#Cyprus

The general health system (Gesy) is financially robust and projected to remain solvent at least through to the year 2031, an official asserted on Monday. Angelos Tropis, a senior official with ...

Cabinet on Monday submitted six amended bills to parliament on fire prevention for forests and the countryside, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said. Panayiotou said that some general elements included in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was not “invited” to a tripartite meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on August 13 but “sounded out” over such a ...

In the men’s horizontal bar final at the Paris Olympics, Cypriot gymnast Marios Georgiou faced a challenging moment with a fall during his exit, ultimately scoring 13.333 and finishing in 6...

The transfer of Israeli citizens via ships from Cyprus into Israel is not part of the ‘Estia’ plan, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. His statement came after Israeli ...

Dogs are to be stationed in the departure lounge at Larnaca airport with the aim of both calming nervous flyers and encouraging adoptions from dog shelters, Cyprus’ airports’ operator Hermes ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested in Limassol, driving over twice the speed limit, police said on Monday. The man was spotted at around 1.35am on Monday driving at 192km per ...

British Cypriot member of the House of Lords Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece said a bicycle filled with dog excrement was left outside her cousin’s home on Sunday as far-right riots ...

Far-right British fugitive Tommy Robinson is currently on holiday in Cyprus, staying at a holiday village near Cape Greco. Robinson, a former member of the fascist British National Party and ...

Earlier this week, the fear that journalists could be jailed for what they wrote was very real and Thursday’s decision to review the proposed ‘fake news’ bill has only ...

Another person was rescued on Saturday by the Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) after getting into distress after jumping into the sea at the Sea Caves in Cape Greco. ...

Answers can be found to the differences between the two sides at the negotiating table to the benefit of not only Greek and Turkish Cypriots, President Nikos Christodoulides said on ...

With the 2025 deadline for 55 per cent sorting of household waste rapidly approaching, the Environment Department on Saturday defended its actions as the Greens spoke of largescale fraud. Cyprus Greens MP ...

Cyprus’ civil wedding industry is suffering from Israel’s war on Gaza, with fewer couples from Israel and Lebanon choosing Cyprus to seal their devotion. Over the past decades, excluding ...

Sweden said on Saturday it was shutting its embassy in Beirut and sending its staff to Cyprus, amid fears that Israel’s war on Gaza could escalate into a region-wide ...

Nicosia is expecting an invitation from the UN chief for a meeting with the Turkish Cypriot leader, under UN auspices, the government said on Saturday. Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou ...

The first three smart lifebuoys, donated by the Paphos Regional Board of Tourism (Etap) to assist lifeguards on Paphos’ choppy beaches, are only the beginning, but the state must do ...

Developments in the direction of resuming stalled talks on the Cyprus problem may be announced soon, with President Nikos Christodoulides hoping this will happen in August. The president told a ...

Since 2015, police have issued 17,624 fines for smoking in prohibited areas, ranging from €85 to €2,000 each, adding over €1.5 million to state coffers. The police, however, have been complaining for years that this ...

Antiquities removed from Cyprus in the 1960s have returned home. The Department of Antiquities announced on Friday that a total of 37 pieces, removed by a German citizen, who was at ...

Two suspects arrested in connection with the discovery of two charred bodies in a car in Limassol were remanded in custody for eight days on Friday. The pair, aged 23 and 19 ...

The loss of hundreds of forest trees, the habitat of many of Cyprus’ wildlife species, is the main reason the cluster of communities of Mathiatis, Lythrodontas and Analyontas is opposing ...

Over €41 million was paid in 2023 to private hospitals for treating patients referred through the national health scheme (Gesy), with one medical establishment in Cyprus receiving over €6 million. According to information ...

Two persons were placed under arrest on Thursday in connection with the gruesome discovery of two charred bodies in a car in Limassol, while authorities also identified and named one ...