#Cyprus

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne will undertake an official visit to Cyprus from Tuesday January 10 to Wednesday January 11, it was announced on Monday by the British High Commission (BHC). Princess ...

Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos on Monday said he was pessimistic a solution could be found to resolve the ongoing spat between unions and employers over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA). Koushos ...

‘Soundbites are the name of the game’ With just under a month to go to the presidential elections, the campaign teams are revving up their engines, pouring money into advertising ...

A new hospice is due to open in Paphos, but it came too late to help terminally ill Janice Hunter Just over a year ago, Paphos resident David Hunter, killed ...

Elections are only a month away. It’s time to take a serious look at our choices In my mind, there is absolutely no doubt that the presidential candidate nominated ...

‘The ruling coalition has offended Turkish Cypriot voters’ Local elections in the northern part of Cyprus, branded as a competition between the “pro-Turkey and the pro-Europe,” and “pro-sovereignty and the ...

Cyprus is one of only two EU states still without a university hospital Expectations that the start of 2023 would finally see the long-awaited creation of university hospitals in Cyprus were ...

Two more men, aged 27 and 28, suspected of involvement in the killing of a 61-year-old in Nicosia were remanded for six days on Saturday, police said. The two suspects follow another ...

Archbishop Georgios III will be officially enthroned as head of the Cyprus Church on Sunday, as representatives from other Christian churches gathered on the island to attend the ceremony. Speaking ...

The Total-Eni consortium wants to move more quickly in exploiting block 6 of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Saturday. According to Pilides, the consortium has ...

Education, the economy and health are the trifecta the government should invest more in, according to a survey of 1000 citizens in Cyprus. Carried out as part of the state’s ...

Bishop of Morphou Neophytos announced on Friday he would not be attending Sunday’s enthronement for the newly-elected archbishop, Giorgios of Paphos but he conveyed his best wishes to the ...

There is information and testimonies that may lead to the recovery of the remains of more missing persons in 2023 after a particularly bad year in 2022, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said ...

Four more deaths have been attributed to Covid-19 in the past week, with hospitalisations slightly up and new infections stable but with a high positivity rate, the health ministry said ...

A 27-year-old man has been arrested for extortion after allegedly tricking two people into paying €6,000 for a two-week private cruise around the Greek islands but directing them instead to a ...

Epiphany celebrations took place on Friday in the main districts with religious ceremonies being held in coastal towns, followed by a swim to retrieve the cross. Epiphany is a Christian ...

At 17.1 per cent, Cyprus had lower household expenditure on housing, water, electricity, natural gas and other fuels in 2021 in comparison with the EU average of 25 per cent, according to Eurostat. ...

Advisory and consulting firm Deloitte Cyprus this week released its annual tax guide for the current year, which the firm titles ‘Cyprus Tax Facts 2023’. The tool is a comprehensive guide, ...

Partner and head of international tax services at advisory and consulting firm PwC Cyprus Stelios Violaris recently examined the adoption of the minimum tax rate of 15 per cent, outlining the ...

Top researchers warned that Cyprus is faced with dire human health impact as it is among the countries situated at the climate change “hot spot”. A study by an international ...

Trade unions on Thursday fired a warning shot across the bow, saying they would sanction industrial action if by next week the government does not definitively commit to a full ...

The Democratic Rally (Disy) on Thursday struck off the party register Nikos Christodoulides, on the same day that the latter formally filed his candidacy for the presidential elections. The Cyprus ...

A total of 9.2 million passengers travelled in and out of Cyprus’ airports in 2022, which corresponded to 82 per cent of passenger traffic in 2019, Senior Director of Aviation Development, Marketing & Communication ...

Seven people from Cyprus left the island on Thursday and headed for Argentina, where they will try to climb to the top of Mount Aconcagua, which is part of the ...