Cyprus

The north’s supreme court on Thursday ruled that the law which allowed the wearing of headscarves in public schools is unconstitutional, and as such annulled it. As a result, ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Thursday announced that he has elected not to prosecuted former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides for alleged contempt of court on his part in light of his dismissal. ...

Climbing to an altitude of 1,100m in the Marathasa region of Cyprus’ mountains, you will find the quaint village of Pedoulas, known for its pine and cherry trees. Vines are ...

Two people were arrested in Emba on Wednesday night for drug possession and trafficking after police found packaged cannabis and cocaine, precision scales and €450 in cash. Shortly before 8pm on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will have a one-on-one meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday. Their meeting will take place on the sidelines of the ongoing UN general assembly ...

Customs workers in Limassol and Nicosia went on a 24-hour strike on Thursday, then escalated by announcing an indefinite strike starting on Friday, demanding more time to get acquainted with ...

Police in Limassol and Paphos are on Thursday investigating two separate cases of online fraud, reported by two women aged 74 and 59 respectively, who lost up to €18,000. The 74-year-old woman in ...

An apartment in Livadia, Larnaca, was extensively damaged in a fire that broke out in the early hours of Thursday. Two fire engines were sent to extinguish the fire, which ...

A 40-year-old wanted by the Russian authorities in connection with cases of fraud between 2019 and 2022 was arrested on Wednesday afternoon on arrival at Larnaca airport, the police announced on Thursday. ...

The increased presence of British bases’ police on Lady’s Mile and Kourion beaches this summer “has ensured seashore crime remains at a low level”, the bases said on Thursday. “...

A 67-year-old man suffered fatal injuries on Wednesday at the Nicosia racecourse, when a horse escaped the attention of its groom and ran into the man, the police said on ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos continued his series of meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York over the course of Thursday night. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met the Ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholemew, on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York. During the meeting, Christodoulides informed Bartholemew about the ...

Thursday’s weather will be mostly warm and sunny across most of the island, with temperatures set to rise to a maximum of 35 degrees Celsius inland, 30 degrees Celsius on the ...

The final days of September bring a packed events agenda – the perfect farewell to a busy month. This is a festival weekend as a handful of annual events return to ...

Sexual harassment complaints in the public sector go unrecorded due to the absence of a unified data collection system, a CNA investigation reveals. Head of the department of public administration ...

Animal welfare commissioner Antonia Theodosiou announced a seven-year action plan for the mass-sterilisation the island’s more than 1 million stray cats in an effort to control their population. “We support ...

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot parties in a bicommunal meeting on Wednesday called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to resume talks on the Cyprus problem, stressing that the division of ...

A helicopter has been observed repeatedly circling above the village of Anthoupoli, south of Nicosia, for over an hour, with no further information provided about its presence. According to media ...

A total of 2,697 counterfeit items including clothing, wallets and mobile phone cases were seized during joint inspections of the customs department and the police in Ayia Napa on Wednesday. According ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “pointed the finger to others, for crimes Turkey itself commits every single day,” President Nikos Christodoulides told the UN general assembly on Wednesday, in essence ...

An Israeli man was pronounced dead at Famagusta general hospital after losing consciousness on a sailing boat in the Nisia area of Protaras on Wednesday afternoon. According to the joint ...

The ministry of justice on Wednesday said it was awaiting the convening of the Holy Synod regarding its position on the establishment of a legal framework to regulate the traditional ...

A 55-year-old man suspected of attempting to murder a 41-year-old Limassolian in Paphos appeared before the city’s criminal court on Wednesday. The next hearing has been set for November 7. ...