Cyprus

Cyprus has received certification from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for earthquake preparedness and response, Civil Defence spokeswoman, Olivia Michaelidou said on Sunday. Michaelidou told ...

A 37-year-old and a 30-year-old, a man and a woman, are in critical condition after being injured in a road collision in Paphos on Saturday, police said. The accident happened ...

Though not as widely celebrated as Mothers Day, Sunday marks World Fathers Day, which highlights the important role played by the father as a pillar of the family, Gender Equality ...

Fencing along the Green Line unlikely to stop migrants coming in, but sure to cause all sorts of new issues The seemingly endless stream of refugees and asylum seekers – mostly ...

Two parts of a large rainbow flag were sewn together during the first intercommunal pride parade on Saturday in divided Nicosia. Hundreds of people from both sides of the island ...

The EU will find a way to make the Turkish leadership responsible for restricting the migrant flow into the north of the island and from there to the Republic, European ...

Ruling Disy’s two-day political and ideological conference concluded on Saturday with an address by leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou saying the party intends to keep the country moving ...

Hundreds of people took part in a protest march on Saturday morning demanding the rejection of the revised regional development plan for Akamas, with support from political parties. Participants in ...

Rapid testing sites for Sunday are as follows: District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Nicosia (3 units) Nicosia Mall 11 am – 6 pm 99146623 Mall of Cyprus (underground parking area, behind entrance) 11 ...

Returning for the sixth edition is the Vinylio Summer Jazz Project which will bring a series of live music nights to the heart of Limassol. Across three evenings, musicians from ...

The association of senior police officers on Saturday said it was confident the independent investigation into allegations made by central prisons director Anna Aristotelous will clarify all aspects of the ...

The Cyprus Computer Society earlier this week announced that it will hold the fifth iteration of its Robotex Pancyprian Robotics Competition. The competition will take place on the weekend of ...

A 22-year-old Paphos resident has been arrested on suspicion of drug possession and the possession of stolen property, police said on Saturday. A police report said that around 9.30 pm on ...

Police on Saturday said that three people aged 18 and 21 were arrested the previous night in Ayia Napa for illegal possession and use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas). The arrests come ...

Exploration of a foreign culture can be trying at any age, but for the protagonist in a new book it is all consuming. Alix Norman meets the author behind it ...

The education ministry has announced the launch of the state schools summer programme from Monday, June 20 to Friday, July 22. A total of 54 schools will participate in the scheme, including 36 primary ...

Based on data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), Cyprus recorded the lowest rate of housing cost overburden in the EU in 2020, the finance ministry said in a statement. The ...

President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and European Christian Democrats president Manfred Weber took to the podium at Disy’s party conference on Friday night to send strong messages ...

A thousand square metres of scrubland turned to ashes by a fire that broke out on Friday afternoon in an area near Xylofagou. A written statement from the forestry department ...

A participatory walk in Nicosia is coming up on June 21, unlike any other. The guided tour in old Nicosia explores the city, yet it goes beyond the charming corners and ...

By Sarah Ktisti and Nick Theodoulou Central prisons director Anna Aristotelous on Friday called for the appointment of independent criminal investigators after she said she was targeted by a senior ...

The Green Party on Friday announced it will participate in a protest march for Akamas over the weekend, saying the government is “politically irresponsible” in its rushed effort to complete ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Cyprus on Friday where he promoted a message of dialing down tensions, amid the backdrop of increasingly sharp rhetoric emanating from Ankara. President Nicos ...

By the end of June all EU member states, including Cyprus, will receive the first batches of the monkeypox vaccine, according to EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakidou. ...