#Cyprus

Drivers are employing devious methods to avoid being fined for traffic violations Drivers are banding together to avoid the long lens of the law: social media groups are sharing the ...

Even though the final results of the successful appraisal drilling of the Aphrodite gasfield earlier this year have not yet been formally announced, development of Aphrodite appears to be getting ...

I wonder if you have heard of ‘Borrowing the landscape’! It’s a Japanese idea practised for centuries there and called ‘Shakkei’, where features such as far off mountains and ...

All efforts by President Nikos Christodoulides focus on lifting the prolonged deadlock on the island and on creating the conditions that will allow the resumption of peace talks under the ...

Finance minister has described Gesy as a ‘black hole’ of funds. He’s right By Brian Lait Gesy, the long awaited and much discussed Cyprus health scheme officially kicked off ...

In late July the government unveiled a plan for ‘a solar panel on every rooftop’, with the primary goal of driving down high electricity costs for households. It came on ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou requested the establishment of a committee to investigate possible disciplinary offences against the former drugs squad, Ykan, chief, Michalis Katsounotos, who had corruption allegations brought against ...

Alassa dam fire under control, serious flare-ups remain By Nikolaos Prakas A fire near the Alassa dam in Limassol that came close to homes in nearby villages has been extinguished, ...

The cost of holding an event at Ancient Curium has become prohibitive for cultural groups and yet is being rented out for weddings, the director of the well-established production company ...

High temperatures are the enemy of the electricity authority (EAC), spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou said on Friday, noting that the heat causes damage to the network and underground cables causing power ...

People will be unable to be outside in the future due to the serious health problems and increase of deaths stemming from heatstroke, experts have warned as they called for ...

The national guard will continue its mission as the main defence force of Cyprus as long as part of the island’s territory is occupied by Turkey, Defence Minister Michalis ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has accused the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) of “twisting the truth” in its report of a recent interview they conducted with him. CNA reported Tatar ...

All welcome at anti-occupation events says Disy leader By Iole Damaskinos and Tom Cleaver Suleyman Ulucay, the Turkish Cypriot Famagusta mayor, has not yet decided on whether he will attend ...

Forty eight ‘positive searches’ of the Schengen Information System (SIS) database were conducted in its first week of access to the system, the justice ministry said on Friday. Cyprus was ...

The visit by US Congressman Pete Sessions to the north was condemned as a violation of international law and a deviation from the official US position, the foreign ministry said ...

The behemoth cruise ship known as the Rhapsody of the Seas arrived at Ayia Napa marina on Thursday morning. The ship, which is operated by international cruise operator Royal Carribbean, ...

Human treatments for Covid that remain unused are to be made available for the treatment of cats who are increasingly dying from cat covid or feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), the ...

Plans to install a masjid, a Muslim place of worship, on the grounds of the Apostolos Andreas monastery in Karpasia have been put on hold, according to a local mukhtar. ...

Water in Cyprus’ reservoirs stands at 58.5 per cent of capacity, considerably lower compared with the same time last year and will decrease further until October and November when the first ...

Cannabis is not a harmless drug, deputy director of the drug squad said on Thursday, amid a concerning rise in its use and that of many other illegal substances. Speaking ...

The police announced the return of a total of 36 migrants who had arrived in Cyprus from Lebanon on Thursday. They had arrived in two groups, the first of which had ...

An ancient Bronze Age tomb had been uncovered during sewerage works in Limassol, it was announced on Thursday. Although the potential discovery was made on July 21, the Limassol Sewerage Board (...

Controversy broke out on Thursday following the Famagusta mayor’s invitation to Turkish Cypriots to an anti-occupation event which will take place in the municipality on Saturday. Elam, Edek and ...