Cyprus

Several hundred people gathered outside the presidential palace on Saturday evening to protest coronavirus measures which they said were violating human rights. The Nicosia-based demonstration started at 5pm, with about 400 ...

The health ministry announced the operation of 43 testing sites this Sunday for people in eligible groups still allowed to have a free test. Eligible are minors who do not currently ...

Two Greek Cypriot teenagers are in police custody in the north pending their court appearance after they were found with almost half a kilo of cannabis in their possession, the ...

The independent union of Cyprus’ public employees (ASDYK) and its police branch have called on the police leadership on Saturday to “immediately reconsider” the suspension of 12 officers in connection with ...

A group of taxi drivers blocked the Ayios Dhometios crossing point with their cars for several hours on Saturday, to protest police preventing them from filling their tanks with cheap ...

The remand of two suspects, 26 and 32, arrested in connection with the theft of guns and thousands of bullets from a container in Limassol was renewed for six days on Saturday. ...

Authorities have suspended the operation of a coffeeshop in Paphos after customers were found gambling in the premises on three different occasions, police said on Saturday. The trial for the ...

Police on Saturday were investigating the circumstances of a fatal traffic accident that took place in Latsia a few minutes after midnight. Nicos Valanides, 59, from Limassol, was driving on Yiannou ...

One in five of the population in Cyprus aged 15 years or more – or 21.2 per cent — smoke daily, the sixth highest share in the EU27 according to the latest figures published ...

Two people, aged 41 and 58, who were remanded for eight days on Saturday after about 18.7kg of cannabis were found in their possession, are believed to be members of a larger ...

Police were investigating on Saturday after a hand grenade and TNT explosive were found in Aglandjia. The explosives were discovered around 9pm on Friday by officers in a carton box ...

Thirteen people and four business owners were fined by police after 2,721 checks for violating the Covid-19 measures in the 24 hours until Saturday morning. In Nicosia, 1,153 checks saw one person and ...

The Cyprus Employers and Industries Federation (OEB) has released the results of a study revealing the true labour needs of Cypriot businesses. The study takes into account data collected between ...

There is more to bees than honey. One locally-based company creates a range of all natural products ranging from sun screen to nappy rash cream Iakovos Korniotis, now 78, learned beekeeping ...

The recovery of the Cypriot economy remains on an upward trajectory, with most indicators boding well for future growth, according to a report by the University of Cyprus Economic Research ...

My Mall Limassol, Cyprus’ third-largest shopping centre, will see Israeli involvement in its ownership structure, with 46 per cent of its shares due to be sold to two Israeli companies. This ...

The extent of new projects in the pipeline for the agriculture ministry under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) are second only to those of the transport ministry, and all ...

International business negotiation skills, strategies, and effective communication in large organisations are the focus of a seminar currently underway in Paphos. Organised by the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, in ...

An earthquake calculated at 3.4 on the Richter scale hit northeast of Limassol on Friday at 4:26pm, with many reporting that they felt two shakes. The epicentre was in the Pareklisia ...

The health ministry announced that one person had died from Covid-19 and that 224 had tested positive from 58,320 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.38 per cent. The death was ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said Cyprus would do its best to help fulfil the objectives set out the Joint Declaration of the Paris International Conference on Libya, pointing out ...

Twelve police officers were suspended pending investigations into the departure without permission on Thursday evening of a boat with 61 migrants that was being held at the Kato Paphos harbour, reports ...

A 17-year-old Greek Cypriot reported by his family as missing from his Nicosia home has been arrested in the north on suspicion of possession of 390 grammes of cannabis, reports said ...

Paphos criminal court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty on drug related charges, police said. The man was arrested on August 14 on ...