Cyprus

The Cyprus Animal Party is pushing for use of innovative technologies to manage the problem of strays in Limassol and has renewed calls for the closure of the zoo, it ...

Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou said energy cohesion and cooperation among EU member states is needed to face current challenges. Speaking at the 14th Athens Energy Summit on Wednesday Papanastasiou ...

With reference to media publications regarding the airbag related recall of Volvo cars, CTC Automotive clarifies that this recall is not new and does not concern Takata airbags. It is ...

Scientists in Cyprus have enlisted children to help recycle used cooking oil into biofuel under an initiative that has received international acclaim. The “Tiganokinisi”, or frying pan, initiative visits schools ...

Police have now arrested a total of five suspects as of Thursday for incidents of violence outside the Apollon stadium last month. The most recent arrest made was of a 32...

Schools in Cyprus’ mountainous regions faced a day of disruption on Thursday, as heavy snowfall and ice kept key roads impassable. Authorities confirmed that several schools remained closed for a ...

Lending criteria for businesses and households in Cyprus remained unchanged during the third quarter of 2024, when compared to the previous quarter, according to the bank lending survey published by the ...

The recall of vehicles fitted with deadly Takata airbags is proving a nightmare for Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades, and not least because the grieving father of a young man killed ...

Snow was recorded falling on both the Troodos mountains and atop Kyparissovouno, the highest peak of the Kyrenia mountains, on Wednesday evening. The snow came as temperatures across the island ...

Serdal Gunduz, the secretary-general and 30-per-cent shareholder of Morphou’s Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU), on Wednesday pointed the finger at ‘MPs’ from the north’s largest party ...

Limassol’s school board was on Wednesday questioned over its installation of padel courts at schools by the House education committee. The padel courts are operated by private firms, with ...

The controversy surrounding the suspended former volunteer commissioner Yiannis Yiannakis’ ongoing salary payments was raised in parliament on Wednesday. During a discussion of the Cyprus youth organisation (Onek) budget for 2025 ...

The new migrant centre in Limnes, near the Larnaca district village of Menoyia, is to be completed by the end of the year, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Wednesday. ...

A bill to regulate adoption was approved by the ministerial cabinet on Wednesday, aiming to modernise outdated procedures and safeguard the best interests and fundamental rights of children. Deputy Welfare ...

Huseyin Tufekci, the director of Turkish Cypriot construction company the Tufekci Group, was arrested on Wednesday, accused of forging documents to win a tender for the construction of the north’...

The Supreme Court has ruled that the 2024 law imposing a special tax on credit institutions is unconstitutional. The law, passed by the House of representatives, was meant to fund state ...

Cyprus has recorded the highest ratio of departures to arrivals among EU member states in 2024, with a rate of 179 per cent. A total of 10,941 people left the country in the ...

Cyprus saw the first rain fall of the month on Wednesday, amounting to 2.8 millimetres, accounting for 3 per cent of the usual average amount for the month. The highest rainfall during ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved the provision of free bus travel for people whose vehicles have been immobilised as part of government decrees related to faulty airbags and other faults on ...

The Greek defence minister met with his counterpart in Cyprus to discuss bilateral cooperation and upgrading the Republic’s defence infrastructures on Wednesday. The meeting came in the wake of ...

A long-standing fixture of Nicosia’s dining scene, India India is situated at a busy traffic intersection and it is hard to miss – not least because it has been there ...

Cyprus betting revenues rose 13 per cent year-on-year during the third quarter of 2024, according to the National Betting Authority. The authority on Wednesday reported that total betting revenues from Class A (...

Car dealerships in Cyprus are set to collect millions by charging administrative costs or free airbag replacements in affected cars. Toyota’s dealership, which has the largest number of cars ...

Police in Cyprus have confiscated more than 1,450 cannabis-based products, including jellies and cookies containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), weighing a total of 29 kilogrammes in the past year. The seizures took place throughout 2024 ...