#Cyprus

Cypriots should stop driving to work and other daily tasks and instead switch to public transport to reduce traffic congestion, Transport Minister Alexis Vafiades said on Saturday. The traffic problem ...

The continuous upgrading of the national health scheme is necessary to provide the best quality health services, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. In his address at the second scientific ...

State policies must protect animals, the Green party said on Saturday after unknown culprits allegedly beheaded a cat from the Yeri cemetery cat sanctuary and placed its head at the ...

The majority of migrants seeking asylum in Cyprus use a student visa issued by Turkish Cypriot authorities, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said this week. Student visas issued by authorities in ...

Three young men, who assaulted Ayia Napa officers in the early morning hours on Saturday, have been arrested. Police spotted the three, two 23-year-olds and a 19-year-old, at a specific ...

Temperatures rise up to 30C on Saturday as weather gets warmer over the weekend, the met service announced. The weather will be mostly clear with some clouds forming at low ...

Allowing conversion therapies to be carried out by priests and to LGBTQI+ people who agree to them is contrary to scientific evidence available, the Cyprus psychologists’ association said on Friday. ...

Contracts were signed to rehabilitate the ‘Ammos tou Kambouris’ beach in Ayia Napa by the municipality and a private sand works company in attempt to but a bandage on a ...

Teachers and guidance counsellors to undertake training aiming to break the stereotypes that there are ‘gendered occupations’, gender equality commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Friday. The move is part of ...

Cyprus, Greece and Lebanon signed a memorandum of understanding on tourism on Friday in Athens, with the aim of further strengthening and upgrading the cooperation of the three countries in ...

Cyprus had the most overcrowded prisons in EU in 2021, with almost 50% more prisoners than what the prison was designed to hold, according to data published by Eurostat on Friday. With ...

The late British born, Greek Cypriot musician George Michael will be posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year. Michael, who formed the pop duo ...

Officials from the UK and the US will soon visit to provide additional information on the sanctions, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday as authorities received the second tranche of ...

The audit service slammed the environment department in a report on Friday, accusing it of not doing everything it could over the jetty construction at Paralimni marina. The findings detail ...

An overhaul of school bus safety criteria is on the cards in light of an incident on Wednesday involving a school bus packed with school children skidded across the motorway ...

Cyprus, as part of the European Union Military Assistance Mission Ukraine (EUMAM) programme, is participating in the training of 24 experts from Ukraine in mine clearance issues, Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas ...

Long-term strategies for much-needed road development projects in Paphos were the focus of discussions on Friday between the transport minister Alexis Vafeadis and local council representatives. With the aim of ...

National flag carrier Cyprus Airways on Friday announced a significant increase in its passenger volume for April 2023, providing further evidence of the travel industry’s ongoing recovery from the dire ...

A man’s trip to an Ayia Napa beach took an unexpected turn as it became a rescue mission as an unusual finned and sharp-toothed visitor became trapped, photos showed ...

Livestock farmers fed up with stray and unsupervised dogs on Friday said they have filed official complaints with the authorities. Farmers in the Peyia-Akoursos area on Thursday reported that over ...

The government is ready to sign a deal for the cost of living allowance (CoLA) at any moment, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Friday, adding it could even be ...

The government on Thursday promised to soon deliver a ‘road map’ on tackling traffic congestion – but also pollution from vehicles – while warning that Cyprus could end up paying tens of ...

Europe’s first integrated casino resort will be opening in Cyprus on July 10 this year, Melco Resort announced on Thursday. Described as a game changing development, the resort is “poised ...

A mother of ten and grandmother of 23 said she wanted as many children as God wished to send her but that the state can do more to support large families. “...