#Cyprus

Cyprus needs to continuously upgrade its defence due to the increasingly aggressive attitude of Turkey, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Tuesday. The defence ministry aims to safeguard the independence, ...

A shocking spate of road deaths has marked the start of the year with six fatalities so far, reigniting road safety concerns as analysts cast doubts on the transport ministry’...

A general strike being held around the island on Thursday is set to affect travellers as airlines operating at Larnaca and Paphos airports are scrambling to reschedule flights. The strike ...

A second dog park will open in Strovolos with interactive toys specifically designed for small dogs, the municipality announced on Tuesday. The new dog park, located within Acropolis park, will ...

Presidential candidate Averof Neophytou on Monday unveiled his income tax proposal, dubbing it “the most radical reform ever in Cyprus” and claiming it would generate major savings for nearly 130,000 families. ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) on Monday decried trade unions’ decision to go ahead with strikes this week over a dispute over the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), at ...

Education and Sports Minister Prodromos Prodromou took a curtain call on Monday as he offered a sparkling review of the government’s past five years in boosting sports. Prodromou, who ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday laid the foundation stone for the new €144 million Cyprus museum in Nicosia on a “truly historic day” for the country. The construction is the state’...

A record €21,000 fine has been imposed for the killing of wild birds using poison baits, BirdLife Cyprus said on Monday. The fine represents a big step forward that will hopefully ...

The Audit Office on Monday said it would report the finance ministry to the EU Commission over the way it handled two contracts related to the Hermes airports concession agreements. ...

Police on Monday rejected claims of “amateur handling” of anti-riot operations during violent incidents on Sunday during the memorial for Eoka leader Grivas Digenis in Limassol. Five people were remanded ...

We still lag terribly behind on the use of renewables and battery storage and there’s no firm date for the import of LNG at Vasiliko In a first, and ...

From the new mufti to illegal cults, the north is being swamped by Islamisation A series of revelations since the beginning of this year have shaken the secular and modern ...

By Christos Panayiotides As you know, Constantinople was captured by the Turkish army on May 29, 1453, marking the end of the Byzantine empire, which lasted over a thousand years. In the ...

The foundation stone of a “cutting edge” project to transform the picturesque Liopetri harbour was laid on Sunday. Laying the stone, President Nicos Anastasiades said the idea belonged to the ...

We have two options facing us and we should use our vote in next month’s elections carefully By Takis Christodoulou In 1990, South African voters had two options in deciding ...

A new book celebrates the hundreds of watermills that once graced our rivers and ground our wheat A new book sheds light on Cyprus watermills as the most complete recording ...

An investigation team to identify those involved has been set up by the Limassol police after stones and Molotov cocktails were thrown on Sunday as fighting broke out in the ...

It is with joy that someone inaugurates projects in the health sector, especially as they demonstrate the priorities set by the government to create the conditions for the provision of ...

Farewell to my friend George (Kokos) Demetriades By Alper Ali Riza George Demetriades formerly of Nicosia, latterly of East Finchley, north London, stalwart of the London Greek community, of Gray’...

The so-called ‘minor candidates’ for the presidency have deplored the lack of a level playing field in terms of the exposure given to them by the mainstream media, which they ...

Stern words were uttered by the Russian Federation’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Cyprus and Greece, in response to a question by the Cyprus News Agency’s Moscow correspondent. ...

PREZ NIK, in his new role as Roman emperor, is not exhibiting the slightest hint of restraint in his intensive legacy-building drive which aims at establishing himself as the greatest ...

Do we care that the north will be annexed, if Erdogan needs it to win the Turkish elections? By Theodoros Panayotou First a clarification. I am not a politician, nor ...