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Greek Orthodox Christians across Cyprus celebrate the Epiphany on Saturday, one of the most important days on the Greek Orthodox calendar. The day marks the baptism of Jesus Christ in ...

One of the arguments used by the Cyta unions during Wednesday’s two-hour work stoppage was that they would “stand firm against any effort that may undermine the public character ...

Construction work is set to begin on Cyprus’ first crematorium within the first half of the year, according to the director of the company undertaking the project, MW Crematorium Cyprus’ ...

United Nations Secretary-general Antonio Guterres announced on Friday evening the appointment of Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar as his “personal envoy” to Cyprus. The announcement was made by his spokeswoman Stephanie ...

Compulsory testing for Covid-19 within 48 hours of visits to a plethora of locations has been reintroduced by the government, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Friday. Kanari was speaking during ...

Deputy Research, Innovation, and Digital Policy Minister Philippos Hadjizacharias resigned on Friday, amid rumours that he would be one of the cabinet ministers to face dismissal from President Nikos Christodoulides. ...

Arrest warrants have been issued for four more Turkish Cypriot lawyers for selling Greek Cypriot properties in the north, according to reports released on Friday. Akan Kursat, a Turkish Cypriot ...

Palestine’s foreign minister is set to visit Cyprus to discuss growing concerns that the humanitarian corridor to Gaza may be ‘instrumentalised’ by Israel to displace residents in the besieged ...

Roadworks in Akamas will have to be corrected in part, the Green Party said on Friday, following a visit by foreign experts to the site after being invited by the ...

As the spat over government funding for theatre production continues, Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said that threats are not the solution, and actors will be the ones paying the ...

The scientific committee monitoring Covid-19 was back in action on Wednesday. Its members met Health Minister Dr Popi Kanari to discuss the increase of Covid infections recorded in the last ...

Access to nursing homes, hospitals and similar premises will be allowed to visitors only if they’ve tested negative for Covid-19, the cabinet formally decided on Thursday. The announced measures ...

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, on Thursday expressed concerns about the increasing militarisation of the buffer zone and said that the latest report on ...

There was no flood or fire warning system in the server room that was brought down by a water leak in April last year, and no CCTV monitoring, a report ...

Cyprus has ten days to submit the arrest warrant and other necessary documents for the extradition of Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat from Italy, where he was arrested in connection ...

Internationally acclaimed football star Cristiano Ronaldo has become an investor in UFL, a new free-to-play football video game, created by company in Paphos. Ronaldo is part of a group of ...

A woman who has said she was victimized by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Britain’s Prince Andrew put his hand on her breast at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse ...

Speaking on CyBC radio on Tuesday morning, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said he did not rule out the possibility that the announcement of the appointment of UN Secretary-General’s envoy ...

Human Rights Commissioner Maria Lottides decried “rights violations” and “infringements on constitutionally guaranteed freedoms” during the Covid-19 pandemic in her annual report. The report, which was submitted to President Nikos ...

A total of 98 people were trafficked in Cyprus between 2019 and 2022, ranging from sexual and labour exploitation to forced marriages, an interior ministry report revealed on Wednesday. The report also showed ...

The government could on Wednesday neither confirm nor deny a reshuffle would take place this month, with Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis saying it is up to the president to announce ...

Negative Covid tests and mask use will be mandatory in nursing homes, hospitals, outpatient clinics, dentists, and facilities for vulnerable groups, a meeting of the Covid-19 scientific advisory committee with ...

The future of the production of halloumi as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product is “up in the air”, after producers on Wednesday repeated their decision to close their ...

A 27-year-old man was on Wednesday remanded in police custody for six days after being arrested in connection with shots fired in the air outside the prisons in Nicosia last ...