Cyprus

2022 in review: misinformation on a crucial topic for the young The debate in parliament on whether sex education should be mandatory in schools plummeted to one of the lowest levels ...

Paphos venue to stage a range of musical evenings in the first month of the year 2023 is officially here and with it, a new wave of cultural happenings arrives. In ...

Paphos police booked 34 individuals in a coordinated New Year operation to combat traffic offences, most of them related to driving under the influence of alcohol. According to Paphos Police director ...

A 33-year-old man was detained by police in Paphos on Sunday for illegal possession of drugs and copper wiring. According to a police announcement on Sunday Paphos police spotted a ...

2022 in review: Covid became endemic and we got back many of our freedoms, but it’s not over yet I wrote two dozen features for the Sunday Mail in 2022, but ...

The new president of Cyprus must learn to put aside ideological differences for the good of the country, as a slew of external crises are expected to continue into 2023, President ...

2022 in review: From Russia to Iran, we simply copy-paste the narratives of the main news networks A couple of weeks ago, during the foreign news segment on a local television ...

The Animal Party is organising a protest on January 8 outside the Kantou community leader’s offices, after a poisoned dog seen crying on the street was ignored for 24 hours. It ...

Over 28 kilos of cannabis have been found off the coast of Famagusta in the past 10 days, with police believing it is coming from the north. Police on Saturday also said ...

Sales across supermarkets have matched pre-pandemic levels this Christmas, largely driven by special offers which lure in customers, but retailers in other areas said consumer spending had been disappointing. Executive ...

As January 1, 2023 rolls around, Cyprus will for the first time be implementing a minimum wage. Set at €940 per month, the measure is expected to impact some 40,000 workers. For the first ...

Larnaca municipality has extended the deadline for all taxes until the end of January, it said in an announcement on Saturday. Taxes concerning rubbish collection, the cemetery tax, property maintenance ...

The new Archbishop Georgios will follow the line of late Archbishop Chrysostomos on the Cyprus problem, he said in an interview on Saturday. “Our views are aligned, meaning we should ...

In 2022 the Larnaca tourism board (Etap) carried out actions aimed at the quality upgrade and enrichment of the city’s tourism product and its marine protected area, it said in ...

Tourists from Switzerland, the US, Norway and Austria were the biggest spenders in Cyprus, which saw its tourism revenue for October amount to €319.8 million, figures from the statistical service revealed. ...

The start of 2023 brings a big star to the theatre screens. As the National Theatre Live programme continues at Rialto Theatre, the popular actress Emilia Clarke, who gained fame through ...

The wearing of ritual or decorative masks in performances or ceremonies to hide the identity of the wearer By Martin Clark My articles in the Cyprus Mail usually deal with ...

The past few years have been hell. But will 2023 be any better? According to the predictions, we’re either in for a peaceful 12 months or a global apocalypse finds Alix ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested at Paphos airport trying to catch a flight to Poland using a fake passport, police said on Saturday. Officers at passport control stopped him the ...

The outgoing year saw a number of key events in Cyprus’ economy and business world, ranging from domestic legislation to influential international incidents By Kyriacos Nicolaou Resilience amidst adverse conditions ...

The average gross monthly earnings of employees in Cyprus marked a 5.3 per cent year-on-year increase in the third quarter of 2022, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus ...

Workers unions on Friday issued their 2023 agendas addressing key issues such as the need for more collective agreements, increase of pensions and implementation of legal framework for remote work and ...

Police on Friday arrested an 18-year-old resident of a village in the Nicosia district to facilitate investigations in an ongoing case of illegal possession of drugs, with the aim of ...

Cyprus provides many opportunities for investment in all areas of the business spectrum and can help strengthen India’s economic and social relations with the European Union, said Foreign Minister ...