Cyprus

Fifty-one third country nationals were arrested on Sunday, police said about a raid conducted earlier in the day.  According to police, ten people were repatriated earlier in the day and ...

The House Finance Committee on Monday will start debating the government bill that abolishes the ban on filling vacancies with permanent staff in the public sector, a measure imposed in 2013 ...

The informal meeting in Geneva will provide an opportunity for frank and constructive dialogue, with the aim of finding a mutually acceptable solution for the reunification of Cyprus, Transport Minister ...

THE Frequent solar power curtailments and delayed renewable energy projects threaten to worsen the nation’s energy crisis has led to mounting frustration from the public and lawmakers. At the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that he will exploit every opportunity at the Cyprus meeting in Geneva to create the conditions for the resumption of dialogue on the Cyprus ...

Cyprus’ delegation to the World Winter Special Olympics came back with six medals, an announcement said on Sunday.  According to the Cyprus Special Olympics Federation, the efforts of the six ...

The fire service responded to 47 fires over the past day, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Sunday.  According to Kettis, on Saturday the Fire Service responded to six potentially ...

The weather will be mostly clear on Sunday and temperatures will be warm throughout the island, the met office said. According to the met office, temperatures will rise to around 34...

Talk of Cyprus joining Nato or an affiliated organisation has fizzled out in recent weeks – no surprise there, as the future of Nato itself seems to hang in the balance. ...

A bizonal, bicommunal, federal solution to the Cyprus problem is “the only option”, President Nikos Christodoulides said in a televised address to the nation on Saturday evening. “I would like ...

Hunters on Saturday took to the streets across the island with a list of demands which they say would allow for the practice of hunting in Cyprus to be better ...

The Aphrodite Rally motor race will go ahead on routes outside the Paphos forest and Natura 2000 protected areas, the Cyprus automobile association confirmed on Saturday. The association said that following ...

Twenty five children from across the divide and aged between 5 and 12 currently meet to sing in the buffer zone in Nicosia once a week. Known as Songbird, the Intercommunal Children’...

The United Kingdom’s Labour Party’s former leader Jeremy Corbyn engaged in an evisceration of the country’s military bases in Cyprus, asking “what is the purpose, the point ...

A total of seven people have been held responsible for the death of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005, according to reports on Saturday. Newspaper Phileleftheros wrote that the report into the ...

The autopsy of a nine-month-old infant who was found dead in its mother’s car on Friday will be carried out by forensic pathologist Angeliki Papetta on Saturday. The autopsy ...

Supporting children with genetic diseases is “crucial”, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Saturday. Speaking at an event held to mark World rare disease day, he said the event “highlights ...

The 25th rendition of the “Love Route”, a motorcycle ride to five districts across Cyprus, began its Nicosia leg on Saturday morning. The ride is organised once a year by ...

The king and queen of Brazil’s renowned Rio de Janeiro carnival visited Cyprus’ carnival capital Limassol on Friday night. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the pair “danced to ...

An embroidery-themed workshop and a guided tour in Lefkara awaits the last Saturday of March, organised by the Centre for Social Innovation. On March 29, a team of participants will head ...

Saturday’s weather is set to be sunny all day, with temperatures set to rise to a positively baking 32 degrees Celsius inland. On the west and north coasts, temperatures will ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday met with leadership figures from six political parties to discuss the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is set to take place ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis met with senior officers on Friday to set the police force on course for a major overhaul as authorities push forward with a plan to modernise ...

The year 2025 is expected to be another challenging year for international shipping, which should remain resilient and continue to adapt and grow, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday evening. Addressing ...