Cyprus

An 87-year-old man was found dead in the sea off Latchi in Paphos, police said on Saturday. The body of the man, who is a third-country national was spotted floating ...

President Nicos Anastasiades was on his way to New York on Saturday to attend the UN General Assembly and also meet on the sidelines with UN chief Antonio Guterres and ...

Waste management is something that needs to be tackled at the source, said US ambassador, Judith Garber, marking International Coastal CleanUp Day in Larnaca on Saturday. Garber participated in the ...

A total of 47 rapid testing sites will operate nationwide on Sunday for the testing of specific population groups, the health ministry announced. The sites will operate for free for minors ...

Dali residents joined by MPs of various parties protested against the operation of two asphalt plans, requesting the intervention of the president for the factories’ relocation. The demonstrators gathered at ...

Almost 2,800 people have received the third dose of the anti-coronavirus vaccine, including state health professionals, the health ministry announced on Saturday. According to a written statement, as of Friday, 2,793 people ...

A 57-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Saturday after he was found with more than 24 kilos of duty-free tobacco, following a car chase in Limassol, during which officers ...

A comprehensive approach is needed to close the gender pay gap, as women are paid 10.4 per cent less than men for the same job, Gender Equality Commissioner Iosifina Antoniou said ...

A 33-year-old man was arrested late on Friday after an off-duty officer saw him stealing parts from a parked car in Larnaca. The crime occurred a few minutes before midnight, ...

The stories of seven people across time are linked by the olive groves of Terra in a new book. Alix Norman speaks to the London-based Cypriot who wrote it, and ...

Four businesses and 20 individuals were fined for violating coronavirus protocols after 2,572 nationwide checks. Most of the checks, which were carried out between 6am on Friday and 6am on Saturday, were ...

President Nicos Anastasiades praised the resilience of the shipping sector during a dinner hosted by the Cyprus Union Of Shipowners in Athens. Anastasiades underlined shipping’s contribution to the Cypriot ...

Tourist arrivals in Cyprus reached 321,858 in August of this year, reflecting an increase of 208.7 per cent compared to August of the previous (during which 104,261 arrivals were recorded), and a decrease ...

The University of Cyprus’ Nireas International Water Research Centre has signed an agreement with the Water Development Department (WDD) for the establishment of a national system for the monitoring of ...

The Southern European countries group (EUMed) on Friday called on Turkey to accept Cyprus’ invitation to engage in dialogue on the delimitation of their maritime zones and reverse illegal actions ...

Cyprus’ Paralympic athletes on Friday called for inclusion of people with disabilities into society during an event in Limassol following their return from Tokyo. Education and Sport Minister Prodromos Prodromou ...

Leaders of the EU’s bloc of nine southern European members on Friday demanded urgent global action to combat a worsening climate crisis and build a sustainable future for the ...

Police on Friday evening asked passengers at Paphos airport’s departures area leave after an object was located in a luggage that looked like an explosive device. The incident was ...

The health ministry announced that there were no new deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, and that 153 more people had tested positive from 64,290 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.24 ...

Opposition in the north has criticised Turkish Cypriot authorities for wanting to return 50,000 AstraZeneca doses that expire next month, reports said on Friday. According to daily Yeniduzen, 50,000 AstraZeneca doses of ...

Members of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) in Cyprus said on Friday they found several dead birds including three owls at a mist-netting site in Liopetri, in the Famagusta ...

An 81-year-old Russian woman was pronounced dead after lifeguards pulled her out of the water in a Larnaca beach on Friday. Around 11:35am, other swimmers notified lifeguards after spotting the ...

Historical memorabilia from the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 have been donated as a gift to the Cyprus Olympic Committee (KOE) by University of Nicosia professor, Theodoros Charalambous. The gifts concern ...

Diko MP Pavlos Mylonas has said that the cabinet’s decision to drop disciplinary procedures against controversial public school headteacher and artist Giorgos Gavriel was not the reason for his ...