#Cyprus

Children who are not Greek Cypriots are more likely to be bullied in schools, according to the latest results of the government’s school violence survey. The results of the ...

Taxpayers’ money is being squandered as police officers have become “full time drivers” transporting people to available holding cells across the island, the police branch of the Isotita trade union ...

Man shot dead in Limassol By Nick Theodoulou Yermasogia awoke to a shocking gangster-like execution after a 55-year-old man was gunned down by two hooded attackers firing from a Kalashnikov ...

Personnel at Pournara migrant reception centre will be increased to accelerate the asylum application processing time, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. In a statement issued after a meeting ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki and other Palestinian officials in Ramallah on Monday. The meeting took place “in the light of concerning developments in the ...

Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca are all jostling to follow in Paphos’ footsteps In the wake of Paphos’ remarkable achievement in 2017, when the city took the spotlight as a European Capital ...

That’s the official line, but the results remain to be seen Big changes are coming down the pipe next year in terms of how people interact with their local ...

The new UN envoy to Cyprus should be seen as the last chance to solve the Cyprus problem, as the island’s division is becoming more entrenched with time, UN ...

Oxi Day was celebrated on Saturday morning with a parade through the streets of Cyprus’ towns and cities. Schoolchildren, soldiers and others in traditional Greek dress walked to the sound ...

Cyprus abstained on Friday night from a United Nations General Assembly vote on a resolution calling for a “sustained humanitarian truce in the Middle East”. The resolution was adopted by ...

By Tom Cleaver and Nikolaos Prakas Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of northern Nicosia on Friday evening in a mass anti-‘government’ protest. The protest was general ...

A 36-year-old man in Paphos is in the intensive care unit at Paphos general, after being stabbed by a 61-year-old man, police said on Friday. Police said that the victim, ...

Employees at the social welfare offices are going on a 24-hour ‘warning strike’ on Tuesday over government plans to restructure the department. In an announcement on Friday, Pasydy union said ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Friday that children should defend the values of fair play, as football is a sport that promotes health and noble competition, and not “war”. ...

Cultural heritage “must be passed down from generation to generation”, Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said on Friday. Kassianidou was speaking at an event honouring the Fervolites lace held by ...

Paphos municipality signed a contract on Friday for the construction of 203 student accommodation rooms, as the mayor vowed that major changes are on the way. Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos said ...

Cattle breeders on Friday called off a meeting aimed at deciding on measures to protest against a government decree suddenly changing the ratio of cow’s, goat’s and sheep’...

Around 25 per cent of pensioners who retired at 63 look set to benefit from a government proposal to slash the 12 per cent penalty imposed on early retirement for those who contributed ...

The end of October and start of November celebrates more than just Halloween. It also marks the Día de los Muertos, commonly known in English as the Day of ...

A diver missing at the Zenobia shipwreck was found dead by authorities within the ship on Friday. A search party found him at around 11am, in a compartment of the ...

Issues related to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) will be at the centre of the visit next week by UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who ...

The price reduction for petrol and other fuel planned for November 1 is likely to be pushed back to November 3 as the bill has not yet been passed, it emerged on ...

Approximately one in four businesses in Cyprus has fallen victim to some form of cyberattack, according to a recent survey conducted by the Cyprus Information Technology Enterprises Association (CITEA). The ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has discussed with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts an “idea” for sending humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea, it transpired on Thursday. Christodoulides himself made the revelation ...