Cyprus

Heavy rains and hail in various areas of the Nicosia-Limassol highway on Tuesday at noon heavily impacted visibility for motorists, police said as a yellow weather warning remained in place. ...

Macron invites Christodoulides to Paris to discuss EU role in Cyprob talks The EU’s involvement in Cyprus problem negotiations will be the focus of President Nikos Christodoulides’ trip to ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said the government will continue to support the work of the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC). Vafeades made statements to the press after a visit to ...

Cyberattacks such as the one recently propagated against the land registry are fairly common, head of the police cybercrime division George Karkas said, speaking on CyBC radio on Tuesday. Experts ...

A hunter was fined thousands of euros for training hunting dogs in an area where such activity is prohibited, the game fund announced on Tuesday. According to the game fund, ...

According to preliminary data from the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), the trade deficit in Cyprus increased significantly in January 2023, as imports increased more than three times the increase in exports. ...

Daylight saving time starts on March 26 when all European Union countries will set their clocks one hour forward. Despite a 2018 decision to abolish time change in Europe, clocks will go ...

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said on Tuesday she is eager to discuss with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders the way forward on ...

The role of the Cypriot dialect in arts and culture was the focus of a recent event at the Limassol-based Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak). Speakers highlighted the role of ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO), it emerged on Tuesday, has instructed all hospitals to cut down on surgeries requiring intensive care unit (ICU) stays. The organisation stated that ICU bed ...

Buy a book, Save a stray is the motto of the upcoming book bazaar at Yfantourgeio TheWorkplace. An initiative of the PAWS organisation (Protecting Animals Without Shelter) in cooperation with ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis announced on Monday that their governments will institutionalise a coordination body, as a new chapter in Athens ...

Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zannetou on Monday said that the signs and feedback garnered at the ITB Berlin tourism conference in Germany have been positive, with the feeling of optimism, ...

News law giving priority to vulnerable groups in areas serving the public was approved by the House last week, but there are doubts about how it will be implemented. A ...

Health officials announced on Monday that a 34-year-old pedestrian is in critical condition after he was struck by a car along the Limassol-Nicosia highway, by the Strovolos exit. Police are ...

St Patrick’s celebrations in Cyprus generally see bars and associations put on green-leaved fiestas to celebrate the Irish tradition and with the special day coming up on Friday one ...

A British company is being grilled by the agriculture ministry over its ‘buffalomi’ product – a “halloumi style cheese” made from buffalo milk. “After many trials, tastings and guidance from halloumi ...

Electricity from renewables fed into the grid will this year be cut back by an estimated 6 to 8 per cent, to ensure stability of the system, the Transmission System Operator (TSO) ...

Generic medications save consumers millions of euros but yet in Cyprus, beneficiaries of Gesy still don’t trust or choose them, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Monday. Generic ...

Lawmakers on Monday expressed contentment with the fact that the women’s Under-16 national basketball team will take part in an upcoming international competition after having been previously excluded. At ...

A 38-year-old Paphos resident was jailed for three-and-a-half years on Monday after being found guilty of about ten robberies. The district court heard that he had broken into and robbed ...

A 37-year-old man has been arrested for a case involving illegal entry into Cyprus. According to a witness statement, he was the driver of a five-metre-long boat, carrying 18 men, including ...

Betting activity in 2022 went up by 22 per cent compared to the previous year, coming to €959 million, the head of the National Betting Authority told MPs on Monday. Ioanna Fiakkou was ...

The ‘TRNC’ flag was on display at the 146th Inter-parliamentary Union summit in Bahrain, alongside the flags of other countries, images that surfaced on the internet showed on Monday. A ...