A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month were on Thursday taken back to the crossing point through which they entered the north on the day ...
A 51-year-old man was on Thursday handed two consecutive life sentences for the murder of 51-year-old Michalis Michael and 44-year-old Marios Onisiforou in the Limassol suburb of Ypsonas 2023.
Meanwhile, his 56...
Nicosia should be “a model of equality, inclusion, and universal accessibility”, Cyprus confederation of disability organisations (Kysoa) chairwoman Themis Anthopoulou said.
Speaking after a meeting with the capital’s mayor ...
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos was on Thursday called upon by the Cyprus agency of quality assurance and accreditation in higher education (Dipae) to name the universities he accuses of “selling ...
Testy exchange in row over party at protected turtle beach
By Tom Cleaver
The audit office is awaiting a response from the interior and agriculture ministries over a private party ...
An 80-year-old man was killed in a road collision which took place at the Kalo Chorio highway to Larnaca airport, police said on Thursday.
The road has since reopened, after ...
Cyprus’ authorities and Greek Orthodox church have remained silent after the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrios church in Gaza City was ordered to evacuate by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).
The ...
The main man at Kalamos Winery, Thanasis Ignatiou has been around wines since his teens in his beloved village of Amargeti in Paphos, and he says, it has been a ...
The damage to the water supply network has been repaired by the water development department (WDD), the Nicosia district government organisation (EOA) said on Thursday.
“The water tanks were filled ...
The UN human rights council is set to discuss the report of its working group on the use of mercenaries – privately hired professional combatants – in Cyprus in their upcoming September ...
A total of 70 bales of hay were burned in a fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon at a property in Aradippou.
According to police, the fire broke out around 2.45 ...
Plans for a new physiotherapy centre managed by the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (Cing) were approved on Wednesday.
The centre is set to be built next to the ...
A 25-year-old foreign student and delivery driver was robbed by a group of men in Nicosia early on Wednesday, adding yet another case to the ongoing series of violent attacks ...
Police and the fire department are investigating the causes of a fire that broke out on Wednesday night in a car owned by a 48-year-old woman in the Famagusta district.
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The Larnaca district court on Thursday issued an eight-day detention order against a 44-year-old man, a third-country national and convicted prisoner, in connection with the alleged attempted murder of a ...
Police searches of kiosks in the Famagusta district on Wednesday night yielded quantities of ‘laughing gas’ paraphernalia and a haul of illegal duty-free cigarettes.
At one kiosk, police and customs ...
Temperatures on Thursday will reach up to 38 degrees Celsius inland, around 31 degrees on the west coast, 34 degrees on the remaining coastal areas and 27 degrees in the higher mountains.
Although it ...
Somehow, the end of August has reached us and here to bid farewell to this hot summer month is a series of weekend events
Open-air cinema
Several film screenings are ...
Investigations into the supposedly prohibited private event, which took place near the protected Toxeftra beach in Peyia over the weekend, will be carried out, director of the environmental department Theodolou ...
President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday evening hosted a reception at the presidential palace for delegates of the World Conference of Cypriot Diaspora, where he praised the diaspora as “tireless ambassadors ...
Residents in parts of Lakatamia, including the Lakatamia, Tseri, and Anthoupoli districts, as well as the community of Ergates, are experiencing water supply disruptions.
The interruption is caused by a ...
If you are a loukoumi fan, there is one place on the island you should head to for an authentic Cypriot taste and that is Geroskipou. With a long history ...
A protest march will be held in Nicosia on Saturday September 13 to raise awareness about the situation in Gaza. The demonstration is organised by the Cyprus peace council and is ...
Police have launched investigations into the “sudden, unnatural death” of a 56-year-old Greek man who was found dead on the Daleela ferry operating from Athens’ Piraeus port to Limassol on ...