Cyprus

Voice concerns over timing The community advocacy group Syrians in Cyprus has cautiously welcomed the newly introduced “voluntary repatriation” initiative, while raising concerns over its timing, coinciding with letters sent ...

By Philippa Tracy As I struggle in Alpha Mega with my Google translate app in one hand, hovering over the instructions on a tin of Mr Muscle oven cleaner in ...

Both Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and President Nikos Christodoulides “expressed willingness to make progress” towards achieving and implementing the confidence-building measures agreed upon at March’s enlarged meeting on ...

Vertical gardens, known as “green walls”, are being introduced in Ayia Napa, with climbing plants and other vegetation set to be planted in various areas within its municipal borders with ...

A 54-year-old woman is in a critical condition after the scooter she was riding was hit by a car, the police said on Saturday. The police said the incident took ...

A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of having stolen a wallet from a car in Larnaca, the police said on Saturday. Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolos said the theft ...

Saturday’s weather is expected to be partly cloudy across most of the island, with localised rain and even isolated storms expected in the western half of the island, and ...

Smoking laws are no longer keeping up with the surge of new tobacco products, the president of the Cyprus national addictions authority (AAEK), Christos Minas, warned on Friday. As the ...

The Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) has reaffirmed its commitment to two major infrastructure projects, the industrial expansion of the Vasiliko port and the sustainable redevelopment of the Latchi marina, as ...

The new Airbus H145M helicopters that were brought to Cyprus will upgrade the National Guard’s operational capability, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday, at a ceremony to ...

Cyprus on Friday is ranking first in the medal standings at the Games of Small States of Europe (GSSE), taking place in Andorra, with 85 medals, 26 of which are gold. On ...

A joint declaration urging stronger EU action on sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture was adopted on Friday at the conference of the heads of agriculture committees from the national parliaments of ...

The five people – four women and one man – who were arrested last week over the finding of classified documents in the home of a prison warden, were released on Friday. ...

A clinic to help patients give up smoking is operating at the Nicosia general hospital, constituting a practical and effective means of support for those wishing to kick the habit, ...

Children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelidou, met with President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday to present her annual report, which outlines an increase in issues affecting children on the island. “There ...

The weather will remain unstable until Monday with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the mountains and inland, Meteorological Service officer Mattheos Papadakis said on Friday. Papadakis said temperatures would be ...

Cyprus has officially submitted to the UN the instrument of ratification for the Biological Diversity Beyond National Jurisdiction agreement, the foreign ministry announced on Friday. The BBNJ agreement is the ...

An extensive discussion into how the negotiators see the Cyprus problem evolving was held at a meeting on Friday with the UN chief’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin. The ...

The Turkish gunman who was arrested by the Republic of Cyprus’ police and handed over to the United Nations and then the Turkish Cypriot authorities at the Ledra Palace crossing ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Friday said he is unsure whether the opening of Cyprus’ electricity grid to private companies will lower people’s electricity bills. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

In its six years of operation, Cyprus’ national health system, Gesy, has registered over a million beneficiaries and logged more than 21 million visits to general practitioners and roughly the same ...

EU commissioner highlights Cyprus’ water shortage European Commissioner for agriculture Christophe Hansen on Friday highlighted the water shortages facing Cyprus, saying that when his aeroplane was landing on the island, ...

Archbishop of Cyprus Georgios has called on former Bishop of Paphos, Tychikos, to sign a declaration of faith renouncing those who have distanced themselves from the Church. Speaking after a ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos delivered a speech on the occasion of World Multiple Sclerosis Day on Friday, emphasising the state’s duty to support patients in remaining active citizens. According ...