#Cyprus

Police on Saturday denied reports it had tried to shut down the Jho Low parody account on X (formerly Twitter) after pressure from President Nikos Christodoulides. Instead, police had moved ...

Seven nightclubs were reported in Paphos on Friday night, as part of police efforts to clamp down on noise pollution, police announced on Saturday. The reports were part of an ...

The peak of the Perseid phenomenon, known in lay terms as shooting stars, started on Friday and will last through Sunday. During this time up to 100 shooting stars per hour ...

The percentage of graduates in Cyprus that find work within a year of completing education was recorded by Eurostat to be at 81.4 per cent, just below the bloc’s average ...

The attorney-general’s decision to appeal 76-year-old David Hunter’s sentence and verdict has caused surprise and anguish in both his defence team and family, as well as the broader ...

Police on Thursday detained six Israeli nationals after they reportedly caused disruption to a flight bound for Tel Aviv. They are all teenagers. Israeli news outlet Ynet quoted one of ...

The fisheries department on Friday responded to a social media post picked up by news sources, following the publication of a photo showing turtle tracks on an organised beach in ...

Occupancy rates in Ayia Napa hotels are now similar to those seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, mayor Christos Zannetou said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Zannettou explained ...

The cybercrime police on Friday said it had made no request for the parody social media account Jho Low Presidential Godson to be closed. “Our aim was not to silence ...

The forestry department on Thursday said the recent spate of devastating wildfires that have ravaged Cyprus over the past days must serve as a wakeup call for collective reflection and ...

The Chinese-led consortium with the contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasilikos have just filed a new timetable, promising to deliver the project by July 2024, the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a case brought forward by Turkish Cypriots in mixed marriages with Turkish nationals seeking Cyprus citizenship for their children, citing that the individuals involved ...

Six fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv were arrested in Larnaca on Wednesday, during checks ahead of entering a match against Aek Larnaca. One of the six ...

The European Commission will continue to call on Turkey to fully and speedily implement all European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgements, the Commission said in a letter, expressing its ...

Cyprus police have filed a complaint against the “Jho Low Presidential Godson” parody account on X, formerly known as Twitter, they said on Wednesday. The parody account posted the complaint ...

EU member state officials are free to meet with anyone they think necessary bilaterally, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said on Wednesday, commenting on the visit of the highly controversial ...

A 45-year-old man was arrested under suspicion of drug possession, after police found cannabis plants and packages in his home, authorities said on Wednesday. According to police, the drug squad ...

The Leventis Foundation was handed a substantial fine on Wednesday after being found guilty of breaching health and safety legislation. An official statement released by the labour ministry’s department ...

Cyprus along with all countries that imposed sanctions on Russia have had their double taxation agreements suspended, an announcement from the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The decree was signed ...

Foreign firefighting aircraft began departing from Cyprus on Wednesday, as the fire in the Alassa dam area of Limassol that has been burning since last week has now been put ...

The government’s deputy spokesperson Doxa Komodromou has said the ongoing row between health minister Popi Kanari and the ministry’s permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki is an “internal matter for ...

The organised beach in Gialia is not compliant with the restrictions set to protect the turtles that nest on it, it emerged on social media on Wednesday. A series of ...

Dozens if not hundreds of unpaid Covid-19 fines are pending in court, while a judge has stated that re-registering the cases would burden the state with unnecessary costs. The issue ...

By Efi Xanthou On July 12, 2023 the European Parliament adopted the Nature Restoration Law. This was excellent news since there was a big push from specific European political parties and lobby ...