#Cyprus

The Holy Synod said on Thursday they will elect the new Archbishop out of the triumvirate on Christmas Eve. Speaking to the media after a meeting of the Holy Synod, ...

There has been no evidence to support corruption claims against the drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos, after he was accused of colluding with a convict in the central prisons, the ...

Over €1 billion has been spent in the past decade to improve Nicosia’s development and business drive, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday during a tour of the capital. Between 2013 – 2022 ...

After more than a week of strikes, Wolt delivery drivers agreed to put a halt to their protests and resume work. The agreement was made after a timeline was set ...

The creation of a new mental health centre, based on modern psychiatric care principles will improve the lives of patients as well as health workers, President Nicos Anastasiades said laying ...

Three objections have been filed over the archbishop elections, it emerged on Wednesday, after Paralimni mayor Theodoros Pyrillis strongly hinted that certain bishops may have muddied the waters. Pyrillis did ...

A meeting due to be held between the ministry of labour and representatives of labour unions Sek, Peo and Deok to reach an agreement over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), was ...

An eight century BC Cypriot jug likely smuggled out of the country during the 1974 Turkish invasion was found in the Netherlands, it emerged on Tuesday. The antiquities department said the ...

Cyprus’ coastal Pissouri and Kalopanayiotis in the mountains made it onto the UN’s ‘Best Tourism Villages’ of 2022, alongside 30 others ranging from Austria to Vietnam. The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) ...

In an unexpected turn of events, the charges faced by the 74-year-old Briton accused of the murder of his terminally ill wife in Tremithousa last December remained unchanged despite hopes ...

By Elias Hazou and Iole Damaskinos A rise in the cost of electricity is inevitable for Cyprus beginning in early February, due to the country’s reliance on electricity production ...

The four-year-old child hospitalised with strep-A is too ill to be transferred to Israel for the time being but the health ministry is on standby for any changes to the ...

A local secondary school aims to allow all young people access to education through its participation in a European Erasmus+ programme. In collaboration with schools and educational organisations from five ...

The European Union is offering €1.5 million in scholarships to Greek and Turkish Cypriots to study at European colleges and become peace advocates for the reunification of Cyprus. According to the ...

Driving in the north will switch to the right hand side of the road as part of an effort to bring it in line with Turkey and put an end ...

Nurses of Pasydy union on Monday condemned the recent verbal and physical attack against an ambulance worker, a day after Pasyno nurses’ union threatened to take legal measures over the ...

The audit service on Monday sounded the alarm over explosives stored in an area surrounded by homes. The warning was included in a report on the defence ministry, which outlined ...

Tourist arrivals in November 2022 were 0.6 per cent higher than those recorded in the same month the previous year, data published on Monday by the statistical service showed. Specifically, 149,857 tourists arrived ...

Some 1,000 former bank employees who opted for early retirement are waiting for the attorney-general to rule on whether they’re also entitled to unemployment benefit, it appeared on Monday. The ...

Speculation about who will become the next archbishop took off on Monday, following the results of the popular vote the day before, with some pundits giving Paphos bishop Georgios a ...

Bishop Athanasios of Limassol secured the lead in Sunday’s electoral process for the new archbishop, and is followed by Bishop Georgios of Paphos and Bishop Isaiah of Tamassos and ...

Easing relocations for foreign workers in the tech sector by smoothing the legal procedures and bureaucracy were among the top priorities the presidential candidates highlighted in an English-language debate earlier ...

Demonstrators at Limassol zoo on Sunday said they would continue their protests until the facility is closed down. “We’re not kidding. We cannot let animals live in these conditions. ...

In the past decade no opportunity on the Cyprus problem has been left untapped, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. Speaking to the political magazine Politikoi, he said until his ...