Nick Theodoulou

The state of certain refugee housing units is so desperate that some apartments will have to be demolished as they are beyond repair, head of the House refugee committee Nicos ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Saturday said that the next steps in the ongoing CoLA dispute is to hold a meeting with all relevant stakeholders. Speaking to CyBC radio, Panayiotou ...

A 23-year-old has been referred straight to Paphos criminal court for a trial to begin on April 11 over charges of robbing a kiosk twice within a week. Paphos police chief ...

The Kurdish Cultural Centre on Saturday called on the public to join a gathering outside the justice ministry on Monday at 11am to demonstrate against Germany’s extradition request of ...

Despite the rain, the OPAP Limassol Marathon got underway on Saturday with President Nikos Christodoulides saying “I congratulate the organisers, we need more events such as this” as he started ...

Short power cuts took place on Saturday morning as the Cyprus transmission system operator overestimated the amount of energy which was to be produced through photovoltaics. The winter weather caught ...

Winter has returned and gripped the island as the met office issued a yellow alert in effect until 5pm Saturday, with snow on the mountains and police urging caution on ...

Two men were remanded on Saturday after a mob of 40 people armed with bats and iron bars in Yermasogeia attacked two others while they were in their car last Friday. ...

The union of petrol station owners has called for an urgent meeting with the president to finally resolve what they say is the unacceptable purchasing of petrol from the north. ...

The appointment of one of Cyprus’ most famous pop singers, Michalis Hadjiyiannis, as deputy culture minister was criticised on Thursday by the Pancyprian professional artists union (Pasynek). The union said ...

A 57-year-old man, identified as Stavros Joakim, died early on Thursday morning in a labour accident at a glass manufacturing plant in the Aradippou industrial zone. Charis Hadjiyiasemi, Larnaca police ...

A massive 60-person police operation in Chlorakas on Thursday morning targeted a well-known crime hotspot which found that seven apartments were stealing electricity. Michalis Nikolaou, Paphos police spokesman and head ...

Free dental checks will be available across all districts’ general hospitals on March 20 as the health ministry seeks to raise awareness of oral hygiene. Free oral hygiene checks will also ...

An ancient grave with two skeletons and vases were uncovered in Limassol on Wednesday as part of the ongoing anti-flooding roadworks. The find has been attributed as belonging to the ...

Firecrackers are neither toys nor are they a tradition, the police stated on Wednesday as they announced heightened clampdown efforts in the lead-up to Easter. The warning came shortly after ...

A naked man who approached a woman in Ayia Napa was arrested four days later but attacked and bit police officers during his arrest. The case first emerged on March 10 ...

About 30 flights to and from Cyprus will be hit by a 24-hour nationwide strike in Greece, estimated to impact almost 3,000 travellers. Flights to and from Greek airports will be grounded ...

Larnaca municipality is again participating in Earth Hour which will take place on March 25 between 8.30-9.30pm, calling on the public to join in, too. The municipality announced that those ...

A 3.9 Magnitude earthquake struck 16km southeast of Paphos at 8:27am on Wednesday, with the quake being felt slightly in Limassol district. The agriculture ministry’s geological survey department announced the ...

Cyprus repatriated 20 third country nationals as the state took part in a coordinated EU-wide effort with Frontex. Tuesday’s repatriations raise the total number of third country nationals relocated this ...

A British company is being grilled by the agriculture ministry over its ‘buffalomi’ product – a “halloumi style cheese” made from buffalo milk. “After many trials, tastings and guidance from halloumi ...

A 38-year-old Paphos resident was jailed for three-and-a-half years on Monday after being found guilty of about ten robberies. The district court heard that he had broken into and robbed ...

The long-awaited study into how the sclerotic traffic congestion can be resolved was finally delivered, although any potential solutions appear to be a long way off. In short, it found ...

Five covid deaths and 1,701 infections were recorded in the last week, the health ministry said on Friday. At the same time, 44 covid patients being treated in hospital. Nine of these ...