village mukhtar and a refugee NGO trading accusations ...

Applications for the government schemed aimed at revamping Nicosia’s walled city will remain open until December 2025 or until the budget runs out, the interior ministry said on Monday. The ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday he will have a new round of meetings with bank executives to see how lenders might refrain from raising interest rates again, as ...

The electricity supply of the north’s public broadcaster Bayrak and the Hala Sultan Mosque in Mia Milia were cut off on Monday, according to the north’s electricity authority (...

A decision-making meeting over Cyprus’ fires will be held next month, at the behest of President Nikos Christodoulides, it emerged on Monday. According to Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos who met ...

The Trikomo district court heard on Monday how Sefer Bugra Altundag killed 16-year-old Zehie Helin Reessur in January. In the latest hearing of Altundag’s trial, Trikomo police judicial branch ...

Two migrants who were admitted to the Pournara reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia were arrested and fined €2,400 on Monday after they were found with 47 packets of 200 cigarettes and 500 g of tobacco. ...

Police did everything necessary to ensure calm, order and security in Chlorakas, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Monday, saying that they are “unjustly receiving criticism” and that on four ...

An ancient temple lost to the sands of time, rediscovered in 1885 but forgotten once again – only to be “rediscovered” in 2021, has finally been unearthed by a German team of archaeologists. ...

The auditor office said on Monday that health ministry permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki’s Egyptian dentistry degree is “authentic”, after weeks of speculation over its validity. The speculation reached fever ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday night condemned the violent clashes that took place in Chlorakas, which led to arrests and hospital treatments after a number of migrants were attacked. “Violence ...

A total of 32 out of 45 staple food items have seen their prices increase, the Consumer Protection Service (CPS) said on Monday, in its July 2023 price observatory. Reductions were recorded for 13 ...

‘You could be the richest person on the island and still experience period poverty!’ ALIX NORMAN finds out why and how the subject remains very much taboo on the island ...

The north paid the Republic around €14 million for electricity in the space of the last month, its electricity authority (Kib-Tek) employees’ union (El-Sen)’s general secretary Ahmet Tugcu said on ...

A decomposing corpse was found by police in an apartment Kato Paphos on Monday morning. The exact cause of death is set to be determined after an autopsy, though police ...

Political parties on Monday condemned the attacks on people and homes in Chlorakas during an anti-migrant protest overnight, while far-right opposition Elam has instead blamed the attacks on migrants. The ...

International credit rating agency Fitch recently released a piece of analysis on the acquisition of Hellenic Bank by Greek lender Eurobank, with the agency noting that the completion of all ...