Cyprus

Three projects co-financed with the EU and worth over €35 million are in the works to address the long-standing gaps and weaknesses when it comes to support for the disabled, deputy ...

Paphos police have arrested a 24-year-old man suspected of burglary and theft at a construction site. The case refers to a break-in at an onsite warehouse in the Petra tou ...

MPs will next week discuss the lack of a legal framework surrounding the growing trend of installing dashcams in vehicles and their potential use as evidence in cases of accidents ...

Workers in the cement industry decided on Tuesday to return to work at any companies that have signed the new collective agreement, while the strike, now in its fifth week, ...

The Green Party on Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” over a lack of care and respect by municipal workers who damaged graves in Aglandjia while pruning trees. According to ...

China has reaffirmed its principled stance “for a just and sustainable solution” to the Cyprus issue based on UN Security Council resolutions. The affirmation was made by Wang Aiwen, member ...

A 24-year-old man was arrested at Paphos airport on Monday after insulting a police officer who asked him to move his car. According to police, the man had parked his ...

An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale was reported on Monday night off Limassol and was felt across the island. The Geological Survey Department said the quake struck at 11.23pm ...

Trade union Pasydy on Monday expressed their fury at the omission of a previously touted second phase of construction of a new psychiatric hospital at Athalassa from government plans to ...

Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Monday night called for the “utmost restraint” as the war in Syria reignites. The ministry said it is “closely following developments in Syria” and that it ...

Parts of the Limassol district were without power after a lorry crashed into an electricity pylon on Monday evening. Electricity authority (EAC) spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou told news website Alpha that ...

The three 24-year-old men who attacked a taxi after its driver refused to drive them to the hotel in Larnaca in which they were staying were ordered to pay damages ...

The government on Monday announced plans to provide grants to people wishing to install solar powered hot water systems in their homes. The grants will be provided by the renewable ...

The families of the 35 Turkish Cypriots who were killed when the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed during earthquakes in February last year departed for Adiyaman ...

The concrete makers’ association faced a wave of resignations on Monday and may even be forced to dissolve, its chairman Costas Kythreotis said. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he ...

A total of 745 students in need received ‘love packages’ on Monday, containing festive entertainment and Christmas treats. The packages were handed over to the school headmasters by Nicosia mayor Charalambos ...

Larnaca stakeholders on Monday expressed concern at the government’s recent decision to hire a private company to temporarily operate the port and marina, but also frustration at having been ...

The economy has proved resilient in the face of a challenging international environment, and is expected to do the same going forward, the Central Bank boss said on Monday. Christodoulos ...

If you found a frog on your bread, what would you do? Well, if the bread you were looking at was Ploumisto Psomi, the frog would be a good omen. ...

A majority of Cypriots are against the abolition of the 1 and 2 cent coins, according to figures released on Monday as part of the European Union’s ‘Eurobarometer’ surveys. In total, 52 ...

A collection of ancient Cypriot artefacts which were found in the United Kingdom are to be returned to the island after they were handed over to the Cypriot high commission ...

Professors at the University of Cyprus have called on the government to take immediate action towards securing funding for the new excellence centre in emerging quantum technology, so as not ...

A yellow warning has been issued for thunderstorms from 6am till 6pm on Tuesday, with hail and strong winds possible in Bora-hit storm areas. The Meteorological Service said the Bora ...

The relics of Ayios Avakoum have been taken to the church of Ayios Nikolaos in Fterikoudi, on the saint’s nameday, at the instructions of Tamasos bishop Isaias. The relics ...