Cyprus

A major holistic overhaul of the island’s judiciary must be completed immediately in light of the data presented in the 2022 EU Justice Scoreboard, which placed Cyprus last in Europe ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Friday denied that a suspect currently on remand by the courts for allegedly offering families army exemptions for their sons for a hefty fee, was ...

Unficyp will raise the decision taken by Turkish Cypriot authorities to open another stretch of beach in Varosha with the Security Council, spokesperson for the peacekeeping force Aleem Siddique said ...

A fourth suspect was charged in connection with a protest by goat and sheep farmers on Wednesday where they spilled gallons of milk and lit fires outside the presidential palace. ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Friday a man on remand for allegedly taking payment to secure boys did not have to do the army was not employed at the ...

Cheese makers on Friday again clashed with the government, saying the agriculture minister is “adding fuel to the fire” by saying goat and sheep farmers should have protested against them ...

A doctor was on Friday found guilty by Larnaca District Court of failing to properly examine the head X-ray of 10-year-old Stavros Giorgallis, who later died from the injury. At ...

The multinational military exercise Argonaut 2022 drew to a close on Friday, helping prepare the island for any crisis situations, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said. The exercise, held after a two ...

Six deaths from Covid and 2,103 new cases were seen in the week up to May 19, the ministry of health announced on Friday. The deaths bring to 1,057 the number of people ...

Cypriot wineries have joined forces to launch the Cyprus Wine Consortium to better promote their products in a group rather than individually. The consortium includes 16 local wineries brought together by ...

By Lance Fernandez Savvas Michael doesn’t mind being the dark horse in the upcoming ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Grand Prix. Instead, he’s relishing the opportunity to impress ...

Ongoing conservation efforts in Cyprus and the rest of Europe will be marked on Friday as part of the Special Protection Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Spami) initiative celebrating May 20 as ...

Measures proposed to reduce the impact of price increases will be brought before cabinet for approval next week, it was announced on Friday following a wide-ranging meeting with relevant ministers ...

In today’s episode, a further section of the Varosha beachfront is being opened with sunbeds and umbrellas being placed along a roughly 600-metre stretch of the golden sands. Elsewhere, ...

Limassol police on Friday said they have arrested a 23-year-old man wanted for a series of burglaries and thefts. The man, a Limassol resident, was arrested on Thursday. He is ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

A teenager was arrested as the fourth suspect in cases where scammers posed as doctors to extort money from people, police said on Friday. The new arrest concerns a 19-year-old ...

Police were investigating on Friday after they found weapons and ammunition in a Nicosia warehouse. Officers from the Nicosia CID carried out a search at the warehouse following a tip-off ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Thursday announced that it recorded a profit after tax of €21 million during the first quarter of 2022, €13 million higher than the corresponding period of 2021. Moreover, it ...

The Price Index of Construction Materials reached a historically high level in April 2022, with the prices of construction materials rising by 24.54 per cent year-on-year, according to a report by the ...

The primary school door-to-door bus system is being billed as a way to tackle chronic traffic jams while offering a service to the public which is owed by the state. ...

Reactions and reservations were heard Thursday at the House audit committee regarding the under-construction football stadium in Limassol and the procedure relating to the choice of the new managing entity ...

By Elias Hazou and Nick Theodoulou Nicosia on Thursday strongly condemned the clearing of a new stretch of the beachfront at Varosha – the fenced-off part of Famagusta – vowing to alert ...

Cyprus and Jordan on Thursday committed to further enhancing bilateral relations on all levels, 60 years after the two states initiated diplomatic ties. President Nicos Anastasiades received at the palace the ...