#Cyprus news

The death of six-year-old girl, who was critically injured during a jet-ski accident at Lady’s Mile over the weekend, was attributed to a severe head injury, state pathologists said ...

Authorities in the north have called for the establishment of an Azerbaijani ‘embassy’ in an effort to establish diplomatic relations, Turkish Cypriot media said on Tuesday. The chairman of the “...

A couple was arrested on Friday afternoon in Larnaca on suspicion of posing as doctors to extort money from an elderly woman, a crime that cost over €100,000 to pensioners of ...

Resistance to reforms and changes promoted comes from the effort to protect specific interests but the government will not succumb to such pressures, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou said on ...

I read your ‘Anti-LGBTI comments are nasty but are part of free speech’ (Our View, June 15) in both shock and disbelief. You argued that “nasty” comments should not warrant investigation ...

Authorities prevented a terrorist attack which was believed to have been aimed at Israeli residents of the Republic of Cyprus, it emerged on Sunday. The perpetrators were reportedly the intelligence ...

Cyprus has double the number of new patients starting dialysis each year Cyprus records one of the highest numbers in terms of its population in new patients requiring kidney dialysis ...

‘An imperfect system that works will be better than a bad one that doesn’t’ Migration has become the albatross around the EU’s neck, but a recent agreement aims ...

Artificial Intelligence is in our lives and we must exploit it in a positive manner, Dr Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bath, said on Friday. ...

‘It’s madness to keep building when we have more than enough’ By Bejay Browne Peyia residents are up in arms over a number of big building projects earmarked for ...

And says we shouldn’t follow some fellow European countries yet in scrapping other Covid measures The SafePass is still effective in the age of Omicron, while the need for ...

The former foreign minister’s hardline policies on Cyprus issue were a failure. He should not stand for president By Christos Panayiotides In the summer of 1962, I had the great ...

The relaxation of the Covid measures we expected this week did not materialise, the higher number of cases, compared to the previous week, and relatively high positivity rate making the ...

Bejay Browne wrote at length about the discrimination experienced by guide and assistance dog users in the Sunday Mail (January 30). While this is shocking, it is just one example of ...

Newly-appointed Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides is paying on Wednesday his first official visit to Athens since taking office. Kasoulides will be received by the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina ...

The first snow fell on the highest mountains of Troodos on Wednesday morning, ushering in the winter season. Temperatures experienced a sharp drop on the first day of December, reaching ...

Paphos police are investigating after a 48-year-old man reported that several weapons and ammunition were stolen from his house among other valuable items. The man told police that unknown people ...

Three businesses and 15 individuals were booked after 2,699 checks for the implementation of coronavirus protocols, police said early on Friday. Most checks, 1,243, were carried out in Nicosia where one person was ...

The day care centre for people with autism in Sotera implements good practices to raise awareness and support adults with autism and their families, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on ...

Almost 16 kilos of rubbish were collected from a beach in Yeroskipou during a cleanup by Paphos dentists over the weekend. The volunteering campaign was organised on Saturday by the dental ...

Dozens of people held picnics outside restaurants in Nicosia and Limassol on Sunday to protest the new coronavirus restrictions that will ban the unvaccinated from key sectors, including pubs, coffee ...

Education Minister Prodromos Pordromou departed Cyprus for Brussels on Sunday to attend works of the education, youth, culture and sport (EYCS) council that will take place on Monday and Tuesday. ...

Non-urgent operations will be postponed as the state healthcare services organisation (Okypy) is preparing for a possible increase in hospitalisations following the emergence of the new Coronavirus variant of concern, ...

The education ministry on Sunday announced that schools will operate normally next week, following reports about the decision of parents to keep their children from school for one period on ...