Cyprus News

The additional 8.3 cents per litre on petrol came into effect across the island as of 8:30am on Saturday, according to Marios Drousiotis, head of the consumers association. The average fuel ...

A small explosive device went off at the entrance to a café in Frenaros in the Famagusta district in the early hours of Saturday, police said. The blast occurred at 2.20...

For weeks now, the embattled AfroBanana Festival has been fighting for its very life. ALIX NORMAN uncovers the raw, truth which in parts has eight legs! This is the festival ...

A 42-year-old man was clocked driving at 235km an hour on the highway near Kofinou on Friday night , almost two and a half times the speed limit. Traffic Police detected ...

Cyprus tourism sector expects full recovery by 2024, with industry stakeholders cautiously optimistic as they navigate the current set of challenges By Kyriacos Nicolaou The recovery of the Cyprus tourism sector ...

Elevate Digital, a Paphos-based digital marketing agency, this week announced the launch of its first incubated startup, beincyprus. According to the announcement, the platform aims to make the transition to ...

The Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) Index in Cyprus has returned to more normal levels in spring 2023, indicating a significant decline in uncertainty one year after the start of the Russia-Ukraine ...

Pet owners and guardians have complained that cat sterilisation methods used by some licensed veterinarians do not follow proper protocols, causing the animals unnecessary harm and pain. Many complaints concern ...

New EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity will increase critical infrastructures in Cyprus to 700 from the current 70, Communications Commissioner George Michaelides said on Friday. Within 2024, new legislation will be ready to adopt ...

Over 250 people were evacuated form a Protaras hotel after a fire started in one of the rooms on Friday night, said fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis. The fire alarm went ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday that EU interference in the Cyprus problem “cannot be accepted” and negotiations can only start after ...

German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz expressed hope on Friday that the EU can “inject fresh impetus” to efforts for the resumption of talks over a settlement of the Cyprus problem. “We ...

Total gross revenue (pay-in) from class A and class B bookmakers amounted to 267.6 million in the first quarter of 2023 marking an increase of 21% compared with the respective quarter of last ...

There should have been an agreement on migration during the European Council, President Nikos Christodoulides said in his remarks after the second day of the summit on Friday. He added ...

The highly polluting Dhekelia power plant must be upgraded because it is “very important” for the state, Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou said on Friday. His statements are in line with ...

Dieticians and nutritionists in Cyprus advised the public to consume ‘everything in moderation’ after the World Health Organisation’s cancer research body was reported to declare aspartame sweetener as a ...

A couple was arrested on Friday afternoon in Larnaca on suspicion of posing as doctors to extort money from an elderly woman, a crime that cost over €100,000 to pensioners of ...

A Cypriot court convicted a man who paid to have sex with a human trafficking victim about two years ago in Nicosia in a first ruling of its kind on ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari visited the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics on Friday where she expressed the state’s continued support for its challenging but important work. Kanari said ...

Akel party leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Friday that it wishes to build a social alliance to include non-members and give those outside the party a voice. Stefanou said that ...

Conclusions in draft resolution of the EU Council on the Cyprus problem and EU-Turkey relations were accepted without changes on Friday, a day after they circulated. On Thursday, President Nikos ...

The first Israeli cruise ship of the summer, named the Crown Iris, arrived in Larnaca on Friday with a total of 1,600 tourists on board. The boat left the Israeli port ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou met with representatives of the lifeguards’ association on Friday to discuss issues such as infrastructure, equipment, and staff numbers. One of the main points of discussion ...

A 20-year-old Greek Cypriot at the Evelpidon Military School in Greece died on Friday, during a training exercise. According to an announcement form the military, the second-year military academy student, ...