Cyprus

Nicosia was the focus of discussions on Friday to come up with ideas that will inject some new life and a new interest in the historic city. The island’s ...

Kib-Tek, the north’s electricity authority, is in 805 million TL (€27.4 million) of debt, it was announced by the north’s ‘government’ on Thursday night. The debt is owed to Turkish ...

Invest Cyprus, the national investment promotion agency, on Friday released a statement expressing its support for a recent decision to fast-track strategic investments on the island. On Thursday, the House ...

Two men aged 49 and 54 will face pre-meditated charges in a trial set to begin at Limassol criminal court in September, it emerged on Friday. The case concerns the death of 44...

Fishermen and restaurateurs on the Liopetri river staged a protest on Friday morning over the delay to planned works in the area and the resulting loss of earnings. The protesters ...

Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz, currently detained in Germany, will continue to have his lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou working with him, who has since partnered with a local legal expert, it emerged ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Friday announced that it has reached a settlement with a licensed broker for market abuse violations. The commission explained that it has ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar rubbished reports that Turkey is set to return to the negotiating table to resume Cyprus problem talks on Friday. Tatar said “it is impossible to ...

Finance minister Makis Keravnos said on Thursday evening that Cyprus will help fund the rebuilding of war-torn Ukraine. He made the comments at a signing ceremony in Brussels where 16 EU ...

An ongoing embroilment between church and municipality in Paphos flared up Friday after a two-year hiatus, with the municipality waking up to find its funds having been frozen by the ...

The DP, the second largest party in the north’s ruling coalition, is facing a mass resignation after 63 people left the party on Friday morning. The mass resignation has been ...

The social insurance services’ subsidised holiday scheme is set to get underway for the summer period on Sunday. The scheme will operate until September 29, with successful applicants to the scheme ...

A 30-year-old female British tourist was injured in the early hours of Friday morning after falling eight metres from a hotel room balcony in Paphos. She was taken to Paphos ...

The new deputy culture minister Vasiliki (Lina) Kassianidou was sworn in on Friday in a ceremony attended by President Nikos Christodoulides. At the ceremony, Kassianidou thanked Christodoulides for appointing her ...

Ninety per cent of the Paphos forest has been closed off from public access due to extreme fire risk, Forestry Department Director, Charalambos Alexandrou announced on Friday. “We are always ...

Diving into the ins and outs of music promotion, the music scene and the performing arts sector is what a new event has on its agenda. Taking over a quaint ...

A 50-year-old man was taken to Paphos general hospital late Thursday afternoon, after being injured by the collapse of the fireplace in his home. According to the police, the fireplace ...

In this episode, after a fiery debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday, the plenum voted down two bills which the government had warned could threaten the financial system ...

Issues concerning Famagusta residents, local authorities and entrepreneurs, were discussed at a meeting between Disy head Annita Demetriou and the board of the district’s tourism, commerce and entrepreneurial company (...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Police on Thursday arrested a man for attempting to import cannabis through Paphos airport. According to police statement, the drug squad in cooperation with the customs department, prevented the attempt ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 35-year-old man for an investigated case of vehicle arson. According to the police, on Wednesday shortly before 4pm a 37-year-old woman reported that in the ...

Police in Paphos on Thursday carried out a coordinated operation to crack down on illegal and undeclared work and made two arrests. According to the police spokesman, Michalis Nikolaou, between ...

Police on Friday arrested two persons, aged 34 and 27, to facilitate the investigations into a case of importation and possession of illegal drugs with intent to supply. According to police statement, ...