#Cyprus

The matter of Archbishop of America Elpidoforos’ participation in an event in New York where Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was presented as ‘president of the TRNC’ is considered closed, ...

The European Union does not have the luxury to wait for migration flows to reach its external borders and should focus on tackling the humanitarian crisis at its source, the ...

The 2022 budget will mark the move to recovery, which will cover the ground lost in 2020, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Saturday as the government plans to end pandemic support ...

Main opposition Akel said Saturday the president was correct to highlight Turkey’s aggression during his speech before the UN General Assembly, but he should have also sought to break ...

Pollution. It’s a massive problem. And plastic pollution is visible on any beach or roadside on the island. Empty water bottles on the sand, plastic bags in the sea… ...

Works of art that have never been seen before will be unveiled during the upcoming Larnaca Biennale. Alix Norman finds out what else is going on Every two years, Larnaca ...

Migrants’ support NGO Kisa on Friday called for an independent criminal investigation into the treatment of refugees sent back to Lebanon – including the husband and two children of a pregnant ...

The ‘creative’ meeting President Anastasiades had with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday and his rather strong-worded address to the UN General Assembly on Friday afternoon will now be followed ...

About four per cent of Cypriots said they were affected by asthma in 2019, below the EU average of 5.7 per cent, a report by Eurostat showed on Friday. The EU average ...

The Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt, Nikos Christodoulides, Nikos Dendias, and Sameh Soukry discussed on Thursday in New York the possibility of inviting other states to participate, on ...

The health minister has called for an investigation after an HIV-positive patient said she was refused treatment at a private clinic in Limassol for a head injury last weekend. The ...

Admissions at Famagusta general hospital are falling but the average age of patients is rising, the facility’s scientific director said on Wednesday as walk-in centres opened for third doses. “...

The animal police unit may be small, but it is a good start for Cyprus, officer in charge Vyronas Vyronos said on Wednesday in response to the Green party’s ...

Cyprus ranks third for car ownership in the EU with 645 cars per thousand inhabitants, according to a Eurostat study. The highest number of cars per thousand inhabitants in 2019 was recorded ...

President Nicos Anastasiades’ meeting with the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America Elpidoforos, was called off because the cleric attended the opening of the ‘Turkish House’ in New York, media reports ...

A cafeteria in Nicosia was fined €16,000 for failing to check customers for a SafePass, as part of daily checks for coronavirus measures that saw eight more businesses and 21 individuals booked, ...

A 13-year-old boy has been hospitalised after his classmate allegedly pushed him down the stairs at a school in Paphos. According to secondary education officer Giorgos Koutsides, the boy fell ...

The ancient art of falconry has a part to play in modern conservation By Constantinos Antoniou Who can imagine our island as a Mediterranean wildlife oasis where nobles, knights and ...

The Consumers Association felt duty-bound to embrace the fashionable cause of the last few weeks – protesting about high electricity rates and demanding the state subsidise household bills. The 10 per cent ...

A small aircraft that has been in Cyprus since 2019 and is currently parked at Paphos airport is being guarded until UN experts arrive to inspect a possible connection with arms ...

Covid-19 antibody tests provide “useful information” but cannot be solely relied upon to show a person has built immunity against the virus, experts reiterated on Tuesday as their use is ...

People on remand and defendants receiving custodial sentences will be temporarily held at police stations after several coronavirus infections were detected in the central prisons, police there confirmed on Tuesday. ...

The government has finished examining all pending applications filed under the – now defunct – citizenship-by-investment programme, and has duly briefed the European Union, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday. The ...

No deaths from coronavirus were recorded on Tuesday, while 117 new cases were found. The total death toll remains at 548. Meanwhile, 94 patients are in hospital being treated for Covid, of which 39 ...