#Cyprus

With long winter nights upon us, indoor hobbies come to the fore. Combined with the recent pandemic lockdowns, jigsaws are having a moment. Alix Norman speaks to those who are ...

The code for the management and protection of wetlands in the island will be ready before the end of 2022, providing for the restoration of degraded areas and promoting research, Agriculture ...

The bills reforming local government and reducing the number of municipalities will be finalised by the House interior committee next week and sent for approval to the plenum before the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday met Akel leader Stephanos Stephanou to discuss a series of proposals the main opposition party believes will help tackle rising electricity costs. The meeting was ...

Bilateral ties between Cyprus and the US are stronger than ever before, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Washington DC on Tuesday evening as he met Foreign Minister ...

The Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA) sought to correct the record on the new Limassol football stadium on Tuesday following a report that “miscalculations” could reduce its capacity by thousands of ...

The government on Tuesday vowed to find a dignified way of compensating refugees for their inability to use their properties in the north, but opposition parties have claimed there is ...

The health ministry announced one death attributed to Covid-19 and 3,038 new infections on Tuesday, with a positivity rate of 2.67 per cent. The death was that of a 77-year-old woman, raising ...

Thousands of people are in financial difficulties over delays in welfare payments and pensions, MPs heard on Tuesday. The issue was discussed at the House Labour Committee for the umpteenth ...

The loosening of some Covid-19 restrictions which had been expected appear to have been shelved following the health minister’s meeting with the advisory team on Tuesday. The council of ...

Forestry department workers continued a work to rule on Tuesday which they said will go on indefinitely to protest understaffing issues. According to the forestry department faction of labour union ...

Cyprus signed an agreement with the EU on Tuesday to regulate the return of migrants, with further cooperation to be announced shortly. Deputy Director-General in charge of the ‘Task Force ...

Fly-tipping near a turtle nesting beach in Akamas shows people lack environmental awareness and highlights the need to protect the area, the Green party has said. Plastic bags, bottles, surgical ...

There is no question at the moment of appointing a new envoy on behalf of the UN Secretary-General since the two sides do not agree on what that person’s ...

An online petition has been launched calling for the immediate resignation of Archbishop Chrysostomos after he placed a dozen priests on mandatory three-month leave because they are unvaccinated. The petition ...

The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a conviction against a young British woman who was accused of lying about being gang-raped in 2019, in response to an appeal made by her ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s willingness to open an informal dialogue with the Greek Cypriot side was on Monday called “another attempt on his part to promote his positions ...

The ‘test to stay’ testing system in schools came in for further criticism on Monday as some units never turned up which the health ministry said was due to Covid-19 ...

To what degree Covid-19 restrictions will be loosened is set to be the central issue on Tuesday as government advisors hold their weekly meeting against a backdrop of other countries ...

The archbishop has placed a dozen priests on mandatory leave as of Tuesday for three months over their refusal to get the Covid-19 vaccine, with the church primate saying they ...

Those who have had coronavirus will only be able to use their recovery certificate for SafePass purposes for 90 days as of Monday, whereas it was previously valid for 180 days. The ...

Coronavirus measures in schools will be evaluated during a meeting on Monday afternoon with the ministers of health and education. Educational organisations, parents’ confederations and other stakeholders are due to ...

Two hunters were fined €500 and €150 for illegal transportation of an assembled firearm on Sunday in the Ayios Nikolaos community of Paphos. According to the Paphos police, two vehicles were stopped ...

Twenty individuals and 16 establishments were fined in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Monday as a total of 2,152 checks were carried out around the island to check for violations ...