Johanna Pauls

For the past 22 years, passage through the crossing points has become relatively normalised: visiting the sites, old family homes or even just for an evening drink. But with the opening ...

A series of environmental projects organised by a bicommunal women’s group, including the planting of trees and sowing of seeds  will continue within the UN-patrolled buffer zone throughout September. “...

House education committee chairman and Diko MP Pavlos Mylonas on Friday sharply criticised the police for what he called their failure to tackle juvenile delinquency and repeated vandalism of school ...

Cyprus has ordered 155,000 flu vaccine doses, 133,920 Covid-19 vaccine doses, and 500 pneumococcal vaccines for the coming winter, the health ministry announced. “The number of flu vaccinations available is based on international ...

A €10 million budget will be used to co-finance the participation of Cypriot entities in research and development projects under the European Defence Fund (EDF), the government announced on Friday. “The ...

Cyprus has relocated more than 3,000 asylum seekers to nine different EU member states between 2022 until September 2025, the deputy ministry of migration said on Thursday. “The relocations are being implemented in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides travelled to the Canadian city of Toronto on Thursday morning to meet with Canadian entrepreneurs and investors in the finance, research, innovation and real estate sectors, with ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) has announced that the new accident and emergency department at the Larnaca general hospital will start operating on Thursday. “The new A&E ...

Bulgarian police on Tuesday reportedly confirmed that Russian-Cypriot Igor Grechushkin was arrested at Sofia airport over his alleged involvement in the 2020 Beirut blast, killing at least 218 people. Forty-eight-year-old Grechushkin, said ...

The health ministry on Wednesday, as part of an EU-wide campaign promoting the responsible use of non-prescription medicines, emphasised the importance of the correct use of non-prescription medication, urging patients ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Wednesday underscored the importance of investing in the health and protection of society’s youngest members, on the occasion of World Patient Day, which this ...

The annual Consumer Price Index in Cyprus remained stable compared to August 2024, the state statistical service CyStat said on Wednesday. While on an annual basis, a 0 per cent change was ...

Efforts to arrange further meetings to discuss the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) with trade union and employer representatives are underway and will likely take place by the end of the week, ...

Both the justice ministry and police have been accused of not taking an alleged rape in the central prison seriously enough, it appeared on Wednesday. The incident came to light ...

Recently introduced eIDs are being produced by a private company, formerly headed by Deputy Research Minister Nicodemos Damianou, which was awarded the contract without going through a tender process, an ...

Eight villages in all provinces of the island will transform into Christmas villages for the upcoming winter season, from November 22 to January 6, 2026, the deputy ministry of tourism announced on Tuesday. “...

A 30-year-old man was arrested in Limassol for the alleged distribution of 140 files containing videos and images of child sexual abuse, police said on Tuesday. He was arrested on Monday ...

After being closed for ten years, the forestry college on Monday reopened its doors as a higher education institution offering a diploma in forestry “The reopening of the college, after ...

A 29-year-old Greek Cypriot was on Monday remanded for five days in connection with a case of arson and attempted murder in August in Pyla. He is the seventh person ...

An estimated 3,000 people from both the public and private sectors joined Thursday’s island-wide general strike in Limassol, demanding the full restoration of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), according to figures ...

The water development department, responding on Thursday to media reports of stalled drilling in Ayia Marina Chrysochous, said the project falls under the Paphos district administration. “The competence and responsibility ...

A radiologist is facing a negligence lawsuit from the family of a 63-year-old woman who died of pancreatic cancer, after allegedly failing to detect early signs of the disease despite ...

Nicosia district court on Thursday sentenced former volunteerism commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki to three years in prison for deliberately circulating forged documents to secure a job in the public sector. During ...

Turkish Cypriot journalist Canan Onurer said she has received death threats after refusing to retract a report on alleged criminal activity involving individuals who had recently arrived on the island ...