#Cyprus

One of the rarest marine mammals in the world, the Mediterranean monk seal, has been breeding steadily in Cyprus in recent years with two born in the latest season, researchers ...

Consumers are saving approximately €7.50 on around €95 of purchases following the introduction of zero VAT rate on 11 products, the consumer protection service said on Monday. According to the service, consumers, depending ...

Abuses of the national health scheme (Gesy) are the biggest problem affecting the health sector, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Damianos said that the ...

A 51-year-old man had to be rescued by police after crashing his vehicle into a ravine on Sunday. The authorities were initially alerted around 6pm, when the man was reported ...

Leaving aside the issues of how the doomed LNG project was awarded, the key issue is to recover and complete it Much has been said and written about the debacle ...

Officials would do better to stop blaming misinformation, apologise for clearly illiberal measures during the pandemic, and try to reassure us that the vaccine situation is being monitored Covid vaccines ...

Every effort is being made to upgrade the competitiveness of the agricultural sector, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Sunday. Speaking at the 1st Mandarin Festival in Arakapas, she said ...

A family ignored the sneers of friends and escaped the noise, haste and cost of Limassol to friendly, peaceful, affordable Ypsonas. But now the city is following them By John ...

While Senora Holguin is “off island”, may I put into the written word a moment of reflection that may impact her future conduct. The previous president who pulled out of ...

The status quo in Cyprus cannot be the island’s future, President Nikos Christodoulides reiterated on Sunday. The island is at a critical juncture in its history, he said. “With ...

Dear Ms Holguin Welcome to Cyprus! While I appreciate that as a foreigner in Cyprus I should hold my counsel on all things Cypriot, my many years of residence in ...

Unrest broke out in the early hours of Sunday when a man pulled out a gun outside a baker in Nicosia to break up an incident with youngsters. According to ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting February 12: In a recent development, Cyprus’ Research and Innovation Foundation on Monday announced that it is joining forces ...

Nothing exemplifies the amateurishness and superficiality of our state services as well as the country’s energy policies of the last 15 years. Policies – if you could describe the catalogue of ...

University after university accused of issuing fake degrees, misconduct and embezzlement A new fake diplomas and fraud scandal at a university in the northern part of Cyprus has reignited the ...

Limassol District Officer Marios Alexandrou said on Saturday that houses in Yermasoyia, damaged in a tornado earlier in the week, were badly built and people were ignoring the authorities’ calls ...

Cyprus has been notably absent in congratulating Greece on passing the same-sex marriage law, failing to be one of 28 countries with embassies in Athens to congratulate them. Greece passed the ...

Two cameras from fixed points in Nicosia are set to be relocated to the Limassol junction where a tragic accident claimed the lives of four family members on New Year’...

A new open wing at the central prison is set to be opened by the end of the month, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Friday. Hartsiotis was speaking following ...

Around 70 Wolt delivery drivers began to strike in Larnaca from Friday in a move aimed at increasing pressure on the delivery company to change its working conditions. In a letter ...

UN envoy Maria Holguin is scheduled to return to Cyprus in March following her visit to London, as announced in her statement on Friday. This comes after the completion of ...

Hospitals have seen an increase in influenza A and B with fewer cases of Covid and RSV, the director of medical services said on Friday. Elisavet Constantinou told the Cyprus ...

The Cyprus Union of Journalists on Friday warned government institutions that if they tried to manipulate or gag the press, they would find themselves coming up against the media and ...

Seven crews are scouring the island for the remains of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot missing persons, the committee on missing persons confirmed on Friday. One of the crews is ...