Cyprus

By Nikolaos Prakas and Andria Kades President-elect Nikos Christodoulides officially announced his new cabinet on Monday, after lengthy speculation and horse-trading over who would be given top posts in the ...

Cities in Cyprus emptied on Monday as most people headed out into nature for picnics to celebrate the start of the Orthodox Eastern Lenten period. The skies filled with kites, ...

Eleni Theocharous announced on Monday she was resigning from her post as leader of her citizens alliance movement. She broke the news in a brief post on Twitter, saying: “I ...

A man in the north was arrested for calling Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar “crazy” on social media, reports said on Monday. According the Yeni Duzen, police arrested the man, ...

Over 50,000 Cypriots suffer from a rare disease; a staggering number in comparison to other countries. By mapping the island’s human genome, one organisation is attempting to redress the balance ...

Thirteen people that were lost in Akamas in the evening of Sunday made it out of the area safely, police said on Monday. According to police, the 13 people, six of ...

Almost half of the drivers booked by police in Paphos overnight on Sunday were over the limit, police said on Monday. According to the head of the Paphos police Nikos ...

A 26-year-old man was stabbed at the parking lot of his Limassol flat on Sunday and taken to hospital after he was found by a passer-by. According to police, the ...

Three men were arrested on Sunday after two brothers were stabbed in their village home in Pera Choriou Nisou over personal differences they had with two other men, police said ...

A 39-year-old man was arrested in Nicosia after attacking a policeman, it emerged on Monday. Shortly after midnight, a group of people got into a fight outside a nightclub who ...

March arrives and brings with it a daytime techno party! March 12’s event at Skali Aglantzia is the newest event by the TRAP team, bringing pure techno music sounds. Under ...

The strategic significance of the Cyprus-Israel relationship was discussed during a telephone conversation on Sunday evening between President-elect Nikos Christodoulides and Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the latter’...

The civil registry and migration department is due to announce a tender to upgrade passports, identity cards, and residence permits, so as to further prevent the occurrence of fraud. According ...

The occupancy of hotels in the Paphos district is expected to reach 35 per cent in March, President of the Paphos Hotels Association, Thanos Michaelides said on Sunday. In statements to ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Income inequality followed an increasing trajectory at a global level until the mid-1990s and a downward trend in the subsequent period. Over the ...

Candidate for Disy leadership and House President Annita Demetriou said on Sunday that she wants the upcoming party elections to be a rally for unity to ensure the future of ...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi expressed his appreciation to outgoing Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, for the support the latter provided during his term towards the strategic relations between the two ...

New book by the Turkish Cypriot representative on the Committee of Missing Persons By Nikolaos Prakas Fifteen years and all the ups and downs, successes and failures come to life ...

Old railway tracks were revealed in the Kyrenia harbour area on Sunday, authorities in the north said about renovation works going on in the area. According to a report in ...

The animal party is filing an animal abuse claim with police on Sunday, after images surfaced of a chicken dressed in Omonia colours at a match the day before. According ...

The composition of the new cabinet will be announced as planned, president-elect Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday at a memorial service for Eoka fighter Grigoris Afxentiou at Machairas monastery. He ...

Police in Limassol are searching for suspects that vandalised and set fire to a school in Ypsonas, authorities said on Sunday. According to police, the fire service was alerted to ...

Local band with international flavour to stage shows around the island finds ELENI PHILIPPOU Flamenco-infused guitar strums, Middle East-inspired melodies and nostalgic Greek notes are to fill the island’s ...

Thousands of people were out for the Limassol carnival parade on Sunday, as it was the first time in two years the celebrations were being held. The parade and carnival ...