#top

A general strike being held around the island on Thursday is set to affect travellers as airlines operating at Larnaca and Paphos airports are scrambling to reschedule flights. The strike ...

Police on Monday rejected claims of “amateur handling” of anti-riot operations during violent incidents on Sunday during the memorial for Eoka leader Grivas Digenis in Limassol. Five people were remanded ...

An investigation team to identify those involved has been set up by the Limassol police after stones and Molotov cocktails were thrown on Sunday as fighting broke out in the ...

After decades of illegalities at Paphos harbour, the area is currently undergoing a massive cleanup, with the aim of presenting a far cleaner, tidier and uniform image. Pergolas, awnings, illegal ...

Unrest at the electricity authority (EAC) was averted on Friday during a marathon meeting where stakeholders thrashed out a basic deal on outstanding issues to be firmed up by the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday called on unions to suspend strikes over of cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), after Peo union said that three out of four workers are expected to participate ...

David Hunter’s daughter begged him over the phone to stay alive in the minutes after he killed his terminally ill wife Janice and then attempted suicide. Paphos court on ...

Cyprus is “one of the weakest links” in international efforts to seize the assets of sanctioned Russian nationals, while the island hosts dozens of active shell companies that can be ...

A meeting chaired by Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Monday afternoon did not succeed in averting a two-hour strike by doctors and nurses at state hospitals scheduled for Tuesday. The ...

Larnaca and Famagusta hit the hardest The met office on issued a yellow weather warning for rains and isolated thunderstorms starting on Sunday at 8am until Monday 8am. Meanwhile, Famagusta ...

While Gesy has been hailed as a hallmark of benefits for the public, experts are raising red flags over the way medication is “freely” prescribed, even over the phone without ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Friday said it was unacceptable that “subjective views” had been included in two UN reports by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that went “beyond objective facts”. “We ...

Thursday’s meeting between trade unions and employers’ organisations ended in deadlock over reinstating the cost of living allowance (CoLA), with the labour minister – acting as mediator – scrambling to find ...

Internet searches for Cyprus have increased by 30 per cent compared to 2019 thanks to targeted digital marketing carried out by mainly local companies, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said on Wednesday. ...

Patient organisations expressed outrage on Tuesday over allegations that an elderly person was found tied to their hospital bed using bedsheets. Demanding the state health services (Okypy) investigate the matter, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday decided to refer the contentious law that deals with pre-primary education to the Supreme Court. The law has seen much back and forth between MPs, ...

Archbishop Georgios was enthroned as the 76th head of the church on Sunday afternoon, in a ceremony at the Apostolos Varnavas Cathedral in Nicosia. Church bells tolled as he arrived ...

Cyprus is one of only two EU states still without a university hospital Expectations that the start of 2023 would finally see the long-awaited creation of university hospitals in Cyprus were ...

The transport ministry will in the coming days launch a tender process to secure 125 smart traffic lights that will be deployed at key spots in Nicosia and Limassol to ease ...

The official nomination procedure for presidential candidates took place on Thursday where a record 14 hopefuls threw their name in for the top position in the country as each pledged to ...

The UN secretary general’s mission of good offices report detailed a bleak review of and outlook for the Cyprus problem, despite a poll finding that a majority hope for ...

Famagusta police have seized a total of 42kg of cannabis washed up on the beach in several packages, as another 75kg were found on beaches of the area in the ...

By Gina Agapiou and Nick Theodoulou “No reason for concern so far” regarding the surge in China Covid cases, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Monday, as some nations began ...

2022 in review: more migrants are coming than are being processed or sent back and authorities can’t keep up Migration is a polarising topic, although it’s probably fair to ...