Cyprus

Labour unions and politicians on Thursday in the north have decried a proposed year-long ‘government’ tax amounting to salary cuts across the ‘public’ and private sector for earthquake support to ...

The first batch of medicine will be leave for Syria on Thursday, to help victims affected by the devastating earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and north Syria a few weeks ...

The European University Cyprus on Thursday said it was part of a study proposing that black holes are linked to dark energy in the universe. Astrophysicist Andreas Efstathiou, rector and ...

Carnival celebrations began around the island on Thursday as municipalities kicked off the festivities with Tsiknopempti events. After two years without its famous carnival parade, its biggest annual event, Limassol ...

In support of the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria, Social Space Kaymakkin organises a charity film screening on Friday. Held at their space in old Kaimakli, the film Kobanê, ...

Like Germany in the past, Cyprus continues to experience the consequences of occupation, President of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou said on Thursday. Her comments came after she received ...

President-elect Nikos Christodoulides will meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar next week, it was announced on Thursday. According to a statement released by Christodoulides’ political office, the social meeting ...

TUS Airways on Thursday announced the launch of seven weekly direct flights between Larnaca and two large Slovak cities as of this summer. Flights will start to Bratislava and Kosice ...

The 2,000 Israeli babies born in Cyprus after the World War II created an umbilical link between the two countries, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Thursday. The minister was speaking ...

House arrest with an ankle monitor should not count as detention time, the Limassol criminal court said on Thursday in relation to a drugs case. According to a press release ...

President-elect Nikos Christodoulides and Green Party head Charalambos Theopemptou agreed to maintain a constructive dialogue during a meeting on Thursday. In a press release published after the meeting, Christodoulides said ...

The new developments in PDO specifications will widen prospects for the development of halloumi, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce (Keve) said on Thursday. In a written statement, Keve expressed satisfaction ...

A total of 52,164 people in Paphos will be eligible to vote of the next bishop of the metropolis on Sunday, an announcement from church elections officer Ioannis Charilaou said on ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday received the credentials of the new ambassadors of the Russian Federation and Japan. The new ambassadors are the Russian Murat Zyazikov and Japanese Yamawaki Yoshio. ...

Disy MP Demetris Demetriou announced on Thursday he was running for the party’s leadership position, resigning as party spokesman. He stressed he would take up the issue of people ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested on Thursday morning in connection with the attempted abduction of a 12-year-old girl in Famagusta earlier this week. The case was reported to the police ...

A 47-year-old man was jailed for three months on Thursday, after he was found guilty of drink driving. Larnaca district court also imposed on the man five penalty points and ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal to reduce the 17-year sentence handed down by the criminal court to a 23-year-old convicted of the murder of a 19-year-old Syrian ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Thursday said his time in politics has come to a close after 10 years, and he would not be vying for Disy’s leadership position. “I’...

Hollywood legend Raquel Welch, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 82, had a well-publicised but brief encounter with Cyprus’ rural life. In 1970, she stayed for several weeks on ...

While writing my last review, I promised myself to venture into places that are relatively unknown, I was dead set on “breaking” a place, so to speak. However, even if ...

The European Union donated €2.6 million to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) which has identified over 1,000 persons from both Cypriot communities. CMP on Thursday expressed its deep appreciation ...

Geroskipou municipality announced the opening of a mammography centre this week as the health ministry called on women over 45 to get their free biennial exam as part of the breast ...

Paphos police arrested two men, aged 37 and 32, on suspicion of possession of stolen goods early on Thursday. Officers put an apartment building under surveillance following a tip off that a 37...