Cyprus News

Coordinated police operations in Chlorakas continued over Saturday night with two people found illegally staying in the area charged. A new operation was staged on Saturday lasting from the afternoon ...

Concerns about the environmental costs and risks to public safety posed by the plans to upgrade the Chlorakas coastline were expressed on Sunday by President of the AKTI Rehabilitation and ...

Eight businesses in Nicosia were fined €500 for employees not having a SafePass while one was fined €1,500 because the manager was not wearing a facemask as almost 3,000 checks of Covid measures ...

As extreme winds grip the island the ministry of health on Sunday announced changes to its rapid testing locations. A site in Kyperounta due to offer free rapid tests to ...

No information so far indicated people in Cyprus were involved in the well-publicised rape of a 24-year-old woman in Thessaloniki, Cyprus the Cyprus News Agency reported on Sunday. From the ...

Roads to Troodos were closed to all traffic on Sunday morning police said as snow remained heavy in the area. The Platres-Troodos, Karvounas-Troodos and Prdromos-Troodos roads were closed due to ...

A 21-year-old has been charged in writing for the killing of a dog, illegal possession and transport of a firearm and explosives, and carrying a weapon to incite terror, police ...

An unprecedented level of voter apathy is expected to mark ‘parliamentary’ elections in the north today when Turkish Cypriots have to choose 50 representatives from eight parties in an early election, ...

Six deaths from coronavirus and 1,984 new infections were announced on Saturday, out of 82,187 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.41 per cent. Three of the deaths – men aged 66, 72 and 90 – ...

The protection of Salamis’ mosaics has been named as among the most significant successes of the bicommunal cultural heritage committee by Takis Hadjidemetriou, the outgoing head of the committee. Hadjidemetriou, ...

Paphos police on Saturday arrested a 32-year-old man suspected of being behind a string of burglaries across the district. Paphos assistant police chief Michalis Ioannou described the arrest as a ...

Close contacts of Covid-19 cases will only have to self-isolate for 10 days instead of 14 from Monday. Close contacts can also released earlier than the 10th day if they have a ...

A new addition to Nicosia’s art scene showcases folk printmaking from the 18th to 20th century. The exhibition recently opened at the Hambis Printmaking Museum in Nicosia with works ...

Paphos police said on Saturday that they are investigating two break-ins, one in a warehouse in Agia Marina and one in a shop in Kato Paphos. According to a police ...

Overcrowding is forcing Paphos schools to share facilities and new schools need to be built urgently, district president of the teacher’s union (Oelmek) Giorgos Yiallouris said on Saturday. He ...

Sixty-three free rapid testing sites will operating for eligible groups on Sunday District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Lemesos (15 units) My Mall Limassol (Entrance D, next to “Public” ...

Paintings rescued from Famagusta’s old municipal gallery in the north at the initiative of the bicommunal committee on culture have found a new temporary home in Ayia Napa and ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will fly to Brussels on Sunday to participate in the EU’s foreign ministers meeting scheduled for Monday. It will be his first since being appointed ...

Winds as strong as force 8 on the Beaufort scale are expected to hit parts of the coast on Sunday, the met office has warned as it issued a yellow wind ...

Cyprus police fined 28 individuals and 15 businesses over the 24 hours until Saturday morning for violating anti-Covid measures. A total of 2,124 checks were carried out island-wide. The highest fine, €4,000, was handed out ...

The Cyprus Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Friday slammed the managing companies at Limassol port, which, according to reports, are prepared to increase charges that will burden businesses ...

A Larnaca-based company is producing plant-based meat replacements currently available at a handful of restaurants although the range is about to spread. Alix Norman gets a taste for something a ...

Property prices in Cyprus rose during the third quarter of 2021, a report by the Central Bank of Cyprus released on Friday revealed. According to the central bank’s quarterly report ...

The annual Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) rate in December 2021 reached 4.8 per cent, primarily fueled by rising energy prices, equaling the respective level of October 2008. According to data released ...