#Cyprus

Two people have been arrested following a mass fight in the capital in the early morning hours on Monday. Police received information about the fight and an injured person around 2...

People aged over 65 who live in cities tend to feel they have better health than their age group as a whole, with the share for Cyprus being a little lower ...

It is the key measure needed to reduce reliance on pricey fossil-fuels Increased grid flexibility is critical if we are to produce more than 25 per cent of our electricity from ...

Inland Revenue warned on Saturday that electronic messages are circulating with the government domain @gov.cy purporting to be from the tax office and requesting banking information from recipients “in ...

The Holy Light, an Orthodox Easter tradition also referred to as the ‘Holy Fire’, arrived in Cyprus on a private flight from Jerusalem on Saturday evening. In keeping with tradition, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has appointed Loukia Christodoulou as a member of the public service commission just days after the qualifications of his initial pick came under scrutiny and resigned 24 hours ...

The hike in the price of meat this year has pushed Cypriots to shun the usual Easter lamb and turn more to pork, which comes in around half the price ...

Archbishop Giorgios in his first Easter message, placed a heavy focus on the national issue, the ‘Turkification’ of the island and the influx of ‘Muslim immigrants’ channeled to the island ...

Police said on Saturday they had found around 10kg of cannabis hidden in 11 separate bags, hidden under grass at different spots in a rural part of Nicosia. The find began ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ pick for board member in the public service commission (Edy) resigned only a day after being appointed to the job when his academic credentials were called into ...

The government has prepared a bill which will douse the currently out of control and controversial Easter bonfire celebrations, generally centered around the lambradjia. A bill prepared by the interior ...

Cancer vaccines will be made available in Cyprus as soon as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approves them, director of pharmaceutical services Elena Panayiotopoulou said on Friday. “It is only ...

US Ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher has hailed the cooperation between the US and Cyprus in holding to account those enabling Russia’s war on Ukraine. Her statements just before ...

Hundreds of needy Cypriot families are receiving support from volunteers or local communities to put food on their table this Easter but demand is up while donations are down at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday referred back to parliament a law it passed in late March regarding the handling of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, deeming the legislation unconstitutional. ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday floated the idea of importing natural gas quantities from reservoirs in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone, to be used for power generation, coupled with exports ...

A 56-year-old foreign national reported to the police that he had to be hospitalised after being beaten by his landlord and two others who entered the house while he was ...

Meat prices are up 25 per cent compared with the Easter holiday period last year but Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Thursday he cannot interfere with the laws of the ...

By Michael Ioannou Data breaches are an unfortunate reality of the modern digital landscape, and organisations can be categorized into three groups regarding their information security posture: those that have ...

Subsidies for electricity bills have been extended for another two months on Wednesday, at a cost of €21 million, according to a relevant cabinet decision. Cabinet also approved a new two-month ...

Doctors at a private medical centre in Limassol have asked to be given time to relocate, following a majority decision by its shareholders to be inducted into the national health ...

Cyprus’ economy will grow by 2.5 per cent this year as both inflation and unemployment recede, according to the latest forecast from the International Monetary Fund. In its April ‘World Economic ...

Two white rhinoceros, and two sun bears, the newest additions to the animals at Paphos zoo, are settling into their new enclosures, officials said on Tuesday. The zoo’s deputy ...

Waiting literally until the last minute to do so, President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday released his election campaign expenses, showing he had exceeded the spending limit by ostensibly just €19,000. By ...