#Cyprus

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 ...

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 “...