#Cyprus

The dying art of Lefkara lacemaking, famed to have been depicted in Leonardo da Vinci’s painting ‘The Last Supper’ is in desperate need of local support if the village’...

Over 43,000 people visited museums and other archaeological sites in the Larnaca district this year, data from the department of antiquities showed on Friday. Among the most popular sites were the ...

The mother of Turkish Cypriot infant with a rare disease slammed health authorities in the north for failing to provide patients with necessary medicines, media across the divide reported on ...

Bank of Cyprus (BoC) said on Friday it had received and unanimously rejected “unequivocally” three unsolicited, conditional, non-binding proposals from Lone Star relating to a possible cash offer for the ...

Reactions over Cyprus’ link with the espionage case involving the Greek state spying on Greek EU lawmaker Nikos Androulakis continue to mount as EU parliament’s plenary session looms. The ...

Negotiators for the islands Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities are expected to resume with online meetings next week in ongoing efforts to kick-start talks. According to CNA, the online ...

The island’s unemployment rate stood at 6.8 per cent of the labour force in the second quarter of 2022, recording a decrease of 1.6 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter of 2021. ...

Police on Friday warned of yet another email scam falsely presenting Cyprus police as the senders. According to police, the latest emails are being sent from fake electronic addresses and ...

Cameroonians marched across southern Nicosia on Friday to protest the violent intercommunal clashes that forced thousands to flee the African country. Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the Office of the ...

Honey imports to Cyprus from countries outside the European Union decreased between 2016 and 2021, while exports to countries outside the EU increased during the same period, according to data published by ...

Police investigators on Friday submitted to the legal service the case file into the drowning of a three-year-old girl at a hotel in Paphos on August 14, Cybc reported. Police took ...

The House committee on education is to hold an extraordinary session on Wednesday August 24 to discuss the issues prompted by the recent layoffs at the English School in Nicosia, according ...

The Cypriot-flagged bulk carrier ‘Maritsa’ has collided with a Liberian carrier anchored in the Belgian coastal town of Ostend, reports said on Friday. No injuries were reported according to the ...

Students and educators will be required to present a negative 48-hour rapid test for coronavirus upon return to school, the health ministry announced on Friday, as part of the new ...

Dog shelters in Cyprus are bursting at the seams as owners are dumping their pets at “unprecedented” levels as the cost of living spirals and impulse adoptions during the lockdowns ...

A swimmer was hospitalised in critical condition on Friday, after he was found unconscious in the sea near the area of Enaerios pier in Limassol the previous day. Police said ...

A 48-year-old woman was arrested drink driving with a suspended licence in Paphos, police said on Friday. Officers stopped the woman’s car for a check after she run a ...

The health ministry announced on Friday that three Covid deaths and 2,130 infections were recorded during the past week. The three deaths – all men, aged 65, 68, and 92 – raise the total number of ...

In today’s episode, a Turkish ‘spy plane’ on Thursday flew over a section of the island’s offshore Block 6 where a drillship is currently prospecting for natural gas. In ...

University and college students in Paphos will have to pay higher rent prices during the upcoming school year, according to a number of municipality and district officials, with the district ...

Over 17 per cent of the population in Cyprus, or 154,000 people, was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2021, the statistical office (Cystat) revealed on Thursday. This means 17,3 per cent ...

The Turkish Cypriot ‘tourism ministry’ on Thursday said that for the first time ever, the number of Greek Cypriots crossing to the north had outstripped the number coming over from ...

A Turkish ‘spy plane’ on Thursday flew over a section of the island’s offshore Block 6 where a drillship is currently prospecting for natural gas. The Turkish aircraft’s activities ...

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 ...