#Nicosia

A forest fire was brought under full control at 8.15am on Monday in the “Alakati” location of Kambia community in Nicosia. According to a statement from the forestry department, the ...

Cyprus’ capital city boasts just four per cent of tree coverage Whenever a data collection company releases a table of statistics regarding tree coverage or green spaces in European cities, ...

Larnaca and Nicosia have been included in the top 20 European cities with the highest number of castles, according to German website Ubuy. Larnaca, with five castles, was listed joint 12th ...

Police arrested a 56-year-old for smuggling cigarettes from the north and fined him over €2,000, customs said on Thursday. According to police, the man was found during an operation carried out ...

Power outages in Ayioi Trimithias, Kokkinotrimithia and Palaiometocho are due to a fault in power distribution lines, the electricity authority (EAC) announced on Thursday. Spokeswoman for the authority Christina Papadopoulou ...

Police on Thursday in Nicosia arrested another suspect, a 55-year-old man, suspected of involvement in an ongoing arson investigation. According to police statement, the case concerns the fire which broke ...

The interior ministry on Wednesday presented plans to revitalise old Nicosia, including grants to boost business activity, student accommodation grants, town planning incentives and housing arrangements, and home ownership grants. ...

Police on Tuesday night arrested two persons for an investigated case of drugs possession with intent to supply and money laundering. Police intercepted the suspects, a 39-year-old man and a 34...

Fire services on Monday were called to put out a fire that broke out in an apartment in Nicosia, which was caused by an electrical device. According to a post ...

A 61-year-old man has been remanded in police custody for eight-days after he was arrested in connection with a suspected arson case. According to a statement released by the police, ...

A fire broke out in a Nicosia private university’s basement stairwell, necessitating the need of three engines to deal with the blaze, the fire service said on Thursday. In ...

The policy of building more roads to keep up with the ever-increasing number of cars has been tried but has failed, the Nicosia mayor said on Wednesday. Speaking at an ...

Well-known animal charity PAWS (Protecting Animals Without Shelter) is offering an original way to support the island’s strays through picking up a good read. The charity book sale is ...

Thousands of people took part in a peaceful march in central Nicosia on Sunday night in support of migrants in the country. Starting from Eleftheria Square at 6pm, demonstrators marched ...

Corrective measures will be taken on the new park and ride in Nicosia, after being reevaluated at the end of the month, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, on the ...

Police were gearing up for an anti-immigrant protest in Nicosia on Wednesday, despite assurances it would be cancelled. Speaking during the House legal affairs committee, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou was ...

Three people were arrested in two separate cases after a total of 7.3 kg of cannabis were detected in Famagusta and Nicosia on Tuesday. Customs authorities carrying out checks ascertained that ...

Concerned pro-migrant activist groups have urged vulnerable minorities to keep a low profile when another anti-migrant protest takes place on Wednesday evening, this time outside the presidential palace in Nicosia. ...

The First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides and the spouse of the prime minister of Greece, Mareva Mitsotaki, were given a guided tour of the historic neighbourhoods of Ayios Kassianos and ...

The new bus lane and park and ride system that began operating on Monday to ease traffic congestion into Nicosia is proving a great success, according to a Cyprus Public ...

British UN peacekeepers are set to undertake 24 workouts in 24 hours to raise funds for the Nicosia dog shelter on September 8. A number of the peacekeepers volunteer at the shelter during ...

A total of €19,00 of damage was caused by a tornado which struck in the community of Kelia on Monday, officials said on Tuesday. Larnaca district officer Odysseas Hadjistefanou said “crews ...

A new bus lane will begin operating on the highway into Nicosia starting September 4, to ease traffic congestion in the capital with the creation of a park and ride in ...

A 25-year-old man was remanded in custody for two days on Wednesday in connection with the stabbing of another man of the same age in Nicosia in June. Meanwhile, a 41...