Cyprus

Fire fighters have contained a fire which broke out in Peyia forest in the Paphos district on Monday morning, the forestry department has announced. It said the fire, which broke ...

Over 45,000 students at state secondary school are set to return to school on Tuesday under strict measures to combat Covid-19, most notably the requirement of a SafePass for those aged 12 ...

Greece on Monday confirmed that former Cypriot European humanitarian aid and crisis management commissioner Christos Stylianides will head the new climate crisis and civil protection ministry. He will receive honourary ...

An elderly woman was pulled out of the sea unconscious on Monday morning and was pronounced dead at Limassol hospital. According to the Police, at 9.30 am, a foreign visitor who ...

A 67-year-old man pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he had started a huge fire in Arakapas in July that killed four men and destroyed some 55 square kilometres ...

China and Cyprus should seize the opportunity of the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations to forge closer, strategic ties, China’s Ambassador to Cyprus Liu Yantao has told the ...

The body of a 65-year-old man was found floating in the sea off Lady’s Mile area early on Monday, Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) police said. According to the police, ...

Three countries were downgraded from the Orange to Red category following the health ministry’s latest epidemiological risk assessment published on Monday. The changes take effect on Thursday. According to ...

Another three people were arrested at Larnaca and Paphos airports on Sunday on suspicion of attempting to travel to European destinations with documents that did not belong to them. One ...

A Nicosia business was fined €8000 and a Larnaca supermarket €4000 as part of police checks for Covid measures in the past 24 hours. They were among 31 individuals and six businesses found to ...

The technical committee that is working on the preparations for a joint gas pipeline project between Cyprus and Egypt will convene on September 15, the office of the Minister of Energy, ...

The doors of an iconostasis in an occupied Church were reported as having returned home last week. They were the first looted item to be returned to the island from ...

Two deaths and 147 new coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday by the health ministry. The deaths concern a 52-year-old man and an 83-year-old woman. The number of people who have ...

Five cars and 14 motorcycles were seized during traffic checks during the weekend, police said on Sunday. According to data released by the police, more than 1,300 traffic violations were recorded in ...

Former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Christos Stylianides is a candidate for a ministerial post in Greece, reports said on Sunday. Stylianides, a Cypriot national, was the ...

By Evie Andreou If we are to believe traditional weather forecasters, it will be pouring down this winter as per their predictions based on the first days of August. Experts, ...

By Anna Mylona Since the outbreak of Covid-19, every aspect of life has been affected in some way, shape or form. Over a year down the line since the pandemic ...

Uninvited hitchhicker from the Suez is now found around the island By Nick Theodoulou An invasive species of mildly poisonous sea urchin with longer spines than those endemic to Cyprus ...

An Australian female politician seems to be the most favoured choice for the succession of the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force (UNFICYP) ...

The health ministry announced the rapid test sites for Monday, 39 in total. People need to present an ID, passport or driver’s licence to get tested. District Testing Sites Work ...

With rentals thin on the ground and new procedures being introduced in some parts of the UK returning students are finding it increasingly difficult to find somewhere to live By ...

Police on Sunday said they were looking for the whereabouts of a 43-year-old male detainee who escaped after being transferred to the Paphos hospital. Younes Amrani Boukhobza from Morocco had ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos said he would suggest to the Holy Synod the punishment of clergy who urge people not to get vaccinated reports said on Sunday. According to state broadcaster CyBC, ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after 12 cannabis plants were found during a search in his house in Limassol. In the house, police found four greenhouses with lighting and ...