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The trial of journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was on Thursday adjourned until May 29. ...

Three men, aged 20 years old, 19 years old, and 18 years old, were all arrested after getting into a fight with one another, the police announced on Friday. The incident occurred in ...

The 32-year-old man arrested when police found 105.65kg of cannabis and 16.52kg of cocaine, was remanded on Friday for eight days to facilitate investigations. The suspect was taken before the ...

Friday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across the island, with temperatures set to rise to 31 degrees Celsius inland, 27 degrees Celsius on the coasts, and 21 degrees Celsius in ...

Limassol municipality and Frederick University’s Department of Maritime Transport and Commerce will host the fifth Blue Limassol Forum on Thursday, May 15 at the Cruise Terminal (POD 5 – Departures) of the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar maintained the slender lead he holds over challenger and opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman in polling for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership ...

The ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the Cypriot banking sector edged up slightly to 6.3 per cent at the end of January 2025, from 6.2 per cent in December 2024, according to updated ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni each expressed confidence on Thursday that the United States and Europe will be able to negotiate a trade deal ...

Cyprus has long held an irresistible allure for those in search of a life less ordinary.   With more than 300 days of sunshine a year, turquoise beaches, and a Mediterranean pace ...

The Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry has announced a new call for proposals under the Digital Upgrade of Businesses Scheme, part of the EU co-funded Thaleia 2021–2027 programme. According to ...

The Paphos regional tourism board (Etap) this week said that its digital tourism campaign is exceeding expectations, with the organisation reporting that its goals have already been significantly surpassed. According ...

The outlook for Cyprus’ tourism sector appears slightly brighter this year, with early bookings for the first half of 2025 showing a better trend than the same period in 2024, according to ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve), in cooperation with the Deputy Ministry of Shipping and the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Helsinki, will organise a business ...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) this week concluded the latest round of minimum wage negotiations for able seafarers, following a meeting of the Joint Maritime Commission’s (JMC) Subcommittee on ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos and the town’s bishop Tychikos are at loggerheads over the organisation of an event next month to mark May 19, the day observed by Pontic Greeks ...

‘A step towards the mountain’ was the title chosen by the UNSG’s Special Representative Colin Stewart for a speech he gave on Wednesday night at CVAR in Nicosia about ...

Fires were lit outside the north’s ‘parliament’ for a fourth day in a row on Thursday in protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of ...

A deputy sheriff’s son killed two people and wounded four others at Florida State University on Thursday before he was shot by officers and hospitalized, authorities said. Police believe ...

Rising trade tensions and sweeping shifts in the global trading system will trigger downward revisions of the International Monetary Fund’s economic forecasts but no global recession is expected, IMF ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet’s warmer and wetter ancient ...

A prison warden, a prison inmate and the inmate’s wife will stand trial for corruption, bribery and racketeering, following a decision handed down by Nicosia district court on Thursday. ...

Cyprus’ roads have claimed 11 lives since January, with four fatal crashes in just 48 hours ahead of Easter. The latest victims, including a young speeder, a pedestrian, and two working men, ...

Up until January of this year, no certification was required that a vehicle must not be subject to recall in order to have it registered, the panel investigating the Takata ...

Post-Easter break, the live music scene will welcome a new wave of productions. An upcoming one places the spotlight on a significant Greek figure. The music ensemble Es Aei presents ...