#Cyprus

The department of public works announced a tender on Friday for a new Ayia Napa fire station slated to cost more than €7 million. The total area of ​​the project amounts ...

It is impossible to stop the use of fireworks in residential areas, a police inspector said on Friday noting that authorities focus on prevention and have confiscated some 3,000 kilos of ...

Cyprus is leading the way for Montessori education in Europe, as owner of local nurseries was re-elected on the board of a European association promoting the child-centred method of education. ...

While the finance minister’s statements that a planned green fuel tax would not be going ahead for now is welcome news for motorists, it is likely that is only ...

Nicos Christodoulides looks set to wipe the floor with his rivals in the 2023 presidential race, the latest poll published by state broadcaster CyBC has shown. The survey, conducted on behalf ...

Lawmakers heard on Thursday that Cyprus has absorbed almost 80 per cent of EU funds allocated to it since joining the bloc – a good rate of absorption – but needs to keep ...

The foreign ministry sent a letter to the UN peacekeeping force Unficyp on Thursday asking for an immediate postponement of works taking place at the Cetinkaya football pitch in the ...

Cyprus’ Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Gavriella Michaelidou said that the current status quo on the island affects the rights and freedoms of Greek Cypriots. Speaking on Wednesday during ...

Cyprus has already bought new helicopters for the National Guard and has made defence agreements with more than 15 countries, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Thursday. Speaking at a military ...

Τhe Cyprus Committee for Media Ethics (CME) on Thursday released its updated journalists’ code of conduct. It is the first time the code was updated since the establishment of the ...

A kingfisher was released back into the wild on Thursday after it was successfully rehabilitated by Akrotiri Environmental and Education Centre (AEEC) staff and members of the game and fauna ...

The row over dangerous buildings reignited on Thursday after a small part of an apartment building in Limassol detached and fell to the pavement – with a similar, but separate incident ...

Plans to open a new accident and emergency department specifically for children at the Makarios children’s hospital have been changed, as it was decided that it will now be ...

The challenges and achievements within the legal profession took centre stage on Wednesday as head of the bar association Christos Clerides said that he was proud of the body’s ...

The audit office has accused the government of obstructing its efforts to investigate the Cyprus investment programme, stating that the interior ministry is withholding vital information. The audit office on ...

The mother and father of the national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou who was found dead in 2005 met with the attorney general on Wednesday – with both parties calling on anyone with information ...

The state health services (Okypy) has vowed significant spending on the national health service Gesy with a projected €250 million for 2022-2024, while also acknowledging complaints and the need to constantly ...

Any claims that the status of Taksim football pitch within the UN buffer zone will change is wrong and misleading, Unficyp spokesman Aleem Siddique said on Wednesday following reports in ...

The labour ministry on Wednesday announced the launch of free digital skills courses for people aged 55 and over. The courses are being offered in all districts as part of the ...

Vandals have spray painted a stationary traffic camera in the capital amidst works to increase the traffic camera network. Photos of the vandalised traffic camera are circulating which show its ...

Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III will be arriving on Wednesday to visit Archbishop Chrysostomos II, who has been fighting intestinal cancer. According to reports, the archbishop’s health has been ...

The supreme court has ordered the early release of a 29-year-old man convicted to four and a half years in jail for sexually abusing a minor, it emerged on Wednesday. ...

Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Wednesday that Cyprus is making great strides towards reaching energy self-sufficiency and a competitive internal gas market. “At the same time, we are also ...

By Efi Xanthou So, some good Samaritan wants to donate €1.7 million to the Limassol municipality, what is people’s problem with this? Can’t Cypriots appreciate a good deed? It’...