Charalambos Stylianou

Cabinet approved on Thursday an exceptional measure allowing several small schools across Cyprus to remain open from September, despite enrolments falling below the usual threshold. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou made ...

Seven individuals are now the focus of legal action in the long-running murder case of Thanasis Nicolaou, as the victim’s family presses ahead with private criminal prosecutions over what ...

Cyprus’ public hospitals saw a sharp rise in emergency cases over the Easter holidays, the state health services organisation (Okypy) announced on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Okypy ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday began a two-day working visit to Serbia and Montenegro, marking the start of a series of international diplomatic engagements ahead of Cyprus’ assumption of the ...

Scientists have discovered a potential new way to treat one of the most aggressive blood cancers, offering hope to thousands of patients. A study from the University of Cambridge, published ...

An online dispute broke out on Wednesday between Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis, and Famagusta district governor Yiannis Karousos. The argument began after Karousos criticised the operating hours of pharmacies ...

A parking sign at Larnaca’s municipal market car park caused confusion on Wednesday after social media users spotted a major discrepancy between its Greek and English versions. While the ...

Lawlessness is being ‘celebrated’ said the chairman of the House legal committee on Wednesday, commenting on the series of uncontrolled bonfires and homemade explosives across Cyprus over Easter. Speaking to ...

Cyprus is set to expand its energy infrastructure with new storage facilities and power generators, Giorgos Petrou, president of the Cyprus energy regulatory authority (Cera) confirmed on Wednesday. According to ...

The police have issued an urgent warning over a surge in fraudulent messages circulating on social media and mobile phones, falsely claiming recipients owe money for traffic violations. Authorities say ...

Twenty children from Greece fighting cancer were given a moment of joy on Wednesday as they met President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace, with a surprise promise of tickets ...

In a display of skill and determination, Dinos Kkanti shattered the Guinness World Record for the traditional “glass dance” on Tuesday night, balancing an astonishing 416 glasses on his head. The ...

For the first time since their construction, the newly built “presidential” and “parliamentary” complexes in northern Cyprus have been put into operation, hosting school events ahead of Turkey’s national ...

The Turkish-Cypriot administration on Wednesday accused the Greek-Cypriot side of “distorting history” and evading responsibility for the Cyprus problem in a strongly worded letter to the United Nations.   The letter, ...

Limassol’s municipal council is divided after mayor Yiannis Armeftis unilaterally sponsored a bicommunal peace choir event, bypassing normal approval channels, it was reported on Wednesday. The “Breaths of Peace” ...

Nearly 300 special constables (Sea) serving in the Cyprus police force are set to leave their posts this summer as their fixed-term contracts expire, sparking discontent and potential protests among officers ...

The search for the tourist who went missing after renting an inflatable boat and taking it into the sea from the port of Latchi has been unsuccessful so far, Paphos ...

A sweltering heatwave has gripped Cyprus, with temperatures hitting 33C inland on Wednesday, but relief is on the way as cooler air and even thunderstorms are forecast by the weekend. ...

The Cyprus consumers’ association has accused the ministry of labour of treating consumers unfairly by refusing to appoint a representative for them in a key European Union advisory body. In ...

The search for a 35-year-old foreign tourist who went missing off the coast of Cyprus has intensified after his rented boat was found adrift, with no one on board. The ...

For more than two years, traffic cameras on one of the main arteries of the Nicosia suburb of Engomi have not been in operation following the failure to renew a ...

An attack inside Cyprus’ central prisons was on Tuesday branded an “attempted murder” by a prisoners’ rights group, which called for an urgent police investigation. The Association for the Protection ...

Two were killed and nine others injured in a collision between a van carrying disabled passengers and a rental car on the Kyrenia-Kythrea highway in the north on Tuesday. The ...

Seventeen municipalities and community clusters bordering forest areas have been equipped with government-funded wood chippers, the ministry of agriculture announced on Tuesday in a move aimed at reducing wildfire hazards ...