Cyprus

In today’s episode, we hear that a murder case is being investigated by the Police, after the body of a dead foreign woman was found in Nicosia’s Strovolos ...

Nicosia’s favourite jazz venue re-opens this week after a summer break and it has a weekend full of performances in store. To mark its sixth season of concerts, jam ...

Millennials from six European countries, including Cyprus, will work together to promote cultural heritage among younger generations in a new Erasmus+ project. How can the development and understanding of cultural ...

Two people, aged 28 and 34, wanted for church burglaries have been arrested late on Tuesday after the oldest was caught driving without a licence and under the influence of drugs in ...

A 21-year-old woman who attempted to depart the island with a stolen passport has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. The woman arrived at Paphos international airport at around 7.40pm ...

An earthquake hit the island late on Tuesday centred in the sea area of Paphos, the geological survey department of the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. The quake of 4.0 magnitude ...

Total petroleum product sales in Cyprus experienced a slight drop in July, with sales from gas station pumps falling for the second month in a row, according to a report ...

Regulations over a year old stipulate those you cannot own. Why haven’t they been enforced? By Charalampos Theopemptou In March 2021, a tough new regulation came into force about the ...

Aiming at raising awareness among the public, policy makers and professionals in relation to the needs and fundamental rights of persons with disabilities festival “Access4ALL” is being scheduled to ...

Countries other than those accused of surveillance should also be investigated, including Cyprus, according to MEP and member of the European Parliament’s inquiry committee investigating the use of Pegasus ...

Lawmakers are being urged to quickly study and pass bills on intellectual property rights or Cyprus risks being sanctioned by the European Commission. The call to action came from Energy ...

The lifting on the mandatory use of face mask and the resetting of spaces to their full capacity are expected to be advanced by health minister Michalis Hadjipantela during his ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Tuesday spoke of the impact of the war in Ukraine, at regional and international levels, in the context of the EU’s defence ministers informal ...

Two tenders have been submitted to build the new Cyprus Museum, the transport ministry said on Tuesday. The first offer concerns a Iacovou – Cyfield joint venture for €121 million plus VAT ...

The body of a dead woman was found in Strovolos, Nicosia at around 4pm on Tuesday, police said. The body was found on the second floor of an abandoned residence ...

Over 1,000 missing persons have been identified so far, the Turkish Cypriot member of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) said on Tuesday. Since 2005, a total of 1,494 exhumations have been carried ...

The progress made in improving the lives of those living in the mountains justifies the president’s choices, mountains commissioner Costas Hambiarouris said on Tuesday handing over his annual report ...

A mission with 140 volunteers from various European countries came to Cyprus in August to support refugees staying at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers. The mission concerned an initiative ...

Famagusta district court on Tuesday issued an eight-day remand order against four individuals to help police investigations into a case of people smuggling after 60 irregular migrants arrived the previous day. ...

The conflict over hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean highlights the importance of the “struggle for sovereignty”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said during his speech for ‘victory day’ on Tuesday. ...

Larnaca is boosting diving tourism with the sinking on Tuesday of 60 clay amphorae in the Oroklini marine protected area, near the LEF1 wreck, to attract fish species to the area. ...

The Bar Association has investigated 20 to 25 large legal firms and €70,000 in fines have been paid after they were named in various reports into the citizenship by investment scheme, the association’...

President Nicos Anastasiades will pay an official visit to Israel in November following the invitation of his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, it was announced on Tuesday. Government Spokesperson Marios Pelekanos ...

The beat goes on. And other activities too. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds out more After the suspension of life as we now in for much of August, September brings the return ...