#Cyprus

Reports of a conflict between the two most senior officials at the health ministry over allegations of forged credentials gained renewed traction on Tuesday. Health Minister Popi Kanari’s comments ...

The Larnaca municipality on Tuesday reminded the public of the existing rules in place when using the Spyros dog beach. It urged beachgoers to only unleash their dogs in the ...

A new reception centre for migrants in Limnes is a milestone in strengthening Cyprus’ capacity to manage migration pressures more effectively, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. He was ...

Tuesday marked 59 years since the bombing of Tylliria in 1964 when, from August 7 to 9, Turkish air forces dropped napalm bombs on villages in the area. “It is a sad day, which ...

The fire in the foothills of the Limassol mountains is completely under control and has no active front though firefighting forces remain vigilant in the area on Tuesday, while pre-emptive ...

Within the EU Cyprus has the third highest ratio of professional firefighters to the size of the workforce, according to data just released by Eurostat. The data concerns the year 2022. ...

David Hunter recalls his time in prison awaiting trial for killing his terminally ill wife David Hunter has vowed to stay in Cyprus and rent a place near his wife ...

Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said the blaze in the area of Alassa, near Limassol, has been contained, though a few flareups persist. “Aerial water drops are being carried out regularly ...

July 2023 broke multiple heat records as the Cleon weather system smothered Cyprus, leading to one of the warmest months with 16 days in a row of over 40oC degrees. The met ...

Electricity has been “almost completely restored” in the areas impacted by the fires in the Alassa region, according to the Cyprus Electricity Authority (EAC). They say that there are just ...

Milia Paidiou, understood to be Cyprus’ oldest woman according to the 2011 census, has passed away aged nearly 111. Born in Lefkoniko in 1912, Paidiou had four children, 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. ...

A prison warden has been put on leave pending an investigation after he was accused of leaving work while on shift to smuggle cigarettes from the north. Initial findings confirm ...

The Cyprus Post office warned on Monday that fraudulent SMS messages are being sent out en masse to trick people into handing over private information. The office explained that the ...

The state will be creating a temporary centre for migrants choosing to voluntarily leave Cyprus in the coming months, while the construction of the new reception centre in Limnes is ...

Build ‘em fast, build ‘em cheap, build ‘em high seems to be a once-sleepy village’s new mantra Anyone who has been near Trikomo in recent years will have noticed ...

Hunter trial has brought to the forefront what will be a heated debate in the House As parliament in Cyprus is set to reconvene again this autumn, a group of ...

Drivers are employing devious methods to avoid being fined for traffic violations Drivers are banding together to avoid the long lens of the law: social media groups are sharing the ...

Even though the final results of the successful appraisal drilling of the Aphrodite gasfield earlier this year have not yet been formally announced, development of Aphrodite appears to be getting ...

I wonder if you have heard of ‘Borrowing the landscape’! It’s a Japanese idea practised for centuries there and called ‘Shakkei’, where features such as far off mountains and ...

All efforts by President Nikos Christodoulides focus on lifting the prolonged deadlock on the island and on creating the conditions that will allow the resumption of peace talks under the ...

Finance minister has described Gesy as a ‘black hole’ of funds. He’s right By Brian Lait Gesy, the long awaited and much discussed Cyprus health scheme officially kicked off ...

In late July the government unveiled a plan for ‘a solar panel on every rooftop’, with the primary goal of driving down high electricity costs for households. It came on ...

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, ...