#Cyprus

A new suggested UN envoy to aid in restarting the dialogue between Turkish and Greek Cypriots is expected to be named on Monday, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. Speaking to ...

There were four hours of testimonies on Monday, as the inquest into the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was found under a bridge in Alassa in 2005, ...

Low wage earning public sector workers protested on Monday outside the presidential palace, as a decision was expected from the finance ministry was expected on rectifying the salary discrepancies. Monday’...

First ever study on history teaching in Europe A significant percentage of history teachers in Cyprus don’t see the benefit or don’t have time for training courses, say ...

A founding conference for the new Volt Cyprus party was held on Sunday afternoon as the ‘Filoxenia’ Conference Centre in Nicosia. Addresses at the conference were made by Deputy Government ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday paid an impromptu visit to Ayios Dhometios, and specifically to the area of Maria’s House in the buffer zone inspect measures taken, following a ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari travelled on Sunday to Dubai to attend the COP28 world climate action summit. According to an announcement issued by the ministry, a dedicated meeting of health ...

A 24-year-old woman was arrested, suspected of attempting to deliver drugs to a man in a holding cell in Paphos, police said on Sunday. According to Paphos police chief Michalis ...

The weather on Sunday is set to become cloudy throughout the day, with dust expected later in the week, the met office said. According to the met office, the temperature ...

The Christmas tree at Nicosia’s central Eleftheria Square was lit on Saturday evening, marking the official start of the festive season in the capital. The lighting ceremony formed the ...

A wooden boat with 54 irregular migrants on board was intercepted by police seven nautical miles off the coast of Cape Greco on Saturday. Of the 54, 13 were children, seven of whom ...

Prehistoric poo is set to be among the topics to be discussed at the Palloures excavation winter symposium. The (faecal) matter will, among other subjects, be discussed at the online ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that each country should “run much faster” to halt climate change. Christodoulides is in Dubai for the United Nations’ COP28 summit, and added that ...

The idea that the police, at the expense of taxpayers’ money, is under obligation to undertake the parental care of the president’s children is “a warped view”, the audit ...

A raft of environmental groups sent an open letter to Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos on Friday, demanding a meeting with him to discuss the currently frozen road construction works in ...

Transport and Energy Ministers Alexis Vafeades and George Papanastasiou on Friday inaugurated the road network of the Vasilikos energy and industrial area, built at a cost of €16.7 million. Vafeades hailed ...

United States agencies will be sending a team to Cyprus to help investigate the raft of findings in the ‘Cyprus Confidential’ report claiming to show Russian influence on the island ...

Police on Friday had no comment on reports that former President Nicos Anastasiades has held on to two pistols that may be owned by the state. The issue emerged from ...

Children’s Rights Commissioner Despo Michaelidou called for the president’s children to be left out of public discourse on Friday, as the debate between the audit service, police, and ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Jonathan Shkurko A fire broke out in a school bus while in motion at the Filoxenia roundabout on Aglandjia Avenue, on Friday morning. The bus was ...

The authorities were “kept informed at all stages of the study and licencing of the project” of road constructions in Akamas, company Efpalinos Meletitiki said on Thursday. Additionally, the company ...

Taxpayers should brace for a tough 2024, what with the carbon tax slated to kick in early next year while electricity bills will remain high due mainly to the purchase cost ...

A Limassol court this week found in favour of a group of depositors with now-defunct Laiki (Popular) Bank who saw their savings wiped out in the March 2013 ‘haircut’, awarding them €5.7 ...

House transport committee chairman Marinos Mousiouttas presented a proposal on Thursday to halve the cost of fines for motorists who run red lights from €300 to €150. Mousiouttas presented the proposal at ...