Cyprus

The met service issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms on Wednesday. The warning is in force until 6pm. During that time, isolated thunderstorms with the possibility of hail are ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and trade unions reiterated on Wednesday the need to hire more civil servants after the House finance committee this week refused to approve over 1,800 positions. The ...

Patients with metastatic breast cancer in Cyprus have a better survival rate than the international average, a report compiled by the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre revealed on Wednesday. The ...

An unlikely alliance of farmers, environmentalists and hunters have expressed alarm at the government’s policy of selling off fertile land to photovoltaic (PV) companies, without comprehensive planning or adequate ...

The first official meeting after the elections between ex-president Nicos Anastasiades and his successor Nikos Christodoulides took place on Tuesday night with the former praising the new government. “I had ...

Ahead of Wednesday’s Cypriot cup final between Omonia and Ael Limassol, unknown perpetrators have vandalised the walls of the Ayios Ioannis school in Limassol with football-related graffiti. The act ...

In a man fighting stereotypes, and over a plate of Pakistani kebabs, THEO PANAYIDES finds a hard worker happy to have made Cyprus his home The first time I visit ...

Police in Limassol on Wednesday are looking for the owner of a bulldog dog that attacked and injured a 69-year-old woman. According to the police statement, the 69-year-old reported to ...

“Larnaca has always been an intercultural hub between the West and the East,” say the organisers of an upcoming event that tours the town. “The existence of the port, the ...

In today’s episode, retired British miner David Hunter did everything he could to help his terminally ill wife Janice as her condition deteriorated in the last few years of ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 43-year-old man in Paphos for a case of theft and dealing in stolen property, and are seeking to establish the whereabouts of a second suspect ...

Police in Paphos on Tuesday took into custody two burglary suspects, found in possession of tools and suspected stolen items. According to the police, at 6.40pm a tip off was ...

Famagusta police on Tuesday uncovered an improvised nursery in a house garage where cannabis plants were being grown. According to police statement, at around 4.30pm the drug squad detected the ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) and the Chamber of Commerce of Famagusta this week announced that they will collaborate on the launch of a ‘free university’ initiative in Famagusta. ...

An autopsy is to be preformed on Wednesday on the body of the four-year-old boy found dead in a swimming pool in Emba. According to police spokesman and head of ...

The Cyprus Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Environment is implementing various initiatives to support beekeeping, aiming to improve the general conditions and trade of hive products, according to Minister ...

On Wednesday the weather will initially be mostly clear with gradually increasing cloud cover and local showers and isolated thunderstorms expected, mainly in the highlands, inland and the north. Winds ...

The Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Industry on Tuesday announced that, in collaboration with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) and the state’s Trade Centre in Dubai, ...

By Zoe Makridou As time passes, the world has gradually become more interconnected, and individuals have developed a keen interest in different cultures and a desire to experience them firsthand. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met with his predecessor Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace on Tuesday for a “friendly and creative meeting” lasting over an hour. The two discussed the latest ...

Cyprus must assert itself with a strong voice to the EU in a bid to mitigate the effects of sanctions to businesses on the island, chairman of the House commerce ...

Parliamentarians on Tuesday again rejected one of the government’s proposed appointees to the Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission due to her links to a private company. The dispute concerns ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari expressed Cyprus’ readiness to collaborate with the World Health Organisation (WHO) partners in safeguarding health and prosperity of citizens on a global level. Speaking during the ...

The government was on Tuesday forced to rethink its proposal for a ‘basket of goods’ after businesses and MPs gave it the thumbs-down by arguing it may in fact boomerang ...