#Cyprus

Psychiatry is currently at a turning point as a new potential trend has been emerging in Cypriot mental healthcare. While still strictly illegal in Cyprus, elsewhere psychedelics are moving away ...

The police force recently received its first EU-funded armoured vehicle, capable of withstanding high-powered rifle bullets. It’s an impressive, if extremely intimidating, piece of kit. Fully funded at €755,000, the ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with his Omani counterpart, Dr Hilal bin Ali Al Sabti, covering cooperation in healthcare, medical and pharmaceutical sciences, and ...

Tufan Erhurman has been elected Turkish Cypriot leader in a landslide victory on Sunday. The pro-reunification candidate won a record number of votes as he swept aside his soon-to-be predecessor, ...

Trade unions have made “significant concessions” in the ongoing negotiations on the restoration of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), but rejected the government’s proposals, which they say would lead to ...

More than seven grams of cannabis were found in hand-rolled cigarettes during a routine vehicle check at the Deryneia crossing point on Friday. “Seven handmade cigarettes and four aluminium packages ...

Civil services are failing to adequately implement the code of practice on workplace harassment, creating “chaos” in victim protection, violating their rights and fostering a hostile environment, the House human ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will attend the MED9 summit of nine Mediterranean and Southern European Union member states in Slovenia on Monday, followed by a working visit in preparation for Cyprus’ ...

A motorcycle believed to have been used as a getaway vehicle by the perpetrators of the murder of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous was found by police on Saturday. The motorcycle ...

1.5 grams of cocaine and a sum of €760 in cash were found in the possession of a 22-year-old following an inspection outside a kiosk in Larnaca on Friday evening. According to ...

On Saturday, the weather will be mainly clear. Temperatures are expected to rise to around 28 degrees Celsius in the southern and eastern coastal areas, to around 25 degrees on the west ...

The Neolithic-period archaeological village of ‘Nisia’ in the Protaras area of Famagusta District is the oldest known site in the area, Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said on Thursday. “The ‘...

Trade union leaders were less than pleased following meetings with Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou, with Pasydy secretary-general Stratis Mattheou saying afterwards that employers wish to “...

Talks continue and will continue with the aim of bringing employers and workers to an agreement over the matter of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), employers’ groups said on Friday after ...

“Several points of convergence” were found during the latest meeting to be held on the matter of the Great Sea Interconnector on Friday, according to reports. Friday’s meeting took ...

A fourth batch of vultures that arrived in Cyprus from Spain in February were released into the wild late on Thursday as part of efforts to strengthen their population, BirdLife ...

Cyprus’ six-point initiative on Gaza, proposed earlier this week, was set before (European People’s Party) EPP heads of state and government by President Nikos Christodoulides during a teleconference on ...

A campaign launched by Gesy is urging people to take shingles seriously and get the free vaccine. People over 60 are encouraged to understand the risks and speak with their general ...

Cyprus remains determined to safeguard peace, security, territorial integrity and its sovereign rights, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Thursday, marking the conclusion of a military exercise at the Kalo ...

Operations at Larnaca general hospital may be improving, but the facility still has room to better its organisation as well as the quality of service to patients, MPs heard on ...

The education minister’s proposal for teacher evaluations was thrown out on Thursday by teachers’ union Poed which, along with Oelmek, called on Education Minister Athena Michaelidou to an immediate ...

Separate meetings on Thursday of the trade unions and employers’ organisations with the ministers of labour and finance on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) dispute failed to break the deadlock, even ...

Cypriot member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou on Thursday said he had created a political party, which he has called ‘Direct Democracy’. “This is the biggest announcement of my ...

Parents, students and teachers at a primary school in Limassol held a protest on Thursday over the burglary and vandalism which took place over the weekend in one of the ...