Johanna Pauls

Accident and emergency (A&E) departments at public hospitals across Cyprus have recorded an increased influx of patients as the ongoing heatwave continues to drive up heat-related illnesses, state ...

The cabinet on Thursday approved €1.17 million in compensation for farmers whose crops were damaged by extreme weather between 2025 and 2026. According to the agriculture ministry, the scheme covers a range of ...

Two suspected cases of foot and mouth disease (FMD) are under investigation following initial positive results pending confirmation, head of the veterinary association Demetris Epaminondas said on Wednesday. “There are ...

Cypriot former human rights lawyer Katherine Theodotou, aged 79, said she would be suing the Met police and the royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (RSPCA) after her ...

The number of labour accidents decreased by 7.2 per cent in 2025 compared to 2024, while compared to 2017 the total drop reached 55.3 per cent, the labour inspection department said on Wednesday. The most ...

Lawyer for a man beaten up during a brawl outside Larnaca police headquarters in January, Alexandros Clerides on Wednesday gave authorities five days to give a “full and reasoned answer” ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday morning that the goal is to “create the conditions to announce the resumption of the talks from where they broke off in Crans Montana, ...

Cyprus is among the European Union member states highlighted for its approach to collecting and reporting data on human trafficking, according to a study published by the European Commission on ...

The bicommunal peace initiative “United Cyprus” on Tuesday held two events in view of UN General Secretary Antionio Guterres’ visit to the island. In its first event, the group held ...

The National Guard on Tuesday appointed Brigadier general Savvas Stefanou as criminal investigator to look into the fire at Kalo Chorio firing range on Monday afternoon, which led to a ...

Ahead of his joint dinner with UN Secretary General Antionio Gueterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday evening said he was positive it would be ...

The met department on Tuesday issued a yellow weather warning for temperatures climbing to around 40 degrees Celsius and above for Wednesday. The weaning will be in place from 2pm to 4.30...

The appeals court has upheld the conviction of a landlord found guilty of burgling a property he had rented out and stealing his tenant’s belongings following a dispute over ...

Public safety, crime prevention and strengthening policing in areas with larger migrant populations were the focus of a meeting chaired by Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Friday. The meeting, attended ...

Power cuts are “unacceptable” and inconsistent with the profile of Cyprus as a modern European tourist destination, the association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) said on Friday. Stek expressed its ...

Cyprus’ electricity demand is expected to be fully covered throughout the day, the Transmission System Operator’s Haris Zavallis said on Friday. Zavallis said the available conventional production stood at 1,188 ...

Graffiti with the words ‘Mafia State’ and depicting former President Nicos Anastasiades holding a sign saying ‘passports on sale’ were spotted on Friday across the old town of Nicosia. The ...

Football violence erupted during the AEK Larnaca – Beitar Jerusalem match on Thursday night, with a South Korean tourist couple becoming unintended victims after their rental car was damaged in the ...

On Friday, it will be predominantly clear, although there will be an increase in cloud cover in some areas. The temperature will reach around 39 degrees Celsius inland, around 32 degrees in ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus’ (EAC) trade unions, Epopai, Sidikek, Sepaik and Syvaik, announced on Thursday that they had suspended planned strike action until September, citing the “difficult conditions” facing ...

The supreme court has rejected attorney-general George Savvides’ appeal against the annulment of the search warrant for two safety deposit boxes belonging to social media personality Natalie Tziapoura, ruling that ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the implementation of a new funding mechanism for publicly funded research organisations, which will be implemented in 2027. In remarks after the meeting, Deputy Research Minister ...

An orange weather warning has been issued for Thursday, the Met office said as it forecast temperatures were expected to reach 43C and above for the second day in a ...

Ten students got full marks in the Pancyprian exams, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou announced on Wednesday as 3,113 students secured places at Cyprus universities and Greek military academies. “The Pancyprian exams ...