#Cyprus

The remains of a fourth man killed by Eoka B, 48 years ago on July 16, were found on Wednesday in a grave on Limassol nearby a grave excavated in July, which ...

The House education committee descended into chaos amid a war of words on Wednesday with Akel MP Christos Christofides later accusing independent MP Andreas Themistocleous of debasing parliament. “Truly I ...

Two areas in Cyprus were on Wednesday declared by the cabinet as ‘white zones’, forbidding any development in the areas until September 2023, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said. The ruling affects ...

Cyprus is destined to become a desert in 50 years or even before if proper measures are not adopted, Diko MP Christos Orphanides said on Wednesday. Speaking during the House environment ...

New British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq on Wednesday said he looked forward to strengthening ties with the island as he presented his credentials to President Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential ...

Two adult green sea turtles, named Damianos and Kostis, found injured in the sea off the coast of Limassol a few months ago, were released back in the sea on ...

In view of the coming elections the cabinet has announced a series of measures regulating visits by presidential candidates and their entourages to government organisations. According to an official announcement, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has accepted “with regret” Thomas Antoniou’s resignation as chairman of the health insurance organisation (HIO). The development on Wednesday finally came weeks after Antoniou had offered ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the health ministry’s recommendation to proceed with the new ‘bivalent’ Covid vaccines as booster doses for those aged 12 and above. The booster (third dose) ...

Calling for an appropriate solution regarding issues plaguing the Housing Finance Corporation (HFC), Sek trade union on Wednesday said the government should be doubly worried that the organisation remains “dangerously ...

In the framework of the annual military cooperation programme between Cyprus and Israel, the exercise ‘Iason – 2022’ was held this week, the defence ministry said. The exercise took place within the ...

The report into the explosive central prisons row between its director and the now suspended head of Ykan (drug squad) is due on Thursday. Independent criminal investigator appointed to the ...

Television is the dominant force in Cypriot news media while younger audiences opt for social media, a study by the Cyprus Union of Journalists revealed on Tuesday. The study showed ...

Reaching the end of his ten-year term, President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday said that Cyprus Tomorrow, the government’s recovery and resilience plan constitutes his legacy. “I consider it an ...

The Bar Association has at the last minute pulled out of a scheduled meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades, after a letter leaked on Tuesday which the association’s head had ...

A quarter of the people currently working for the government department charged with managing Turkish Cypriot properties have benefitted from owning such a property, the House Refugees Committee heard on ...

Presidential Commissioner Fotis Fotiou will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the end of his current visit to Beirut, in the framework of the first Cyprus-Greece-Lebanon trilateral meeting on ...

Two new Covid-19 vaccines, authorized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) should arrive in Cyprus by next week, Elena Panayiotopoulou, head of the state pharmaceutical services announced on Tuesday. Speaking ...

The source of a bad smell that has been troubling Nicosia residents in the areas of Aglandjia, Pallouriotissa and Kaimakli for the last two weeks has been located, the mayor ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is set to present the expected economic and social transformation of the country within the €4.4 billion Cyprus Tomorrow plan at the presidential palace on Tuesday at 7pm. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on September 19 in London on his way to the UN General Assembly on September 23, according to reports on ...

Three out of five Cypriots would be willing to pay less for fresh but ugly produce, an online survey on food waste showed on Monday. The public this year appears ...

Paphos police on Tuesday arrested two people, 21-year-old and 26-year-old men, for illegal possession of offensive weapons. According to the police statement, at around 2 am in the morning members of ...

On Tuesday the weather will be mostly clear, however, some low cloud cover will be observed mainly in the west and north. From midday onwards isolated showers can be expected, ...