#Cyprus

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting January 1: Mortgage-to-rent scheme a favourable arrangement, Hellenic Bank released on Tuesday a statement welcoming the recent launch of ...

The various sides of Cypriot politics issued reactions on Saturday to Friday evening’s announcement of Colombian diplomat Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar as United Nations Secretary-general Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy ...

The Cyprus pharmaceutical association (CPA) said on Saturday it “welcomes” the reintroduction of mandatory testing for Covid-19 to enter certain spaces. Health Minister Popi Kanari had said on Friday that “...

Greek Orthodox Christians across Cyprus celebrate the Epiphany on Saturday, one of the most important days on the Greek Orthodox calendar. The day marks the baptism of Jesus Christ in ...

Construction work is set to begin on Cyprus’ first crematorium within the first half of the year, according to the director of the company undertaking the project, MW Crematorium Cyprus’ ...

Compulsory testing for Covid-19 within 48 hours of visits to a plethora of locations has been reintroduced by the government, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Friday. Kanari was speaking during ...

The economist overseeing the project for the finance ministry announced on Friday that preliminary proposals for changes to the tax law will be submitted in March 2024, following the completion of ...

Arrest warrants have been issued for four more Turkish Cypriot lawyers for selling Greek Cypriot properties in the north, according to reports released on Friday. Akan Kursat, a Turkish Cypriot ...

Palestine’s foreign minister is set to visit Cyprus to discuss growing concerns that the humanitarian corridor to Gaza may be ‘instrumentalised’ by Israel to displace residents in the besieged ...

A protest is being organised against the Sovereign British Bases in Cyprus and their use in running what organisers call military operations out of the island to Gaza, it was ...

Roadworks in Akamas will have to be corrected in part, the Green Party said on Friday, following a visit by foreign experts to the site after being invited by the ...

Youths throwing firecrackers near the primary school in Livadia village also threw stones at a fire engine called to intervene, police said on Friday. At around 9.30 on Thursday evening nearby ...

Two men were arrested in a drug bust where 42kg of cannabis were found in Larnaca, police said on Friday. The drug squad, Ykan, on Thursday stopped a 21-year-old driving ...

The weather on Friday will be increasingly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers in the western parts of the island, the met office said. According to the met office, ...

As the spat over government funding for theatre production continues, Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said that threats are not the solution, and actors will be the ones paying the ...

Access to nursing homes, hospitals and similar premises will be allowed to visitors only if they’ve tested negative for Covid-19, the cabinet formally decided on Thursday. The announced measures ...

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, on Thursday expressed concerns about the increasing militarisation of the buffer zone and said that the latest report on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides assured his ministers on Thursday that he would personally inform them about the reshuffle, dispelling media reports suggesting the changes would be completed before the 18-month mark, ...

There was no flood or fire warning system in the server room that was brought down by a water leak in April last year, and no CCTV monitoring, a report ...

Cyprus has ten days to submit the arrest warrant and other necessary documents for the extradition of Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat from Italy, where he was arrested in connection ...

An investigation into the alleged theft of electronic items confiscated by customs officials is in its final stages, reports said on Thursday. Three customs officials are under investigation as part ...

After weeks of an ongoing spat, the finance ministry approved on Thursday 29 positions out of the 56 the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) requested for its budget for the year. HIO chairman ...

Internationally acclaimed football star Cristiano Ronaldo has become an investor in UFL, a new free-to-play football video game, created by company in Paphos. Ronaldo is part of a group of ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Elias Hazou The government on Thursday proposed extending to February 21 the validity of an existing decree regulating the composition of halloumi cheese, in a last-ditch bid ...