#Cyprus

In Yesteryears of Nicosia one man has set up a collaborative Facebook page looking back on the glory days of the island’s capital. Alix Norman meets him The earliest ...

Lidl Cyprus is offering €40,000 in scholarships to eligible students for summer programmes on Greek and English courses from humanities to science and engineering. Children will have the opportunity to familiarise ...

An asylum seeker was arrested at Paphos airport on Tuesday after attempting to depart using fake travel documents. The 25-year-old man of African descent, showed a Finnish passport while trying ...

Two people, 25 and 37, were arrested as part of investigations into two separate theft cases in Paphos and Polis Chrysochous, police said on Wednesday. The arrests came after a shop owner ...

Two businesses in Paphos and Limassol as well as 21 individuals were fined for violating coronavirus measures, police said on Wednesday. A Limassol-based petrol station was booked €500 for allowing an employee ...

The House human rights committee on Tuesday underlined its support for shelters to house unaccompanied teenager migrants, calling for the programme to be strengthened. So far 57 teenagers have made use ...

Ruling party Disy on Tuesday sought to dispel the notion that it is looking to meddle with the setup of the General Healthcare System (Gesy), saying it only wants to ...

Amid warnings from officials that at the current rates of violations being recorded by newly installed traffic cameras many drivers will end up losing their licences, police on Tuesday issued ...

Police on Tuesday confirmed that Cyprus received a request from Germany to extradite a permanent resident of the island arrested last month in connection with a cross-border trading fraud investigation ...

Cyprus on Tuesday presented its initiative for coordinating climate change actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) during the UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow. The summit brings ...

Frederick University is coordinating the digital transformation of higher education with the aim of training teaching staff in distance learning. The university as the coordinator of the Open Lab for ...

Halloumi is not the means to achieve political goals, a state official said on Tuesday after reports that Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar tried to get the European Commission to ...

A total of 24 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Religion and science should be kept separate, Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Tuesday as he got a booster shot, and called on everyone to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The archbishop was ...

One business and 18 individuals were booked for violating coronavirus measures after 2,487 checks in the government-controlled areas. Most checks, 1,069, were carried out by officers in the capital who booked one person ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday gave the newly elected leader of ruling National Unity Party (UBP) Faiz Sucuoglu the mandate to form a new ‘government’ within 15 days. Sucuoglu, ...

Norway, Czech and Denmark were downgraded to the red category in new travel guidelines issued by the health ministry on Monday. The countries, currently in the orange category, will be ...

The routine extension of Covid restrictions until November 9 by the cabinet this week suggests the government is currently in somewhat of a holding pattern when it comes to where and ...

The University of Cyprus has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the transport ministry to create and implement integrated technological solutions for the development of intelligent and sustainable transport systems. ...

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was felt in Limassol on Wednesday, the second one of the day. According to the geological survey department, the quake was recorded at 4.43pm. Its epicentre was ...

One business owner and 20 individuals were fined in 24 hours across the island for violating coronavirus measures after 2,873 checks, police said on Wednesday. Most people were fined for not wearing a ...

Two women, 25 and 29, were remanded for eight days on Wednesday on suspicion of assisting third-country nationals enter the territory of the republic illegally. The pair was arrested after officers received ...

Measures have been taken to decongest the Makarios children’s hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit that has seen many hospitalisations since the beginning of the month, the state health ...

Growing demand as the world economy recovers after the pandemic, combined with pressure on energy resources ahead of a heavy winter after a very hot summer, are creating a ‘perfect ...