Cyprus

Cyprus Association of Hotel Managers president Christos Angelides on Friday said that the hotel occupancy rate in the Famagusta district is expected to reach between 85 and 90 per cent in August. “...

‘I just want to show what’s there,’ says the photographer of abandoned shops and shabby alleys How many sun/sea/sand pics of Cyprus do you see each day? ...

Grab your towel, your yoga mat and your sunglasses and head to the beach for one of the many outdoor yoga classes that are on this season. As summer arrives ...

Cyprus has detected two more cases of monkeypox, the health ministry said on Saturday, as the first batch of 1,260 vaccines arrived on the island. It said two men aged 20 and 30 ...

Nexters, an international game development company headquartered in Limassol, this week released its financial and operational results for the first quarter of 2022. In addition, the company also announced changes to ...

The finance ministry on Friday waded into a spat between the health insurance organisation (HIO) and the health ministry, accusing the Gesy operator of taking the health system to the ...

A Greek Cypriot man who was recorded assaulting a Congolese woman holding her infant last month, on Friday claimed he should not be prosecuted due to a violation of his ...

Attempts by drug traffickers to import narcotic substances into Cyprus through containers arriving at the island’s ports, is a growing concern, according to police spokesman, Christos Andreou. Meanwhile, a ...

A 29-year-old man was remanded for seven days on Friday after officers found over a kilo of cannabis in his possession. Nicosia police, following a tip-off, found the man together ...

Water skiing, paddle boarding, kite surfing, mountain biking, and the list of outdoorsy summer activities goes on and on. Potential experiences to try out are abundant for us islanders at ...

A 38-year-old man was killed during a fatal work accident on Friday in Lakatamia in the Nicosia district. The victim was identified as Andreas Savvas, 38 years old from Lythrodontas. According ...

A new adult activity centre has started operations in Limassol which will help elderly people socialise, Limassol Mayor Nicos Nicolaides said on Friday. The centre that used to be hosted ...

Simple cooking, vegan style Avocado and seed pudding 2 ripe avocados 2-3 cups of almond milk 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseeds 2 tablespoons of chia seeds 3 tablespoons of hemp seeds 1 teaspoon of green ...

Accept LGBTI Cyprus has said it will not allow any stigmatisation of the LGBTQI+ community after monkeypox, also detected on the island, has been referred to as a ‘gay disease’. ...

Cyprus is to receive €72m in EU funding which will be partly used to construct the first pre-departure centre for rejected asylum seekers and irregular migrants, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris ...

Blood donors have been urged to donate blood before their summer holidays to maintain the reserves at appropriate levels, head of the blood bank Androula Panayiotou said on Friday. Speaking ...

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ has claimed that Varosha is part of the break-away province’s territory, and the future of the fenced-off town is a decision for the Turkish ...

Monkeypox vaccines are expected to arrive in Cyprus on Saturday, the health ministry announced. A day after relatives of the first confirmed monkeypox case complained the health ministry was unprepared ...

Two men, aged 27 and 33, have been arrested in Larnaca after allegedly delivering stolen property to a person about to be deported, police said on Friday. The suspects had transferred four ...

A large natural gas deposit has been discovered by ENI/Total in block six of Cyprus’ EEZ, daily Alithia and state broadcaster Cybc reported on Friday, but the energy ministry ...

Two days of jazz performances are coming soon to Val’s Place in Gialia, Paphos as the annual Paradise Jazz Festival holds its 22nd edition. Ten musical acts are part ...

In today’s episode, hoteliers hope to meet their revised targets for 2022 but are bracing for a difficult 2023 as the cost-of-living crisis eats into the purchasing power of potential visitors ...

The health ministry announced 28 Covid-19 deaths on Friday but 25 of the deaths did not occur in the past week, with some being added from January. For the past week (July 29 ...

Cyprus is set to sizzle for a while longer as the meteorological office again issued a yellow weather warning for extreme heat, with the temperature again at 41C inland. The ...