#Cyprus

Thousands of people flocked the old city centre of Nicosia on Sunday evening to enjoy a concert by Greek pop singer Anastasia and watch as the Christmas tree was lit ...

A tussle at a concrete factory on Monday was immediately downplayed by police and union Sek as a minor incident, while the union said the long-running strike would end as ...

Two new categories of people are now eligible for the electricity authority’s discounted pricing for vulnerable consumers, the EAC announced on Monday. The move comes after a decision by ...

Nicosia police were on Monday investigating a case of attempted murder after four people were injured in an attack. According to police, the attack happened around 2.30am in Strovolos when ...

The award-winning film Gomsu (Neighbour), a poignant exploration of memory and resilience in post-invasion Cyprus, is to be screened at the Cyprus high commission in London on December 4. Sponsored by “...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Sunday said he is “optimistic” that an ongoing dispute between doctors and the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be resolved within the week. He ...

Domestic violence is on the rise with over 11,000 cases reported in five years, but it appears that police do not always respond speedily to incidents involving foreign nationals. Police have ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Saturday set a hard deadline of midday on Sunday for trade unions and employers’ groups to decide whether they will accept his proposal to bring ...

Green Party MP Charalambos Theopemptou on Saturday called for assisted dying to be legalised in Cyprus. Reacting to the bill on the matter which is making its way through the ...

A total of 69 Cypriot artefacts which were in the possession of a private citizen in Austria are to be returned to Cyprus, it was announced on Saturday. The artefacts were ...

Two people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning after a fight outside a nightclub in Larnaca. Police were called to the scene at around 3am, with reports ...

The number of crossings made between the Republic and the north by Greek Cypriots fell by almost 4.5 per cent in the first nine months of the year compared to the ...

The Amalthea plan, Cyprus’ humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, will be reactivated soon, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday night. Addressing an event in Limassol, he said the transfer ...

Public debate over whether Cyprus should join Nato is “premature”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday night.  “At present, the government is “working to increase our compatibility with Nato ...

Supermarkets large and small are scrambling to send information to the commerce ministry in time for a pilot e-kalathi application to go into operation before Christmas, it emerged on Friday. ...

The government’s plan for a private company to operate the Larnaca port and marina on a temporary basis until a new investor is found to upgrade its infrastructure “puts ...

Polish football club Legia Warsaw on Friday demanded that European football governing body Uefa take action over a “scandalous” tifo unveiled by fans of Cypriot club Omonia before the two ...

The government was forced to re-award its tender for the provision of new electric ministerial cars after the bid which had initially won the tender was disqualified on a technicality. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides told young people on Friday the government was working on a number of initiatives to get them more involved in democratic engagement, including lowering the voting age ...

Newly enlisted special forces soldiers are able to fully respond to any situation and fulfil the expectations of their role, Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas said on Friday. He was at ...

The fire service is warning about the risk to lives from cluttered common areas in apartment blocks and haphazard parking outside these buildings. The warning was issued at the House ...

The state training institutes (Kie) took umbrage with teachers’ union Oelmek speaking on their behalf on Friday, after the latter listed their under-performance among a litany of complaints launched against ...

The old Polis Chrysochous municipal market building is to be demolished after standing empty and unused for years, it was reported on Thursday. The proposal came from mayor Yiotis Papachristofis ...

The House plenum on Thursday greenlit a law that makes ‘revenge porn’ a criminal offence, regardless of the victim’s gender, and punishable by up to 14 years in jail where ...