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Government spokesman Konstantinos Letimbiotis has reacted to the reported decision to construct a masjid, a Muslim place of worship, on the grounds of the Apostolos Andreas monastery. He said the ...

A short hearing at Paphos criminal court on Thursday left little hint at the outcome of David Hunter’s sentencing. After hearing the defence present their mitigation arguments, the judges ...

Food and other related delivery services are to be banned during orange and red heatwave warnings, according to Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou. The ban on delivery services will apply from 12...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will plan and prepare positions regarding the Cyprus problem during the latter’s visit to Cyprus on Monday, according to reports. ...

Twelve-year-long efforts to prevent the extinction of the Griffon vulture from the island are failing, the Animal Party announced on Thursday. After the recent incident where the only remaining nest ...

Anecdotal evidence that numbers of loggerhead turtles increasing A team of biologists from the Mediterranean Turtle Research and Conservation Society with local youth volunteers are braving the heatwave to document ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met the members of the ‘opinion-giving Council’ on Wednesday with whom he had a constructive discussion about its roles and responsibilities. After the meeting, government spokesman Konstantinos ...

The Bishop of Karpasia Christophoros has denied reports that he had verbally agreed to the construction of a masjid, a Muslim place of worship, on the grounds of the Apostolos ...

The upcoming meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is a significant step towards efforts to resume negotiations, the government spokesman said on Wednesday. “We consider ...

Minister of Agriculture Petros Xenophontos on Wednesday said autonomous solar energy is the solution to the problem of exposed cables running through the Paphos forest. The minister’s announcement came ...

A&E departments all over Cyprus have recorded increased attendance in the recent days due to the severe heatwave gripping the country, according to state health services (Okypy) spokesperson ...

Cyprus is a step closer to joining the Schengen Area, but it has not done so yet – meaning that full checks still apply to all who enter and leave, the ...

Authorities have awarded 61 permits for gold prospecting on the island, while another 15 applications are pending, a report published by Politis on Tuesday said. Prospecting activities cover a combined area of ...

There is little doubt that President Nikos Christodoulides’ government is beholden to the unions. The public support offered him by the Sek union federation in the elections was bound to ...

Asylum applications in Cyprus were down by over 70 per cent in April this year compared to the same month in 2022, Eurostat data showed on Tuesday. According to the EU’s ...

The visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Cyprus, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed due to the crash of a firefighting aircraft in Greece on Tuesday afternoon. The ...

Communities in the area of Pentakomo waste treatment plant (Oeda) are prepared to take dynamic measure and block the entrance after another fire on Tuesday sent further toxic fumes into ...

The European Union funds 80 per cent of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus budget while the biggest single donor is the Cyprus government, Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Anna ...

The first few days of operation of the new terminal at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport have been plagued by power cuts and other technical issues. After being officially ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou on Tuesday vowed to increase fines and penalties against people guilty of causing fires, with special emphasis on those using fireworks “dangerously and irresponsibly”. Speaking to ...

The fire in the Elitzies area of the Paphos forest was contained on Tuesday with the forestry department and the electricity authority (EAC) disagreeing over whether the blaze was caused ...

Tourists at Larnaca airport got a swift introduction to the laid-back Mediterranean lifestyle over the weekend as they saw taxi drivers “set up a coffee shop” just outside the entrance ...

Pictures of taxi drivers, sitting on chairs chatting outside the exit of the Larnaca airport, caused a big stir after they were posted on social media. Everyone slammed the thoughtless ...

Amid the relentless heatwave and with air-conditioning units working at full blast, demand for electricity on Monday reached 1243 megawatts, a record in recent years. Hara Kousiappa, deputy spokesperson for the ...