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An independent investigator has been appointed over the death of a 24-year-old Pakistani national, who was shot at by police, it was decided on Sunday. State pathologist Nicholas Charalambous will ...

Banks play a key role and are inextricably linked to the outlook of the economy, mainly through supporting growth by providing financing to businesses and individuals. However, as demonstrated during ...

Kurds in Cyprus participated in a protest in Nicosia on Sunday, demanding the termination of Turkey’s offensive against Rojava in north Syria, and stressing the need for the international ...

A pilot food waste management programme is about to be launched in Paphos, chairwoman of Paphos’ social welfare committee Mariella Theophanous has said. The food waste programme will give families ...

A top level Israeli security delegation arrived in Qatar on Sunday for talks on a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in ...

By Leontios Ierodiaconou It seems that in some political circles, there are excessive concerns about “political equality” between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots in any future solution. Inevitably, these fears ...

A 17-year-old from Limassol was charged in writing over the vandalism at the Nikos Solomonides stadium, police said on Sunday. The teenager’s photo had been circulated by police as ...

By Loukis Skaliotis European countries have recently woken up to the need to boost their defence spending with the defence/GDP ratio being pushed up above 2 per cent for Nato ...

The situation in public hospitals is manageable, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Sunday, amid hospital bed shortages resulting from a spike in the number of patients seeking treatment due ...

The Cyprus premiere of Andys Skordis’ work β is coming up soon in the capital, presented within the 5th Nicosia International Festival 2024. The Nicosia 2030 team, as part of its mission to ...

The longstanding neglect of a 19th-century windmill in the Exo Vrysi area has sparked public outcry, with Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos openly criticising the Department of Antiquities for its inaction. ...

European foreign ministers will meet at the end of January to discuss the lifting of sanctions on Syria, the EU foreign policy chief said on Sunday in Riyadh ahead of ...

Cabinet on Sunday held a meeting at the presidential residence in Troodos, to discuss the government’s actions for 2025, as well as pending issues from last year. Addressing his ministers, ...

By Erol Riza The decision reached at this week’s meeting at the president’s office has been welcomed by all parties, and it is to appoint Hellenic Republic Asset ...

I refer to an article published in the Cyprus Mail on January 10 on the views of the former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and would like to point out, that ...

The President of the Congress of Deputies (Lower House) of Spain, Francina Armengol Socias, and the Vice-President of the Spanish Senate, Javier Ignacio Maroto Aranzábal, arrive in Cyprus on ...

A bipartisan resolution condemning Turkey’s illegal occupation of Cyprus has been submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Nicole Maliotakis, Gus Bilirakis, Chris Pappas and Dina ...

Foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western and Middle Eastern countries are meeting Syria’s new foreign minister in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday at the first such regional ...

The current Cyprus government is failing in addressing interrelated key economic, social and environmental issues as well as corruption by not implementing rational reforms and measures. It is just resorting ...

Two cars were set on fire early on Sunday morning in Limassol, which police are investigating as a possible arson attack. Fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said a fire truck ...

Greenland is a Danish island colony in the North Atlantic within the Arctic Circle that owing to its location and sparse population survived the winds of change of decolonisation after ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting January 7: The Cypriot property market demonstrated resilience in 2024, despite facing numerous challenges that are expected to persist into 2025. ...

OUT OF THE BLUE on Wednesday it was announced that the Israeli President Isaak Herzog would be visiting Cyprus the next day for a meeting with Prezniktwo. The visit of ...

By Miranda Xafa In an international environment of great turmoil and rapid change over the past year, Greece has stood out as a pole of political and economic stability in ...