Cyprus

The Larnaca criminal court ruled on Wednesday that former Kition bishop Chrysostomos is mentally fit to follow proceedings in a rape case brought against him after he was reported by ...

Arsonists in the early morning hours, set fire to a room at the Limassol district court where evidence is kept, causing extensive damage to the contents, police said. Police were ...

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian expressed support for Cyprus on Wednesday, after a move by Turkish Cypriot authorities to partially reopen an abandoned town for potential resettlement, which ...

Two more men, 30 and 38, were remanded for eight days on Wednesday in relation to the Dias attack over the weekend, raising the number of suspects under police detention to 14, while ...

A 22-year-old driver was arrested late on Tuesday on suspicion of hitting a cyclist and abandoning the scene in the coastal area of Yeroskipou. The accident took place around 7pm ...

As Nicosia recovers from the pandemic, the Nicosia municipality is working to give local businesses close to the Green Line a boost. “A lot still hinges on how the pandemic ...

The recent fires have highlighted yet again the crucial importance of forest management, not least what trees should go where By Martin Clark On Saturday, July 3, with students in Nicosia; ...

The National Council is set to convene on Wednesday to assess the latest developments on Varosha with some parties calling for countermeasures against the announcement that part of the fenced ...

Cyprus has made some progress toward tweaking its justice system, but there remains work to be done on improving transparency and accessibility to public documents, mechanisms to combat corruption, and ...

Limassol municipality announced that the parking lot of Molos 4 will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday for works. According to a statement by the municipality, the Molos 4 parking lot on ...

One death and 995 new coronavirus cases were announced on Tuesday, by the health ministry. A 76-year-old man is the latest death from Covid-19. So far 391 deaths were recorded: 260 men and 131 ...

Police on Tuesday issued a public call for information concerning suspects wanted in connection with an attack on the Dias media group and its staff late on Sunday, as three ...

The renovation of a listed building and construction of an adjacent one is set to get underway in Paphos to bring all of the offices of the social insurance and ...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced it has recalled breadcrumbs from three different companies after it emerged they failed to include in the ingredients label the products contained sesame, which ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Tuesday he is willing to fire archbishopric employees who choose to remain unvaccinated after returning from their holidays. Speaking to CyBC, the archbishop said that out ...

The health ministry said on Tuesday it will facilitate members of the public who have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine abroad to get the second one here ...

The supreme court on Tuesday raised the prison sentence of a rapist from eight to 12 years, upholding a state appeal. The man had been sentenced to eight years in jail ...

A total of 40 teenagers who participated in the Space and Steame Summer Camp in Paphos dedicated part of their programme last week to European environment projects. The objectives and benefits ...

Health professionals will be offered incentives to help staff overstretched Covid-19 clinics at public hospitals, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday. Meanwhile non-coronavirus patients in state hospitals will ...

Justice will sooner or later prevail, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday commenting on the announcement by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar that 3.5 per cent of the closed-off town of ...

The majority of side effects reported by people who received an anti-Covid-19 vaccine in Cyprus concern those who received the Pfizer jab, figures presented by the health ministry showed on ...

The health ministry announced a total of 64 rapid test sites that will operate around the island on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

The education ministry announced on Tuesday that all students and staff members, as well as visitors to universities in Cyprus will be required to have a SafePass – or any other ...

History cannot be erased, co-president of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Culture, Androulla Vasiliou told CNA, commenting on the Turkish occupation authorities’ move to cover the inscription “Greek Gymnasium” from ...