#Cyprus

Words have been turned into action as far as the Paphos-Polis Chrysohous highway is concerned, Minister of Transport Yiannis Karousos said on Friday as diggers broke ground on the project, ...

The family of the 27-year-old special forces soldier who died on Wednesday has asked for his organs to be donated to those in need, the health ministry announced on Friday. ...

In the past week three people in Cyprus have died from Covid while 10,879 new cases of the virus were identified, the ministry of health said on Friday. The three deaths ...

In today’s episode, the state health services organisation (OKYPY) on Thursday suggested that the June 2024 target for public hospitals to attain financial autonomy may have to be pushed back, ...

Almost 80 percent of businesses in Cyprus used social media in 2021 to get their message across, a steep rise on 2015 when the figure was just under 60 per cent, data released by ...

The build-up to the next six-monthly UN report on the Secretary-General’s Good Offices Mission and a second on the justifications for extending the Unficyp mandate from the end of ...

The 27-year-old soldier who was critically injured during training exercise earlier this week has died, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. He has been named as Panayiotis Yiannios. The ministry ...

The Cyprus National Guard is set to be supplied with personal protective equipment from Israel, under an agreement signed in Nicosia on Wednesday. The same PPE is used by the ...

It is time to prove that public interest and the rule of law come first for the government, House legal affairs committee chair Nicos Tornaritis said on Wednesday as the ...

Some nine per cent of young people aged 14 to 18 use cannabis, and one in five of these do so daily, the House legal affairs committee heard on Wednesday. The figures ...

Finance Minister Constandinos Petrides met with political party leaders on Wednesday to present the comprehensive and holistic framework for the management of non-performing loans as well as protection measures of ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides expressed concern on Wednesday over the details of Turkey’s agreement with Nato – namely its likely participation in Pesco, as part of Ankara granting approval for ...

A campaign to combat visual pollution will be held in the tourist areas of Larnaca to remove all illegal signage The campaign Broom will be held on July 4 and 5, by ...

The EU’s Fit-for-55 initiative to combat climate change approved by EU environment ministers is a balanced package that takes on board Cyprus’ concerns and will help it transition to ...

The education ministry on Wednesday launched an investigation and admitted racism is an issue in schools after a Larnaca secondary school graduation ceremony descended into chaos and was abruptly called ...

Although still reeling from the impact of the war in Ukraine, hoteliers in Famagusta are predicting a better July than June, president of their association Doros Takkas said on Wednesday. ...

The interior ministry has sought to reassure the public following a parliamentary committee heard that over 1,000 migrants at Pournara were diagnosed with transmissible illnesses, ranging from HIV/AIDS and hepatitis ...

There has been a persistent sequence of mild seismic events – also known as a seismic swarm ­ in the sea and land area of Limassol since Saturday, the geological survey department ...

Barry Iacovou is the CEO of BDO Cloud Services Limited, a subsidiary of the Cyprus member firm of BDO International. The company was set up specifically to house ‘BDODrive,’ the ...

In today’s episode, face masks will become compulsory in pharmacies and laboratories as of tomorrow, less than a month after their use became optional, the health ministry has announced. ...

Every ton of emissions matters: It is so important even for countries as small as ours to do our bit By Orestis Karghotis The climate crisis is a global, human-caused, ...

Companies have so far not expressed an interest in the construction of the mooted EastMed pipeline, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Tuesday. He was briefing MPs at the House ...

A meeting at the presidential palace on Friday will examine ways of tackling high electricity prices, which have a knock-on effect on a host of consumer goods. Convened by President ...

Lawmakers hope to pass a bill levying a tax on property transactions, the revenues from which will go to supporting Greek Cypriot refugees, before the summer recess. The government bill ...