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Cyprus’ aging population and declining birth rate is a “a national responsibility” which must be addressed, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Friday. Speaking at a health conference in Nicosia, ...

Always up for a Saturday morning brunch, we spotted a new place on social media that looked rather good. Lavita is in Larnaca’s old town, tucked away down a ...

Used vehicles continued to drive growth in Cyprus’ motor market during the first nine months of 2026, while registrations of new vehicles declined, according to figures released by the statistical service (...

The deadline for expressions of interest in taking on the stalled construction project of a natural gas liquefaction terminal at Vasiliko passed on Friday, with Energy Minister Michael Damianos saying ...

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of Britain’s King Charles, has benefited from £302,000 in compensation after he was forced to end his mansion lease early over revelations about his ties ...

A former minister in President Nikos Christodoulides’ government could face criminal prosecution after allegedly failing to declare €2.4 million in assets in declarations submitted to parliament in 2023 and 2026, according to a ...

Private hospitals have called for fair and adequate compensation under the national health scheme (Gesy) and urgent measures to address the continuing shortage of nursing staff, warning that both issues ...

Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz is “deeply outraged” by former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s visit to Vladimir Putin’s home to celebrate the Russian president’s birthday this week, a ...

Two men accused of being tasked by Iran to carry out hostile surveillance on the Israeli Embassy in London, Britain’s oldest synagogue and other Israeli or Jewish targets pleaded ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project is “no longer merely a Greek and Cypriot project” but a “European project”, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, of the cable which, ...

Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her efforts to ...

Cyprus police chief Themistos Arnaoutis on Friday presented a new modernisation programme aimed at transforming the force into a more efficient, technologically advanced and responsive organisation by 2030. The programme, titled ‘...

Cyta showcased its business technology solutions and took part in discussions on leadership, youth development and innovation at INSPIRE 2026, an entrepreneurship festival, held in Nicosia on October 7-8. The telecommunications ...

The black box aboard the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia had been turned off two days prior to its sinking, the Turkish Cypriot Kyrenia district court heard ...

Fuel costs continue to weigh on Cypriot motorists, with diesel prices reaching €2.126 per litre at the most expensive pump in the country and petrol prices remaining on an upward trend ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Friday called for greater flexibility in EU fiscal rules to allow member states to increase spending and support households and businesses struggling with inflation and ...

Trips lasting at least one night by Cyprus residents rose by 13.3 per cent in 2025, reaching 3.82 million in total, as travel continued to increase across the European Union, according to figures ...

Cyprus’ property valuation professionals have called for faster building permit approvals, formal access to reliable property data and regular safety inspections of buildings, as the sector seeks to improve housing ...

French student unions vowed on Friday to keep up protests after scoring their first win in a campaign that is increasingly supported by Paris’s elite universities, with 141 schools still ...

Continued growth in research excellence reinforces the University’s position in global academia The University of Nicosia is proud to announce that twenty-five of its academics have been included in ...

Novak Djokovic has backed Jannik Sinner’s decision to shut down his 2026 season as the world number one continues his recovery from a knee injury, saying the Italian was right ...

A third person, aged 25, was arrested on Thursday for extracting and illegally using credit card details. The man was arrested on a pending warrant after he was seen driving his ...

Advanced Hosting is launching a new self-service platform that brings cloud, bare metal, networking, and other infrastructure services together in one customer portal. The company wants to make it easier ...

On the final competition day of the World Apnea 2026 Depth World Championships in Limassol, Alexey Molchanov descended to 137 metres, setting a new AIDA World Record and becoming the first human ...