Cyprus

Kissonerga community leader Giorgos Stylianou on Tuesday welcomed the announcement of new tenders for the creation of a marina in Paphos. The decision by the council of ministers to create ...

Police in Paphos arrested two men for illegal knife possession and transportation on Sunday. According to police spokesperson, Michalis Nikolaou, shortly after midnight traffic police stopped a vehicle driven by ...

On Tuesday the weather will be mostly clear with temporarily increased high clouds in the afternoon. The winds will be mainly north-easterly to south-easterly, light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort ...

The ministry of health on Tuesday issued an urgent call for blood donations due to very low stock levels. Blood donation stations are operating, from February 27 to March 5, at the ...

Two new exhibitions open next month at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, as the Nicosia Foundation is the main coordinator of the Horizon 2020 research programme Redefining the Future of ...

The department of labour inspection on Tuesday issued a warning for high concentrations of atmospheric dust expected to remain in effect for two to three days. In its statement, the ...

In today’s episode, President-elect Nikos Christodoulides announced his cabinet on Green Monday. It included some high-profile names including well-known singer Michalis Hadjiyiannis as Deputy Minister of Culture, as well ...

Two persons, one hospitalized in critical condition, were injured in a road accident in a Nicosia village, police announced on Tuesday. The accident happened around 3.30pm on Monday at Agia ...

Police on Monday made a fourth arrest for a stabbing incident in Pera Chorio Nisou that took place on Sunday. The 48-year-old man arrested, has been recuperating at Nicosia general ...

Police on Tuesday announced the closure of Nehru Avenue in Nicosia due to the investiture ceremony of new president-elect, Nikos Christodoulides. Nehru Avenue, in front of the Parliament building will ...

Police on Monday took into custody a 22-year-old woman for impersonation at Paphos airport. According to the police spokesman and head of CID, Michalis Nikolaou, on Monday around noon, the ...

Seven people, including five children, were injured in a traffic accident in Paphos on Monday afternoon. According to police statement around 6pm a 45-year-old driver on the road from Kelokedari ...

Maternal deaths in Cyprus more than doubled in the past 20 years, making it one of the worst performers across the globe, a report by the World Health Organisation revealed on ...

Buildings in the north have more resilient construction than those in Turkey, ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Monday, despite criticism over the weekend that many school buildings were old ...

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 ...