Cyprus

A 63-year-old man from Paphos was arrested after a search of his home turned up nine cannabis plants, the police said on Sunday. The man was arrested on Saturday after ...

A 25-year-old man from Larnaca has been arrested in connection with a total of 14 burglaries from shops in Nicosia, the police said on Sunday. The man was arrested on Saturday ...

Sunday’s weather is expected to be mainly clear, with the possibility of increased cloud cove in some parts during the afternoon hours. Temperatures will rise to 23 degrees Celsius inland, 19 ...

Even for those who fully understand the minutiae of last year’s local government reform, the ongoing dispute over the role of deputy mayors is bewildering and has become bogged ...

Akel and government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis were on Saturday engaged in a running battle of press releases denouncing one another, with seven statements flying back and forth, and opposing each ...

Women in Nicosia on Saturday marched through the streets of the capital’s old town to mark International Women’s Day and demand gender equality. Organised by activist group Afoa, ...

Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Saturday called for a “swift de-escalation” after violence erupted in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia between Alawites loyal to the former regime of Bashar al-Assad ...

Antonis Koupparis shows me videos on his phone. The clips are mostly CCTV footage, plus videos he shot himself: a low-res litany of crime and disorder in the walled city ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he will attend the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the Swiss city of Geneva later this month with “a clear plan”, during ...

Polis Chrysochous is taking the first steps towards being able to reopen its campsite as town mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Saturday said he has officially put out a call for ...

Gender equality is a “fundamental and non-negotiable human right”, Justice Minister Marios Hartiotis said in his message to mark International Women’s Day on Saturday. He said the day “reminds ...

Two men, aged 28 and 25, were arrested in the north for masquerading as doctors, Turkish Cypriot police said on Saturday. The police said the pair had between Tuesday and Friday been ...

The SESAM Identity 2.0 Expo Day this weekend is the accumulation of a 10-day architecture residency event that is wrapping up on Sunday. The Nicosia event is taking place from 2pm ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on suspicion of having promoted terrorism on social media platforms, police said on Saturday. The man was arrested on Friday after the police ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Friday evening after being found by the anti-poaching squad in possession of a large quantity of tobacco which had been smuggled from the north. ...

Police on Saturday announced they had confiscated windscreen wipers from a group of six men who were attempting to sell them in the Limassol suburb of Ayia Phyla. The men ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the implementation of the Great Sea Interconnector on the sidelines of Thursday’s European Council summit, director of the president’s ...

The Turkish Cypriot side will act “in a constructive manner” at the forthcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held in the Swiss city of Geneva, Turkish Cypriot ...

Saturday’s weather will be mainly clear across the island, with temperatures set to rise to a balmy 24 degrees Celsius inland and on the south and east coasts, 22 degrees Celsius ...

Grandmothers, food, old black and white pictures on the wall, stories of a difficult past and a busy kitchen. In Cyprus, these things go hand in hand. If you come ...

On 23 February, the Cyprus Open Chess Championship ended in Nicosia. It was attended by 90 players, 52 of whom were juniors. Chess is becoming more and more popular in Cyprus and its ...

The findings of an investigation carried out into the death of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005 will be submitted next week. The case’s two investigators, lawyer Thanasis Athanasiou and retired ...

A bill providing for drafting policies with respect to the impact they can have on gender is currently being promoted, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday evening, addressing an event ...

Deputy chief of police Panikos Stavrou has ordered an administrative investigation into a complaint filed by a mother that her infant had been abused at a daycare centre in Limassol ...