#Cyprus

A 42-year-old woman was on Tuesday sentenced to 16-months in jail after she was found guilty of causing a traffic accident that killed the 35-year-old Christakis Christodoulou in Larnaca over ...

Cypriot refugees are forced to live in their cars as they wait for Turkish Cypriot properties to become available amid rent price hikes in the Republic, MPs heard on Tuesday. ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Tuesday said there has been a wave of interest in the proposed Israel-Cyprus pipeline that could offer cheap natural gas for electricity production on the ...

Kokkinochoria secondary school Panos Ioannou collaborated with a local street artist to send a loud message against bullying. Students participated in the anti-bullying initiative and draw together with Christos Kakkoulli, ...

Opposition parties on Tuesday reprimanded the government over the hiring of a beautician at the presidential palace who had worked as a staffer for President Nikos Christodoulides’ election campaign, echoing ...

The woman who won the sexual assault case against the former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos announced on Tuesday that she will file for a retrial of the first rape case brought ...

Cypriots who wish to study in Japan can now apply for a postgraduate research scholarship offered by the Japanese education ministry. The Embassy of Japan has announced that the Japanese ...

The family planning association on Tuesday spoke of “dangerous practices” after a bill criminalising conversion therapies for LGBTQI+ people was postponed as far-right party Elam filed an amendment last week ...

Access to religious sites should continue to be discussed by officials on both sides of the divide, a US state department report on the island said on Tuesday. It underlined ...

Domestic violence prevention services handled over 3,000 cases of domestic violence in 2022, the association of domestic violence prevention services (Spavo) said. The total of 3,122 incidents handled shows an increasing trend, up ...

Payment of the cost of living allowance (CoLA) could saddle taxpayers with a whopping €1.2 billion over the next three-year period, local media reported on Monday. Under a deal struck between ...

A bill providing for discounted VAT on first homes will be going to the House plenum for a vote in early June, parliamentarians said on Monday – bringing to a close ...

The 2023 Eurovision has caused a political stir on the island, after Greece’s national jury awarded the island’s entry only four points in the final, when it has traditionally ...

Former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos was on Monday found guilty of assaulting a teenage girl, who was 16 years old in 1981, when he was holding his post. As the Larnaca district court ...

Two road safety ambassadors were appointed on Monday by the road safety council as part of efforts to cut traffic fatalities by 50 per cent. Speaking at the start of world ...

Although the race for a president in Turkey has gone to a second round, Kemal Kilicdaroglu got the backing of voters in the north of Cyprus on Sunday. Among Turkish ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Elias Hazou Cyprus and Israel are working on a deal for a pipeline carrying natural gas from both countries to the island, where it will be ...

Realisation of the EuroAsia Interconnector (EAI) has now entered the home-straight. The project is close to achieving several important milestones. The EAI constitutes a critical infrastructure for the European Commission, ...

In the wake of police raids on cannabis product shops, we look at what can be sold With cannabidiol (CBD) shops popping up all over Cyprus and the police cracking ...

In August 2006, I learned for the first time what a professional towing strap means. Twenty-year-old Jana Kavacova, who had been missing for days, was found buried in the industrial area ...

Large families are set to get a boost as President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday announced improved benefits. Addressing the Pancyprian Organisation of Large Families on Mother’s Day, he said ...

Diko is proud to have played a decisive role in the “selection, support and election of Nikos Christodoulides to the presidency of the Republic,” party leader Nicholas Papadopoulos said on ...

In an industry deluged with people increasingly seeking mental health support, experts are warning over the lack of proper regulation for psychologists in Cyprus and the dangers that come with ...

I am contacting you to refer to an event that has infuriated me for months and I am sure that other Cypriots have also suffered. Specifically, from October 26, 2022 until November 2, 2022, ...