Johanna Pauls

Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou on Saturday outlined the party’s priorities for the 2028 presidential election, calling for a change of government and a new approach to the Cyprus problem, the ...

Animal rights activists will gather at Paphos harbour on Sunday to protest against animal abuse and demand stricter enforcement of animal welfare laws. “Poisoning, shooting and abandoning animals is illegal – ...

The government is running out of time to submit its pension reform bill to parliament before the Christmas recess, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas acknowledged on Saturday, although he remained confident ...

Recent culls and suspected cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have caused further delays in compensation payments to livestock farmers who lost their animals to the disease, president of the ‘voice ...

Forty people illegally residing in the territory of the Republic were deported from Cyprus on Friday. The repatriation took place as a joint effort between the deputy ministry of migration ...

An infant diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease remains in critical condition at the neonatal intensive care unit of Makarios hospital, Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Saturday. Charilaou said there had ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Saturday said that the candidacy of Turkish diplomat Feridun Sinirlioglu constituted a “political oxymoron and a deep institutional contradiction”. “It is, indeed, an oxymoron for ...

A 22-year-old delivery driver was attacked in Limassol on Friday evening. According to the police, the incident occurred at around 7.30pm as the man was riding his motorcycle on a ...

Two men, aged 18 and 19, have been arrested in connection with an alleged assault on a 19-year-old in Paralimni on October 15, police said on Saturday. The arrests came a day after ...

Ten crew members were rescued after a Tanzanian-flagged merchant ship sank approximately 90 nautical miles west of Paphos on Friday evening. According to the Larnaca-based Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC), the ...

A 43-year-old man was remanded in custody for six days on Saturday in connection with the disappearance of a 61-year-old woman in Limassol. The man, who police told the Cyprus ...

Fourteen people were arrested as part of nationwide police operations on Friday night. The arrests concerned the illegal possession and transportation of a firearm, the illegal stay in the Republic, ...

The weather will be partly cloudy on Saturday with isolated showers likely to occur in the afternoon, while storms will be possible in the higher mountains and inland. The temperature ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday pledged further investment in higher education, research and innovation as he attended the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Cyprus University of Technology’s (Tepak) ...

The Court of Appeal on Friday unanimously ordered a man who killed his neighbour’s cat by repeatedly striking it on the head with a broomstick to serve a two-month ...

Hay bales contaminated with the food and mouth virus (FMD) that were intended to be buried in Troulli will be moved to another safe location so as not to affect ...

The health ministry on Friday launched an information campaign aimed at promoting natural childbirth and reducing premature births. “When there is no medical indication for a cesarean section, natural childbirth ...

The Cyprus-wide clean-up campaign “Let’s Do It!” 2026 will conclude with a celebration at the Athalassa forest park in Nicosia on Sunday. The public event will start at 9.30am and ...

A brawl broke out between 30 Turkish Cypriots in Limassol on Wednesday, with the police on Thursday citing personal differences as the reason behind the clash. Local media reported that the ...

A 37-year-old woman lost €784 after falling victim to a scam, the police said on Thursday, warning other people to be wary of potential similar frauds. The woman said she had ...

Six people were arrested for various offences as part of nationwide police operations on Wednesday night. The offences included theft, illegal possession of property, illegal employment, practicing as a private ...

A 20-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint in Limassol on Thursday night. According to the police, the incident occurred at around 20 minutes past midnight, while the man was riding his ...

Only 26 per cent of young Cypriots say that they have taken part in at least one initiative to bring about social change in the past year, ranking the Republic lowest ...

Disy president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday said that recent events threatened the unity of the party and called for the party to be put first amid ongoing tensions. “It [the ...