Cyprus

Bird trapping with nets has almost halved in Cyprus when comparing autumn 2022 with the previous year, BirdLife Cyprus announced on Tuesday, calling the results “promising”. The figures reveal a 49 per ...

Nikos Christodoulides was officially sworn in on Tuesday as the eighth president of the Republic in a short ceremony held at the House of Representatives. Arriving at parliament shortly after 11...

Despite pledging that his cabinet would be made up of new faces, half of which would be women, new President Nikos Christodoulides named a council of ministers that did not ...

Low-cost carrier Wizz Air on Tuesday announced a new route from Larnaca to Abu Dhabi. The route will become operational on July 3 with triweekly (every Monday, Wednesday and Friday) flights ...

The electricity authority of Cyprus (EAC) was fined €8,000 by the Nicosia district court after the Department of Labour Inspection found it had violated occupational health and safety at work, the ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Tuesday wished new President Nikos Christodoulides “strength and endurance” in the island’s top post during a ceremony at parliament. Demetriou said the House remains ...

Written to be performed and often based on social and political themes of the times, slam poetry is on the rise in Cyprus finds a finger snapping ELENI PHILIPPOU “Let’...

A man in Paphos was remanded for three days on Tuesday after being arrested last week for allegedly stealing various items from a supermarket in town on different occasions. According ...

Turkish Cypriots are complaining of increasingly high rents following the devastating earthquake that affected parts of Turkey and Syria that pushed them to seek refuge in the north. According to ...

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 ...