Cyprus

A hand grenade was placed outside a television station’s headquarters in Nicosia, the police said on Saturday. The grenade was discovered after the television station had received a telephone ...

Cabinet will approve the first plans to offer compensation to people whose property was damaged or destroyed by last week’s wildfire in Limassol when it convenes on Wednesday, according ...

Speeding fines incurred by people who were fleeing the wildfire which broke out in the Limassol district this week and were caught by mobile speed cameras will be cancelled, the ...

A second Greek island is to stage a protest against the planned arrival of an Israeli cruise ship which last week docked in Cyprus after being turned away from Syros. ...

A total of 160 people are currently being housed in temporary accommodation after being evacuated from their homes due to the wildfire which has been burning in the Limassol district since ...

They live in the village of Ayia Triada, halfway up the Karpasia peninsula with its sleepy roads set amid thickets of pine, palm and olive – though also in the pages ...

A Cyprus-based company lost €458,000 worth of cryptocurrency after a hacker gained access to its digital wallet, the police said on Saturday. The police said the incident took place in April, ...

Chris Havariyoun, a resident of the village of Souni-Zanakia, one of the villages worst affected by the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district this week, was on Saturday scathing ...

The wildfire which broke out in the Limassol district on Wednesday and killed two people “did not start by chance”, Marilena Athini, the mukhtar of Malia, the village in which ...

The police are continuing their investigations into the cause of the wildfire which swept through Limassol villages on Wednesday and Thursday and killed two people, spokeswoman Kyriaki Lambrianidou said on ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos has predicted that by 2037, there will be more Muslims than Christians in Cyprus. “In the Paphos district, 57 per cent of the population are Greek Cypriots. By 2034, ...

Some members of the public have still been seen trying to start new fires as recently as “the last few hours”, fire brigade chief Nikos Longinos said on Saturday morning. “...

Dense fog and a technical problem disrupted flights in and out of Larnaca airport in the early hours of Saturday morning. The technical problem impacted the airport’s passenger check ...

Temperatures on Saturday will rise to a maximum of 44 degrees Celsius inland, as the heatwave continues. Elsewhere, temperatures on the east, south, and north coasts will rise to 36 degrees Celsius, ...

Veterinary services in Limassol are currently caring for 144 dogs and 37 cats rescued from the devastating wildfires, while volunteer organisations continue to assist in the affected areas, Animal Welfare Commissioner Antonia ...

It is “not right” to call northern Cyprus a “baby homeland”, Turkish opposition party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel said. He made the comment when asked by a journalist about the ...

The Turkish Cypriot authorities would have sent a helicopter to help fight the wildfire which killed two people in the Limassol district this week, had their offer of help been ...

The Cypriot government on Friday evening issued an advisory warning people to avoid all travel to the border between Thailand and Cambodia, with an armed conflict between the two countries ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Friday evening rushed to clarify statements he had made earlier in the day about the wildfire in the Limassol which killed two this week, saying ...

A rare sight circulated throughout social media on Thursday night – a photograph showing Elam supporters and Omonoia 29M fans working side by side to help counter the effects of the ...

Cyprus’ two largest political parties, Disy and Akel, on Friday demanded answers from the government over its handling of the wildfire in the Limassol which killed two people during the ...

Just before the yearly grape harvest begins, Tsiakkas Winery hosts an afternoon of music, flavour, heritage and connection. Wine Me Not 3.1 is a mini wine festival set to celebrate Cyprus, ...

The met office on Friday evening announced that an orange weather warning would be in force between midnight and 5pm on Saturday. It said temperatures are only expected to drop ...

The mosque in the Limassol district village of Malia suffered serious damage in the wildfire which has been raging in the region since Wednesday. Bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage ...