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The need for a comprehensive assessment of the national health scheme (Gesy) was among the main issues discussed during a meeting between Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides and Akel secretary-general Stefanos ...

Outdoor cinema screenings continue in the old town of Nicosia as To Erma presents three more evenings of films in its courtyard. Amid its wooden chairs, colourful plant pots and ...

Disy accused Akel of allowing ‘ideological entanglements’ to shape Cyprus foreign policy on Friday, after the party backed a protest against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Nicosia. ...

EU countries issued 3.9 million first residence permits to non-EU citizens in 2025, an increase of 10.1 per cent from the previous year, as employment remained the main reason for people being granted ...

Nicosia municipality is intensifying mosquito spraying across the city, as more than 60 per cent of breeding sites are being found inside residential properties following recent rainfall. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Friday called for greater public participation in consultations on the city’s new local plan, saying he particularly wanted to see more young people get ...

Rising DRAM and NAND memory component costs helped drive a 12 per cent year-on-year decline in Latin America’s smartphone market in the second quarter of 2026, with cheaper devices bearing the ...

Three people were arrested in Paphos today over separate theft cases, police said on Friday. A 44-year-old man has been arrested under a court warrant for stealing goods worth €240 from ...

For an independent filmmaker, a convincing soundtrack can be harder to produce than the images themselves. Dialogue must feel performed rather than read, footsteps must match movement, ambience must establish ...

The Supreme Court ruling on the disappearance of two men from Strongylos could have implications for other 1974 missing persons cases where similar circumstances and evidence exist. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

We attracted a technology industry. We have not yet built the machinery that creates new companies here. That takes matched money, and a five-year plan. By Alexey Gubarev When I ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris and the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR)’s Cyprus representative Leslie Esther Velez on Friday met to discuss matters related to refugees and international ...

LGBT rights organisation Accept LGBTI called on police on Friday to investigate the vandalism of banners promoting the Queer Wave film festival in Kaimakli. Organisers said the banners were torn ...

Police said on Friday there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges over a complaint regarding a patient hospitalised after a medical treatment. Police confirmed they received a letter from ...

Norway’s Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late King Harald, died on Friday at the age of 94, the royal palace said in a statement. Astrid’s brother Harald ...

Israel’s military said on Friday it had killed a top Hamas commander in a Gaza airstrike a day earlier, as it presses ahead with a bombing campaign in the ...

We are delighted – and genuinely humbled – that our firm has been shortlisted in two categories at the Legal Geek Leaders in Tech Law Awards 2026 for the continued development of our ...

Andreas Christou, aged 85, has succumbed to injuries sustained after being run over by a car in the Anthoupolis refugee settlement, police confirmed on Friday. Christou was struck on Wednesday afternoon ...

German federal prosecutors have charged seven suspected Hamas members in Berlin with membership in a foreign terrorist organisation and preparing an attack, including by procuring weapons, they said on Friday. ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) announced on Friday that trading in 13-week treasury bills of the 6th issue, series 2026, will be suspended from September 15, 2026 to September 17, 2026 inclusive. The temporary suspension ...

Dinosaur games usually have one obvious attraction – the dinosaurs themselves. Put four prehistoric creatures on a board, add a race to the finish, and you have a premise that needs ...

A verdict in the case against Georgios Christodoulou Zavrantonas, who stands accused of having been in possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine, is expected to be issued by the Nicosia criminal ...

It was one of those hot summer days when even the idea of going to the beach seemed like hard work. Instead, we headed to the mall for a cool ...

Hundreds gathered at Saint Barbara’s in Kaimakli on Friday for the funeral of writer, publisher and restaurateur Vasos Ftochopoulos, who died last week at the age of 76. The congregation ...