#Cyprus

Teaching unions Oelmek and Oltek said on Saturday that they expect Education Minister Athena Michaelidou to meet with them and find a solution to twice-yearly exams, which have been heavily ...

If the national health scheme (Gesy) fails, the whole state will collapse with it, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Saturday. She said that the she believes a quantitative and ...

A pensioner’s missing wallet containing €288 was returned to him after a Good Samaritan handed it in at the local police station. Famagusta police spokesman Steve Theodoulou said on Friday ...

Scaffolding crushed 12 cars in Limassol old town on Friday afternoon causing serious damage. Officials from the labour inspection department saw the timing as fortunate since workers nearby going for lunch ...

Four people have died in the past week from Covid-19, the health ministry said on Friday, while a further 1,592 new cases were reported. The figures date from February 24 – March 2. Meanwhile, ...

A three-day mourning period was announced on Friday after the bodies of the two missing Cypriots aboard a train that crashed in Tempi, Greece were identified. 23-year-old student Kyprianos Papaioannou ...

The Paphos administrative court has ruled in favour of a female employee at the municipality, who was forced by the mayor to take a leave of absence due to her ...

Nicosia’s smart city project won first place among 100 nominations across Europe for evaluating the best smart green solutions, the municipality announced on Friday. Smart Nicosia, a project carried out ...

The island’s airports saw the best February ever, with passenger numbers up 10 per cent over the pre-pandemic month in 2019, operating company Hermes said on Friday. According to Hermes, a ...

Legislators on Thursday urged government officials to “transition from theory to practice” in dealing with the growing problem of traffic congestion. The matter was discussed at the House transport committee, ...

Thousands of buildings in Cyprus require inspection, the scientific and technical chamber (Etek) said on Thursday, as the interior ministry looks to swiftly pass a bill that will secure the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said the government is in touch with the families of the two Cypriot students who were on one of the trains that collided in an ...

President Nikos Christodoulides laid a wreath at the imprisoned graves and Makedonitissa tomb on Thursday, where he went to visit with his cabinet members. “It is no coincidence that my ...

Environmental NGO BirdLife Cyprus announced on Thursday that a batch consisting of 14 Griffon vultures arrived on the island from Spain. The arrival of the birds is part of the ‘Life ...

A dog rescued from Zapalo cliffs by SBA police has been handed over to an animal shelter as no owner was found, the British Bases said on Thursday. The SBA ...

Local authorities should start preparing to meet their 2024 obligations on waste management, including organic waste collection, which might be the “most difficult task”, Green party leader Charalambos Theopemptou has said. ...

The European Commission is set to decide whether the three main football clubs in Limassol, namely Ael, Apollon and Aris, will be asked to pay retroactive rent to the Cyprus ...

A pack of dogs has been attacking and killing cats at the Pedieos linear park in Nicosia, a volunteer warned on Wednesday, urging the public to be careful. The first ...

Authorities in the north are sending mixed messages about the number of Turkish earthquake victims that have arrived in the area, reports said on Wednesday. According to reports in Yeni ...

Turkish Cypriots in mixed marriages will be filing an appeal to the European parliament committee of petitions over the denial of Cypriot citizenship to their children, reports said on Wednesday. ...

Maintenance of a stable economy is of paramount importance for the new government, as is reducing the cost of energy and tackling “the Achilles heel” which is the Green Line ...

Two teachers have been struck from the private school teacher register, and a school has been sanctioned over the leak of an exam question in January, the education ministry said ...

Two Cypriot nationals were on board one of the two trains that collided in Larissa, northern Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens of others. The ...

The first ever crossover organ transplant involving Cyprus and Israel took place on Wednesday after two kidneys were exchanged at the old Larnaca airport in the morning. The effort follows ...