Cyprus

’Tis the season to be binging tra la la la! If there is one time when it is socially acceptable to stay home and watch TV all day long, that’...

A 35-year-old man was killed in the central prison on Sunday, with the police on Monday arresting another inmate on suspicion of premeditated murder. The police on Monday confirmed that ...

Cyprus supports new ideas to address migration pressures, deputy migration minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Monday, as he outlined the priorities of the upcoming EU council presidency in Brussels. He ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday said he will submit amendments to the government’s tax reform bills to parliament on Tuesday as he appeared in front of the House ...

The first wave of flamingos has arrived at Larnaca’s salt lake, but experts warned on Monday the population on the island has declined by up to 31 per cent over ...

Eighteen mouflon have been successfully released back into the wild, the forestry department said over the weekend. They were released from the Stavros tis Psokas on Friday. The operation marks ...

The presence of American multinational energy corporation Chevron in Cyprus’ maritime exclusive economic zone (EEZ) constitutes a “vote of confidence” in the energy potential of both Cyprus and Europe, President ...

The multinational “Perseas-2025” military exercise has concluded successfully, bringing together forces from Cyprus, Greece, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, the defence ministry said on Monday. Conducted between November 30 and December 5, the ...

A 78-year-old man was hospitalised Sunday night with burns after a fire broke out in his first-floor apartment in a three-story building in Nicosia. According to fire brigade spokesman Andreas ...

Torrential rains battering Paphos for a third consecutive day have placed authorities on high alert, with continuous efforts underway to prevent flooding. The Paphos district government has maintained a heightened ...

A fire broke out on a boat which was moored at the Paphos harbour on Sunday, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said. He confirmed that no people were aboard the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday urged his new ministers to “work tirelessly” as they were sworn in after his announcement of a cabinet reshuffle on Friday evening. He told them ...

A 42-year-old man has been arrested at Paphos airport in connection with an attempted kidnapping which took place in Larnaca, the police said on Monday. The man was arrested at ...

A man wielding a knife robbed a bakery in Limassol late on Sunday night, the police said on Monday. The police said a man entered the bakery and “extracted a ...

Three cars were destroyed in a fire which broke out in Limassol in the early hours of Monday morning. According to the police, the fire was discovered shortly after 3am, ...

Polis Chrysochous is “on alert” after bearing the brunt of Storm Byron and facing extensive flooding over the weekend, the town’s mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said on Monday. He told ...

Cyprus advanced another action under its national strategy for gender equality this week, as the office of the Commissioner for Gender Equality hosted a two-day workshop for journalists on December 6 ...

A fresh yellow weather warning for rain and storms, in effect from 1am on Monday until 1am on Tuesday, was issued by the met office as Cyprus continues to feel ...

Rain and storms are set to continue on Monday as Cyprus continues to feel the effects of Storm Byron, with hailstones once again possible. Temperatures will rise to a maximum ...

Cypriot Greek speakers may soon be understood by the same voice-activated systems that routinely struggle with the island’s dialect, thanks to a breakthrough speech-to-text AI model developed by a ...

Elam, former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ Alma, and social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy party look set to be the big winners at May’s parliamentary election, according to ...

Sila Usar Incirli, the leader of Turkish Cypriot opposition political party the CTP, on Sunday said early legislative elections in the north are “inevitable”, as her party seeks a return ...

The US-based, world-famous Chippendales are set to bring their fiery show to Cyprus for the first time this month. As they embark on their European All Night Long tour, they ...

The road linking Polis Chrysochous and Latchi was closed on Sunday as heavy rainfall brought about by Storm Byron caused floods in the town and the region. With heavy rainfall ...