#Cyprus

By Sara Mariza Vryonidi The Zero Waste Dinner, organised by the Zero Waste Alliance Cyprus (ZWAC), brought people together to experience a more conscious way of eating. This dinner aimed ...

Cyprus’ government on Tuesday said it was closely monitoring developments after Turkey announced it was aiming to strike a maritime demarcation agreement with Syria once a permanent government is formed ...

Revenue for Akamas municipality increased by 10 per cent this year from the use of sunbeds on Coral Bay, mayor Marinos Lambrou said on Tuesday. He said revenue generated by the ...

A multinational real estate company active in the south, with offices in the north, appears to be advertising property for sale in north Nicosia, Kyrenia, Famagusta, Trikomo, Lefka and Morphou ...

Illegal activities have turned Faros beach in Pervolia into an environmental disaster for the last three years, its new regional mayor said on Tuesday. “Complaints and allegations concern the illegal ...

Christmas lunch is high on the list of shoppers this week, with more people spending on Christmas Eve, having done their own market research and grabbing special offers, shopkeepers association ...

A pilot food waste management programme will be launched by Paphos Municipality after the Christmas holidays, a spokesman said on Tuesday. “The increase of food waste from food businesses could ...

The 49-year-old Swedish fugitive who escaped from police custody while at a private clinic was on Tuesday remanded in custody for seven days by Larnaca district court, as police came ...

Higher numbers of traffic police officers will be out on the street until January 6 in an effort to reduce accidents, the force announced on Tuesday. Police also called on drivers ...

The family of a British Cypriot teen is looking for a stem cell donor on the island in the hope of finding a match. “It would mean the absolute world ...

The top issue for most Cypriots, according to a new poll, is inflation, which concerns almost two thirds of the population. The local Cypronetwork ‘barometer’ found that after inflation, 45 per ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Monday that the draft bill for the voluntary conscription of women into the National Guard is ready. The bill is currently with the Legal Service ...

The Cypriot market is well-stocked for the festive season, with no issues in product quality or compliance, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou assured on Monday after inspecting supermarkets in Larnaca. Slaughter ...

By Jean Christou The House on Monday voted by majority to limit cash transactions over €10,000 after the previous internation had been referred back to parliament by the president. The amended ...

Former Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides plans to remain independent of political parties in his endeavour to contest the next presidential election in 2028, he said over the weekend. Michaelides made the statement ...

Three new apps have been created to enhance the virtual tourism experience of Larnaca, the local development and promotion board announced on Monday. The first concerns a virtual tour focusing ...

Waiting times for specialist doctors in Cyprus have grown significantly longer over the past year, forcing some patients to endure delays stretching well into late 2025, reports showed on Monday. Despite ...

The House ethics committee on Monday unanimously accepted the referral by the president of a law passed on December 5 to limit large cash transactions. The issue will now be tabled ...

‘Niko, you can’t hide,’ protestors chanted on pro-Palestine march on Saturday afternoon. About 200 people gathered in Nicosia’s city centre to protest Israel’s actions in the Middle East ...

Members of the special forces’ underwater demolition team, chief of staff lieutenant general Georgios Tsitsikostas and MEP Loucas Fourlas braved the icy water of Limassol’s sea on Saturday to “...

The state health organisation said it would be looking into Friday’s reports regarding the embezzlement of more than €30 million for neurolysis treatments and would take action “if deemed necessary”. ...

Unficyp vehicles were still in the Frenaros-Vrysoulles buffer zone on Saturday morning, after tension escalated on Friday between peacekeepers and farmers cultivating their land. The UN filed a formal police ...

Cyprus’ citrus trees may be wiped out if a sap-sucking bug thought to have found its way to the island last year through compost in travellers’ luggage, becomes infected with ...

The Nicosia criminal court on Friday rejected Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut’s objections to his trial, and set his next hearing for January 13, when he is set to ...