#Cyprus

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades has expressed confidence that the construction contract for the much-anticipated highway connecting Paphos to Polis Chrysochous will be awarded by October. Speaking on the sidelines of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides expressed pride and joy in participating in celebrations for Greece’s national holiday on March 25, 1821, alongside government officials and the wider Greek Cypriot community.Speaking at the ...

House speaker and Disy president Annita Demetriou emphasised the need for Greece and Cyprus to navigate geopolitical developments wisely to ensure the survival of Hellenism. She made the remarks on ...

Paphos marked Greece’s March 25th Independence Day with grandeur, as students, war veterans, National Guard units and members of various organisations took part in a celebratory parade along Griva ...

A 38-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man were seriously injured in a traffic accident in Larnaca in the early hours of Tuesday. According to Larnaca Police spokesperson Spyros Chrysostomou, the ...

The sponsor of a bill aiming to end the practice of cutting off solar panels urged government agencies on Monday to come back with their written remarks by the end ...

Workers from the rubbish collection crews of Kokkinochoria will protest outside the interior ministry next Wednesday, it was reported on Monday. Workers will express their “indignation and bitterness” over the ...

Daleela will commence this year’s Cyprus-Greece ferry service on Saturday, May 31.It will operate between Limassol and Piraeus until September 2, with a total of 22 routes. Deputy Minister of Shipping ...

MPs on Monday wrapped up discussion of a government bill that would end the hiring freeze on vacancies for full-time jobs in the broader public sector – a policy instituted in 2013 ...

After a sharply criticised protest on Sunday the hunters’ association (KEKK) said they were satisfied after their meeting with Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday afternoon. KEKK-head Nicholas Prodromou said ...

Dozens of patients suffering from diabetes found themselves unable to access their medications due to a double failure of the health services’ online system which continues to be unreliable for ...

Larnaca port dockers went on a 24-hour warning strike on Monday to protest over the unloading procedures at the port. The workers blocked the entrance and exit of the port ...

Former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki was remanded in custody until his new court hearing that was rescheduled to April 2 after he claimed sickness and did not appear in court on ...

AI technology will be used from Monday to improve the ‘digital citizen’ app, so it can answer a wide range of questions posed by the public. The ‘digital citizen’ app ...

Larnaca hospital emergency department staff went on a spontaneous one-hour work stoppage on Monday at 9am to protest another incident of verbal abuse of a nurse. Nurses’ union Pasyno threatened ...

The story goes like this: moths laying eggs in hanging weblike nests that drop to the ground when they have served their purpose, larva hatching out and eating pines trees ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will meet on April 2, CNA reported on Sunday. This will be their first meeting after the Geneva informal meeting on Cyprus ...

Only 13.5 per cent of tourist units in Cyprus have secured the necessary permits ahead of the summer season, sparking growing concern over delays in the licensing process. With the April 20, 2025 ...

The hunters’ protest came to a halt after about an hour and a half on Sunday, amid threats they would block off the Nicosia-Limassol highway indefinitely. During the protest, they ...

A natural solution to Cyprus’ rodent problem is proving highly effective, with the barn owl emerging as a powerful ally in reducing the use of toxic rodenticides. Since the launch ...

The sun-drenched seafront of Limassol came alive on Saturday as more than 10,000 runners, representing 250 companies and organisations, took part in the opening day of the Opap Limassol marathon. The event ...

Cyprus is set to open a new facility dedicated to the care of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), authorities announced on Saturday, marking International Seal Day. The facility ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, on Saturday, confirmed the government’s readiness to engage in meaningful discussions on trust-building measures with the Turkish Cypriot leadership. He emphasised that the first meeting should ...

The first witness in the trial of the two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as ...