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The lake is a Natura 2000 site twice-over, but this apparent legal protection is doing it little good Paralimni lake is an opportunity squandered on so many levels. And that really ...

Lawmakers have drafted a bill that would see the state compensate refugees for loss of use and enjoyment of their property in the north – almost 50 years after the Turkish invasion ...

The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia arrived in Kyiv by train on Tuesday to show support for Ukraine, the first foreign leaders to visit the capital ...

Chinese Ambassador Liu Yantao has visited Cypriot referee Kyriacos Kyriacou who had to undergo emergency surgery while he was in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Kyriacou was hospitalised on ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday peace talks were sounding more realistic but more time was needed, as Russian air strikes killed five people in the capital Kyiv and ...

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has said his country is ready to establish diplomatic relations and open its border with Turkey, the Turkish state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday. ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he was sending his foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, to Moscow and Kyiv this week as part of Turkey’s mediation efforts to secure ...

The finance ministry has instructed government ministries and departments to tighten the purse strings, advising that they freeze development projects not already underway in a bid to shore up expenses ...

Two people died and another 3,294 new coronavirus infections were recorded after 92,295 tests, a positivity rate of 3.57 per cent, the health ministry said on Tuesday. There are currently 108 coronavirus patients in ...

A Russian woman who denounced the war in Ukraine during a live news bulletin on state television was fined 30,000 roubles ($280) on Tuesday, a court said, after the Kremlin denounced her ...

AN upcoming exhibition in Nicosia will see Art Seen Gallery host new work by solo artist Kyriakos Kallis. His exhibition How to Make a Mountain, curated by Maria Stathi, opens ...

Tickets issued for speeding in Cyprus fell by over 30 per cent between 2019 and 2020 with the same percentage increase seen in the number of road deaths during the same period, a ...

An exhibition of the Greek revolution of 1821 presented with Playmobil figurines and models will go on show at the cultural foundation of the Bank of Cyprus in Nicosia on March 23 ...

Ukraine accused Russia on Tuesday of blocking a convoy trying to take supplies to the besieged city of Mariupol, where the Red Cross said desperate families were being “suffocated” as ...

EU finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to subsidise household fuel prices and offer support to companies hit by surging energy prices as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ...

A vet has confirmed that eight farm animals have died after being poisoned by weedkiller being sprayed in the village of Trachoni in Limassol, the Green party said on Tuesday. ...

RCB Bank is bringing its customers Apple Pay with Mastercard, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that helps customers avoid handing their payment card to someone else, ...

Representing a revolution in the consumer market , the newly-launched #APPLA platform lets the island’s shoppers compare product characteristics, price and different stores, establishing, for the first time in Cyprus, ...

Open both to wine professionals and oenophiles, the 4th Peloponnese Wine Festival, will take place this April 8, at the Ceronia Hall of Carob Mill Restaurants, Vasilissis Street, Limassol 3602. At least 26 ...

As petrol prices surge in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and consumers fret over the cost of living, the finance ministry has revised its forecast for inflation ...

Nicosia has sought guidance from the European Commission on what it should do with Cyprus-flagged ships that bear a seaworthiness certificate from Russia. “We’ve asked the European Commission for ...

Two border collies will help save rare Griffon vultures from being poisoned Griffon vulture Two dog handlers are in Greece training with border collies Dixie and Sofie ahead of the ...

Two of 39 Cypriots or Ukrainians with Cyprus-links in war torn Ukraine are in Mariupol, which has been besieged by Russian forces, with no water or electricity and scarce food and ...

Hellenic Bank on Tuesday announced that it has negligible direct exposure to Russia, while its indirect exposure through any adverse effects on the Cypriot economy hinges on a number of ...