#Cyprus

Business and the economy were the main focus of an election debate held on Tuesday among the three leading presidential candidates, the first of its kind held in English. Disy ...

David Hunter, the 74-year-old Briton who admitted to killing his wife suffering from leukemia, on Tuesday had his trial postponed for the seventh time this year. The move came after ...

Dozens of Cypriots were reportedly stranded at Stanstead airport for over a day after their Ryanair flight did not depart on Monday morning as scheduled. The travel chaos was blamed ...

Strep tests will be distributed to paediatricians as part of the additional measures announced by the health ministry on Monday after the recent outbreak of streptococcus type A infections in ...

Consumers will experience power cuts as of Wednesday if there is increased electricity demand or adverse weather conditions, as a result of a strike by the electricity authority (EAC) staff ...

Writer, poet, journalist and actor Leonidas Malenis, best known for his poem that later became a song ‘Chrysoprasino Fyllo’, died at age 85 on Monday. Malenis was born in 1937 in Nicosia. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has signed the legislation on sex education in schools which was passed by parliament, despite the attorney general claiming it is unconstitutional. The bill soon became engulfed ...

The interior ministry on Monday said that it has taken them two years to get the approval for hiring hourly workers at the checkpoints, condemning an article over the weekend ...

The Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc) on Monday slammed the education ministry for its special committee that approves theatrical productions for schools, calling it ‘backwards’ and an ‘instrument of censorship,’ following ...

The 33-year-old who admitted to murdering two Russian women in late 2021 was handed a 25-year prison sentence on Monday morning. Limassol criminal court handed down the sentence and described the ...

The latest poll on the presidential elections appears to show that since October, favourite, Nikos Christodoulides has seen a slight drop in support while Andreas Mavroyiannis’ support has grown. However, ...

The Greek Cypriot side believes, that although the decision is up to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the appointment of a UN envoy for Cyprus would ensure better preparation for future ...

Cypriots have no problems using buses when they are abroad says Cyprus Public Transport which is doing its best to provide a proper service in Cyprus With a keen eye ...

The fight for mayor is not simply a local election, it is about Varosha and Turkish control Two Famagusta mayor candidates simultaneously withdrew from the upcoming municipal elections 24 hours after ...

Rain and isolated storms are expected between Monday and Wednesday with temperatures dropping noticeably, the met office said on Sunday. Sunday itself is expected to be mainly sunny and warm ...

Politics 101: when on the campaign trail, you need to demonstrate how you stand out from among the competition. Remember to underline differences, and downplay similarities. This might well explain why ...

By Stefanos Stefanou, general secretary of Akel It is Akel’s conviction that the non-solution of the Cyprus problem is detrimental both for Cyprus and its people, Greek Cypriots and ...

The mother of Thanasis Nicolaou, the former guardsman found dead in 2005, protested outside the attorney-general’s office on Saturday, two years after her son’s remains were exhumed for further ...

Larnaca district court issued an eight-day remand on Saturday for a 34-year-old man suspected of being involved in an attempted murder in Oroklini last week which injured a six-year-old boy. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday he is leaving the post carrying the weight of not having solved the Cyprus issue, which he said had been his goal. In an ...

Paphos police received eleven complaints about family violence in November, authorities said on Saturday. According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, out of the eleven complaints made, police arrested ten ...

The price of basic consumer goods fluctuated up and down this month according to average retail price levels on December 7, 2022, compared with the previous month with the largest decreases recorded ...

Parking at the old Nicosia hospital ends on Monday, December 12 as construction of the new Cyprus Museum begins. “On Monday 12 December 2022 the department of public works will proceed to close ...

The island’s Justice Minister Stefi Drakou on Friday stressed the importance of granting Cyprus access to the Schengen Information Exchange System in 2023, in a bid to strengthen public security, ...