#Cyprus

A proposal to grant terminally ill patients the option of assisted suicide elicited a vigorous debate in parliament on Monday, with some MPs and organised groups advocating for a more ...

Parliamentarians on Monday wrapped up discussion of bills proposing to create a national financial sanctions implementation unit, with the legislation now set to head out to the plenum for a ...

It was outside the police’s remit to inform the road safety council of links between potentially faulty airbags and fatalities on Cyprus’ roads, the police’s traffic department director ...

Parents of people killed in car accidents due to faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata decried the “cheap excuses” offered by current and former state officials called to testify ...

Citizen groups and affected will protest on Thursday against the decision by Nicosia Municipality to reopen the northern section of Makarios Avenue to private vehicles. Under the slogan A Lively ...

The owners of the three dogs that bit a 25-year-old woman and two children aged six and three in the Moni industrial area on Sunday were remanded on Monday for ...

The health ministry confirmed on Monday that Cyprus is not among countries affected by a Belgian sperm donor scandal linked to a rare cancer-causing gene, despite earlier reports suggesting possible ...

Turkish Cypriots have been rendered “anxious, intimidated, and threatened” by the flurry of arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the ...

Just over an hour after polls closed, political party Edek on Sunday evening announced Nikos Anasstasiou as the new leader of the party. He had been standing against Diomides Diomidous, ...

Those exploring Cyprus with a curious mind and a sense of adventure normally opt for the coastline with scuba diving, jet skiing and parasailing among the most popular adrenaline-boosting outdoor ...

Six years after its launch, the national health scheme Gesy is here to stay, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Sunday, describing the system as the biggest reform in the ...

Lucky is one of many unwanted dogs in Cyprus abandoned to roam the streets, left to fate, to maybe live, maybe die. Some are hit by cars, some are shot ...

Cypriot school students on a trip to Thessaloniki were reportedly involved in a homophobic attack there on Saturday, a letter sent to the education minister by Thessaoniki Pride on Sunday ...

The project to create the electricity interconnector linking Cyprus and Greece will proceed as normal based on the company’s preparation, Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said on Sunday. “There ...

It’s every parent’s nightmare – and not just parents, either. Your child (or spouse, or friend, or loved one) is an addict. They’re in the grip of something ...

The Cyprus Archbishop on Sunday called on the Egyptian government to allow for the continued operation of the Greek Orthodox monastery of St Catherine in the Sinai peninsula. It said ...

A proposal for the European Union to start a direct dialogue with Israel to allow the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza was submitted to the Foreign Affairs Council by ...

Projects worth more than €64 million are under construction in Larnaca, part of the EU Thalia 2021-2027 plan, the ministry of finance said on Sunday. The Director of Cohesion Policy and ...

For more than seven decades, the Cyprus Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Federation has been a pillar of environmental protection, director general of the interior ministry Elikkos Ilia said on Sunday. ...

Under the slogan Love is not Afraid, the Cyprus pride march, organised by Accept, was held on Saturday with many taking part wearing black as a sign of protest. “Black ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday renewed his call for crossing points to be opened in the eastern Nicosia suburb of Mia Milia, and in the village of Louroujina, ...

A federal Cyprus already exists at the mafia level, former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ferdi Sabit Soyer said. “A federation has been established in Cyprus. It has been established unofficially, ...

The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Prometheas, which is to be used at the under-construction liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasiliko, is to be certified for use in ...

Voice concerns over timing The community advocacy group Syrians in Cyprus has cautiously welcomed the newly introduced “voluntary repatriation” initiative, while raising concerns over its timing, coinciding with letters sent ...