#Cyprus

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 ...

The government will assess if additional works will be carried out on the presidential aircraft to better suit it for transatlantic flights, defence ministry sources revealed on Wednesday. Currently, the ...

The audit service slammed President Nikos Christodoulides’ security detail on Wednesday, saying it should have been “significantly reduced” well over a month ago after he and his family decided to ...

Households in Cyprus produce nearly 48,000 tonnes of food waste per year while businesses in the food sector generate about 110,000 tonnes of waste. The report on the social-economic impact of wastage ...

Ancient human remains, stone anchors and Late Roman amphorae are amongst the “significant cultural treasures” atop and near Geronisos island uncovered during a three-month archaeological programme. The antiquities department announced ...

The planned government buildings in the Archigrammateia area of Nicosia ‘are no longer a priority for the government’, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades told the Cyprus Mail on Wednesday. Vafeades explained ...

Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou on Wednesday ordered all staff working with mobile traffic cameras to undergo a narcotest before they are hired. His decision came a day after a mobile ...