Cyprus

President of the House of Representatives Adamos Adamou said on Wednesday that Parliament must raise its standards and improve its image among the public who are turning their backs to ...

The civil service commission (Edy) defended a decision on Wednesday to promote a former diplomat who had been accused and later acquitted of indecent assault charges but was censured by ...

Twenty people in a first division handball team in Cyprus have tested positive for coronavirus, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Wednesday. According to the agency, the positive cases involve ...

Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zannetou on Wednesday urged the government to find ways to provide immediate support to the tourism industry in the Famagusta district, saying this is vital for ...

Owners of dangerous buildings must repair them or face a fine, Nicosia municipality warned on Wednesday. In an announcement, the municipality referred to three buildings located in the neighbourhoods of ...

Parents’ associations and the mayor of Livadia held a demonstration on Wednesday morning, protesting the installation of a 5G antenna by Cyta on the roof of a centrally located supermarket. ...

A woman claiming she had been raped by a senior cleric in 2011 had been deemed unreliable by the archbishop, according to a Church source quoted by the Cyprus News Agency. ...

A meeting of the scientific team to re-evaluate the epidemiological picture of Covid-19 and decide what restrictions can be lifted next week was held on Tuesday night. The epidemiologists are ...

Paphos police and the fire services are investigating the cause of a fire which broke out at midnight in an apartment building. A 53-year-old man, the owner of the building, ...

Police on Tuesday spotted the vehicle of a 42-year-old man who was wanted in connection with a case of causing bodily harm on a road in Larnaca using automatic number-plate ...

In the last 24 hours police carried out 9,686 checks for violations of coronavirus protocols and booked 110 individuals including one business owner for offences. According to a police spokesperson, 2,078 inspections were conducted ...

“We’re involved in damage control,” Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides told the Cyprus Mail in an interview. Fortunately, the government has the means to keep the damage to a minimum ...

Cypriot hoteliers were hopeful on Tuesday that tourism would slowly recover this year after tour operators in the UK reported a surge of around 600 per cent in holiday bookings, with ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday harangued the government for leaving refugees renting premises on Turkish Cypriot land in the south out to dry. Livestock farmers in the Nisou area, whose premises lie ...

Volunteers dressed as cartoon characters used the ladder of a fire-engine to give a present to a seven-year-old patient at the Makarios hospital on Tuesday, amid a ban on hospital ...

Police uncovered an illegal birthday gathering at a restaurant in Germasogeia on Tuesday night and issued 14 fines, with the owner being fined €1,500. The birthday party was attended by ten foreign ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos on Tuesday reportedly gave statements to the police regarding a case in which a woman alleged that she was raped by a senior priest. The issue was reported ...

For the first time in its history, Cyprus is applying to join the UN Human Rights Council from 2025 to 2027, it was announced on Tuesday. The Human Rights Council is an ...

No new Covid-19 deaths but 176 new cases were announced by the health ministry on Tuesday night. With a positivity rate of 0.63 per cent, the 176 new cases are a significant uptick ...

Prominent journalist Andreas Paraschos violated an article of the Journalist Code of Ethics in a piece he wrote in January, the Committee of Journalistic Ethics (EDD) announced on Tuesday. Paraschos, ...

Nicosia will become the first smart city on the island, improving services and increasing sustainability, the municipality announced on Tuesday. The digital transformation of the capital got underway after the ...

Morphou bishop Neophytos won’t pay a fine for violating coronavirus-related decrees and, should the state decide to prosecute, he will defend himself in court, his lawyer said on Tuesday. ...

A total of 395 complaints have been handled since September by new police domestic violence units, the force announced on Tuesday as a domestic violence NGO said its helpline receives about ...

Limassol police are looking for two men, both 57, on suspicion of blackmail to seize a €30,000 car from a software company. According to police, one of the men visited the Limassol ...