Cyprus

A 45-year-old man from Paphos was arrested after being found to be illegally in possession of a total of 55 firecrackers and four fireworks, the police said on Sunday. The police ...

The fire brigade were called to a total of 94 incidents related to the lighting of Easter bonfires, known as “lambradjies”, overnight, spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Sunday. He said there ...

Hulusi Kilim, the secretary-general of bicommunal political party Volt, on Saturday returned photographs of his grandparents to the Paphos district village of Amargeti, the village in which they had lived ...

If Easter seems the wrong time to mention that lab-grown meat may one day replace our souvla-piled plates on Cyprus’ great meat-eating day, we have to prepare ourselves for the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday said opposition movements in the north are “betraying the TRNC”. He told Turkish newspaper Sabah of how opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman “...

A 22-year-old man was fatally injured late on Saturday afternoon as he was helping construct an Easter bonfire (lambradjia) in Strovolos, Nicosia. A large pole fell from the lambradjia stack, ...

The Holy Light arrived in Cyprus on a Cyprus Airways flight from Israel at about 6pm on Saturday. It was welcomed at Larnaca airport with a red carpet and a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday evening called for unity and empathy during an Easter address, saying the way ahead was difficult and everyone would be walking it together. He also ...

A female hiker lost her balance during a lunchtime walk on Good Saturday in the Foinikaria area of Limassol, falling down a difficult path and injuring herself seriously. As a ...

The interior ministry has no objections to legislative proposals put forward by MPs that provide for an increase in their number in addition to the introduction of horizontal voting. Interior ...

As congregations from all churches around the island on Friday night walked under the epitaph and then paraded through nearby streets with it, one village in Limassol did things differently. ...

Following the tradition of Crete, the people of Yeri on Saturday smashed 51 clay jugs, representing 51 years of occupation in Cyprus. Organised by the Folkloric Association of Yeri, the jugs smashed ...

Police intervened in tens of incidents over Friday night of illegal Easter bonfires (lambradjies) and firecracker throwing, while in more than one case police themselves were attacked. In total, 233 checks ...

A man arrested at Paphos airport after it emerged he had swallowed cocaine to smuggle it into Cyprus was remanded in police custody for eight days on Saturday by Papos ...

Banks in Cyprus should not treat ordinary people with the same level of strictness as they do large organisations and investors, governor the Central Bank (CBC) Christodoulos Patsalides said on ...

I’m afraid we have no answer to explain what happened in Peru last August, at the World Athletics U20 Championships. That was the event where 19-year-old Iosif Kesidis won ...

Police are investigating a case of sudden death after the body of man was found on the beach near Larnaca airport, where he had reportedly being swimming with his horse. ...

A “leading role” in the transition to clean energy is played by the Federation of Employers and Industrialists (OEV), it said on Saturday. “With consistency and responsibility, OEV is working ...

Ninety incidents, many of them connected to the lighting of Easter bonfires were attended by the fire service in the 24 hours leading up to Saturday morning, spokesman Andreas Kettis said. ...

The tiny cave church of Ayioi Saranta (forty saints) cannot begin to compete with the loud jubilation we can expect to hear at midnight on Saturday as church bells across ...

Paphos is steadily continuing on a path towards modernisation and continuous upgrades, mayor Phedonas Phedonos said on Saturday, adding that results are already visible. He said these include “projects that ...

Turkey is manipulating the international community on the Cyprus problem, presenting concessions and demanding reciprocation, and has lured the Greek Cypriot side into discussing trivialities, thus buying time to promote ...

The first week of nightly protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools drew to a close on ...

Cyprus’ Animal Party called on municipalities and communities on Friday to ban any Easter activities that include animals, such as donkeys, piglets and pigeons. It said there were some activities ...