Cow farmers to protest over halloumi in October
Cow farmers on tractors and milk tankers will take their grievances to the presidential palace and the EU house in Nicosia on October 3, they announced on Wednesday.
During the protest, ...
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Court rules on Paphos-Polis road
The Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday backed a previous court decision that threw out mass appeals by affected property owners along the planned route of the Paphos-Polis road after the ...
Cabinet approves three-year breastfeeding strategy
Cyprus’ new three-year strategy for the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding was adopted on Tuesday by the cabinet to create a society with a friendly disposition towards infants and ...
President to meet Mitsotakis in Athens
President Nikos Christodoulides flies to Athens on Wednesday for a tete-a-tete with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
On Wednesday morning, Christodoulides will deliver an address at a memorial event for ...
Writing about life for charity
From a little girl that wants to fly to a boy’s dream to dance ballet, Maria Christodoulou perfectly captures glimpses of society and funnels their messages through her pages.
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‘State inaction recipe for environmental disaster’
Things at Pentakomo waste management plant are getting worse by the day because the environment ministry and the involved departments are “refusing to take responsibility for their actions or inactions,” ...
Decomposed body identified as missing Serb
The decomposed body found in Ayia Napa on September 5 has been identified as 27-year-old Alexandar Gligorijevic from Serbia, who had been reported missing since July 27.
The cause of death has ...
Exercise tests power plant’s security against terrorist attack
The Vasiliko power plant’s capacity to withstand a terrorist attack was put to the test on Tuesday through the Triton 2024 exercise, involving the ports authority, the police, the fire ...
Cypriot and Greek connections on Ofac’s sanction list
The US department of the treasury’s office of foreign assets control (Ofac) sanctioned five individuals and one entity associated with the Intellexa consortium on Monday, including individuals connected to ...
State to support Cypriot Olympic and Paralympic athletes, president announces
President Nikos Christodoulides has announced state support for Olympic and Paralympic athletes, including finding them jobs and abolishing any discrimination.
Speaking during a dinner hosted in Limassol for the athletes ...
It is ‘our duty’ to save cartoonists, president says
The few cartoonists that remain in Cyprus are being tried by one challenge after the other and “it is our duty” to stop this course, President Nikos Christodoulides said on ...
Search on for minors’ shelters, deputy minister says
The deputy ministry for social welfare is searching for permanent solutions for housing unaccompanied minors.
Deputy Minister Marilena Evangelou told the House committee on human rights on Monday that meetings ...
Typo sends cemetery tax warning to Larnaca residents
A typing error led to invoices being sent out to legal entities and individuals in Livadia, Larnaca, saying they were late paying rubbish and cemetery taxes.
Larnaca municipality apologised for ...
Police warn of new email scam
Police have called on the public to be extremely careful regarding a new type of online fraud, this time with emails aimed at extorting money from recipients.
Recipients of such ...
Fewer grapes on table, less wine in glasses – extreme heat takes its toll
It is already evident that tables this year have not be laden with the green and burgundy varieties of sweet grapes we have been used to in Cyprus – another inconvenience ...
Laughing doves could be putting local species at risk
If you live in a populated area, you will have seen or heard the laughing dove, the small lilac pigeon with a pinkish underside, which sounds as if it is ...
Govt ready for tripartite talks, hopes Turkish side to shift stance
UN efforts are focusing on facilitating a joint meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in the presence of UN chief Antonio Guterres, with the Greek ...
Taqa interested in GSI, time not unlimited govt says
Bringing the Emirates into the Great Sea Interconnector (GIS) was at the centre of President Nikos Christodoulides’ trip to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and the next few days will be ...
Suspect held for massive Limassol robbery
A 40-year-old has been handed a five-day remand order to facilitate investigations into a burglary earlier this week in Limassol, in which the perpetrators got away with €820,000-worth of property.
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National Guard worse off than 50 years ago, centre says
Cyprus’ National Guard is in a worse position than it was before 1974, the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) has said.
Despite being more organised and better equipped, the 60-year-old National ...
GSI importance for Israel stressed in chat with Cyprus
The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) is a top priority for Israel, the country’s energy ministry head Eli Cohen has said, adding he stressed this to Cyprus’ Energy Minister George ...
Chaos at Limassol court, women threaten with slippers and bombs
Limassol’s criminal court opened its doors to chaos on Thursday morning, as relatives of Turkish Cypriots – accused of robbing food delivery drivers – stormed the building.
The relatives were demanding ...
Man dies after falling from height at private hospital
Police are investigating the death of a 65-year-old Greek Cypriot patient at a private hospital in Nicosia, who was found dead having fallen from his room window.
The patient, who ...
Cyprus, Greece, France, Italy hold four-day aeronautical manoeuvres
Aeronautical exercise ‘Eunomia 5 – 2024’ kicks off on Thursday, with nautical and air manoeuvres, testing maritime interdiction, cyber, air and marine warfare and search, rescue and evacuation operations.
The manoeuvres are being ...