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The occupational therapists’ association on Tuesday called on the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) and the health ministry to explain changes to plans for bringing occupational therapy into the general health ...

Diko on Tuesday welcomed the introduction of a new applied learning stream in lyceums, while calling for parliamentary oversight to ensure its pilot implementation meets students’ needs. The new programme, ...

Nearly two-thirds of tanker crossings through the Strait of Hormuz since July 14 took place without active tracking signals, leaving oil traders, shipowners and regulators with an increasingly incomplete picture of ...

Limassol hotel occupancy reaches 90 per cent in August on late bookings surge Hotels in Limassol have reached around 90 per cent occupancy in August, matching last year’s booking levels as ...

U.S. President Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, an extraordinary ...

A cultural diplomacy research office will be set up to serve as the scientific and research centre of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts for matters of cultural ...

A student with severe visual impairment was not shown to have been discriminated against during a University of Cyprus teaching placement, although the human rights commissioner on Tuesday said there ...

Power Beach, a volunteer-led initiative that seeks to create an outdoor fitness area on Limassol’s Dassoudi beach has run into regulatory hurdles after authorities said on Tuesday that installations ...

Freedom Holding Corp, the parent company of Freedom24, reported a 40 per cent year-on-year increase in net revenue for the first quarter of its 2027 financial year, driven by strong growth across ...

Spain is rolling out a massive police operation and public safety campaign ahead of a rare total solar eclipse on August 12 that will coincide with one of the country’s ...

Fires over the past few days were caused by human activity and could have been avoided, the forestry department said on Tuesday, calling on the public to be extremely careful ...

By Karen Taylor Thousands of miles apart, shadow puppets are used in two very different corners of the world to tell stories against a backdrop no more dramatic than a ...

When I heard about colour analysis, I thought finding my colours would be the easiest part. After learning I belonged to the Spring palette, I assumed discovering the shades that ...

‘I may not have ‘Cypriot blood’ running through my veins, but I am a proud Cypriot’ Young Cypriot athlete Marina Hadjicosta has spoken out about racist comments she received following ...

Cyprus’ state workforce reached 53,747 employees in July 2026, rising by 300 people or 0.6 per cent from 53,447 a year earlier, according to figures released by the statistical service (Cystat). The increase came as ...

British bases (SBA) police arrested 27 people for various offences over the past week as part of ongoing summer operations across the bases. Police said coordinated operations in both the eastern ...

Overcrowding at the central prison is putting increasing pressure on police detention facilities, with some detainees forced to sleep on floors and concerns mounting over hygiene, safety and human rights. ...

Political parties on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the killings of Tassos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, paying tribute to the two men and renewing calls for justice and the ...

Former Ukrainian detainees and Ukrainian officials accused Russia on Monday of systematically torturing prisoners of war and civilian detainees, holding captives incommunicado and subjecting them to beatings, electric shocks and ...

Hotel occupancy in Larnaca fell by 15 per cent in July compared with the same month last year, a decline Larnaca hotel association chairman Marios Polyviou attributed to the conflict in ...

A Syrian court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday after a trial in absentia, convicting him of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest during the country’...

PR expert sees untapped potential in Cyprus innovation scene Cyprus’ startup and investment scene is expanding rapidly, but founders still face the challenge of making their businesses visible beyond the ...

Thirty years after the killings of Tassos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, members of their families, eyewitnesses and legal experts have reflected on the events of August 1996, saying the passage of ...

Cyprus-based biotech innovator Marianna Prokopi-Demetriades has been named the 2026 Study UK Alumni Awards global winner for Business and Innovation, becoming one of only four people worldwide to receive the British ...