Cyprus

The Turkish Cypriot police on Wednesday issued a call for information regarding Greek Cypriots who went missing during the intercommunal conflict which broke out on the island in the 1960s ...

Fourteen businesses that suffered losses in last month’s wildfire in the Limassol mountainous areas have received a total of €39,760 as the first installment of compensation, the energy ministry announced ...

It is expected that there will be no power cuts on Wednesday night, electricity authority (EAC) spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou said. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, she said a generator at ...

For many, the mid-August holidays are best spent in rural villages where traditional life thrives. One of mountainous Limassol’s most quaint villages is Vouni, beautifully restored with colourful old ...

A four-year-old boy was run over by a passing vehicle on Tuesday afternoon while cycling in Paphos, police announced on Wednesday. The collision took place at around 6pm, when the ...

The 13-year-old boy from Syria who had disappeared from a shelter in Nicosia last week and had been found safe in the north may not be handed over to the ...

The journalists’ union on Wednesday accused the justice ministry of “vilifying” journalists after the ministry had released a statement “categorically” refuting a story which appeared on the front page of ...

The Nicosia municipality has announced that its cooling centres will be open on Wednesday, August 13 and Thursday, August 14 from 9am to 6pm, to help residents cope with the effects of ...

I have no issues with fine dining. I am as partial to unholy amounts of butter being used as the next person, and I certainly appreciate a chef who has ...

The number of people crossing between Cyprus’ two sides has remained largely stable throughout the summer, despite fears in some quarters that crossings may drop in light of the arrest ...

Compensation is being paid out to people who lost their homes and livelihoods in the blaze that swept through mountainous Limassol last month, with 286 beneficiaries already receiving approximately €2 million in ...

It’s time for a drive-in cinema! The Idalion Classic Car Club and PKCEL are once again organising a special event this summer in the capital city, filling August’s ...

Four people who inhaled smoke from a fire that broke out in their home in Avgorou on Wednesday morning have been taken to Famagusta general hospital as a precaution. The ...

A 17-year-old girl was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Limassol in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the police said. According to the police, the girl was riding ...

Senegalese diplomat Khassim Diagne has been put forward as the United Nations’ new special representative in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail understands. Diplomatic sources informed the Cyprus Mail that Diagne was ...

The met office on Wednesday issued a red weather warning for extreme high temperatures, with the mercury set to rise to 45 degrees Celsius inland – the highest recorded temperature of the ...

Wednesday is set to be the hottest day so far of this current heatwave, with temperatures inland set to reach a whopping 45 degrees Celsius. Elsewhere, temperatures on the east and ...

By Eleni Panayiotou Following the tragic wildfires in the Troodos foothills the importance of water and to be more precise the scarcity of it, becomes more prevalent than ever. The ...

A 45-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after police found over nine kilos of cocaine during a coordinated operation in Limassol. The man had been under surveillance and was seen ...

The environment department said on Tuesday it has green-lit the recommencement of road works within the Akamas national forest park, having found compliance with all the environmental conditions set out. ...

The police will be closing Larnaca Avenue in Nicosia to continue investigations into the fatal accident of July 29. Both lanes of the avenue will be closed from 10pm from ‘Maro’ ...

A red weather warning has been issued for Wednesday and Thursday, valid from 11am till 5pm. The Meteorological Department announced on Tuesday that temperatures on Wednesday are expected to peak ...

Meeting electricity demands will be tough and power cuts started at 6.41pm, the Transmission System Operator said on Tuesday. It said power cuts were necessary to maintain the safe operation ...

Employees of the north’s Koop Bank and its subsidiaries who went on strike after not being paid their salaries for the month of July on Tuesday broke into the ...