#Cyprus

The island’s children’s rights commissioner on Thursday highlighted what she called the government’s over-zealous handling of illegal migrants with little or no consideration for their fundamental human ...

Four legal entities and four individual employers have been fined by the in Larnaca for violations of work safety regulations that resulted in injury to workers, it was announced on ...

A draft road map for how Covid-19 will be dealt with in the coming months will be discussed by the health minister and the scientific team on Friday. CNA reported ...

Farming organisations are calling for support to cover the skyrocketing cost of raw materials on Thursday said they are still waiting for the continuation of discussions with the agriculture minister ...

Main opposition party Akel has called for the House education committee to have an extraordinary meeting to address layoffs at The English School in Nicosia, and called on the president ...

Flood protection works in the old town of Nicosia will continue next week, the municipality said on Thursday waning that two roads would be closed. Works will affect Achilleos and ...

With the hunting season kicking off on Sunday, the forestry department on Thursday called on hunters to be especially careful when in forest areas. The department called for the complete ...

The fisheries department on Thursday expressed its regret over threats by the Ineia community leader against turtle nests in the area, and by extension the results of the protection programme ...

Pictures of the presidential jet donated by Greece to Cyprus during the Greek prime minister’s official visit to Cyprus are currently making rounds on social media. The G-V Gulfstream-V ...

Paphos police on Thursday said that there were two lifeguards on duty at the hotel swimming pool where the three year old girl drowned on Sunday. Police spokesman Kyriacos Charalambous ...

Following the red flags recently raised over the environmental dangers from ongoing construction in the Akrotiri salt lake area, the environment department announced that a new study into rainwater impact ...

Cyprus’ economy recorded positive growth in the second quarter of 2022, according to a preliminary estimate by the island’s Statistical Service. As announced on Wednesday, the growth rate of the ...

A fire that broke out in the village of Mathikoloni in the Limassol district was brought under control shortly before 8pm on Wednesday. Firefighters were mobilised just before 6pm to ...

A Colombian ‘shaman’, extradited to Cyprus last month, who has been implicated in the death of a Latvian woman during an Ayahuasca ceremony in 2019 is to go to trial on ...

Less than a week after EAC issued advice to consumers who believe there were discrepancies between their meter readings and their electricity bills, the authority confirmed on Wednesday that a “...

Accept LGBT Cyprus has prepared its own questions for the 2023 presidential candidates after three of them refused to agree with equal adoption rights for same-sex couples in a recent survey. ...

The foreign ministry said on Wednesday it was “watching with concern” Turkey’s growing attempts to distort historical realities regarding the 1974 invasion. “It is widely accepted that the recent posts ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis warned on Wednesday that Ineia landowners were entitled to stage protests but not to engage in extreme behaviour or cause damage after the community leader threatened ...

Visitor arrivals reached 454,657 in July compared with 297,308 in July 2021, an increase of 52.9 per cent, the statistical service said on Wednesday. For the period of January to July 2022, arrivals totalled 1.68 million ...

The EU’s approval of the first Covid-19 bivalent vaccine, which will cover the original strain of the coronavirus and the Omicron variant, is expected next month, associate professor of ...

Six more companies have been fined between €6,000 and €10,000 for various workplace lapses that resulted in injury to employees, in one case an amputated arm, and in another, amputated fingers One ...

Sunny weather continues with temperatures on Tuesday expected to rise to 38C inland according to the meteorological department. On the west and southwest coasts, the temperature will drop to around 33...

The Workplace Inspection Department on Tuesday reported on court rulings so far this year against companies and employers found guilty of lax workplace safety and health practices, where in some ...

Police recorded 1,680 road and traffic violations over the August 15 long weekend, saying on Tuesday this included 121 drivers over the alcohol limit. Officers also caught 732 drivers breaching the speed limit They ...