Cyprus

The organisation Visit Nicosia announced on Wednesday free guided walking tours, which will take place through September to December. The programme has attracted thousands of participants in the past and ...

The transport ministry announced on Wednesday new school bus fees for the start of the academic year. The monthly student fare is set at five euros with a subsidy of €17, ...

Limassol’s old port has become a centre of attraction for fans attending this summer’s FIBA EuroBasket, which is, in part, being hosted in the city. The old port ...

The government is “studying” the prospect of making a €25-million payment to Greece’s independent transmission system operator (Admie) to help finance the Great Sea Interconnector project, Finance Minister Makis ...

A total of 1,200 tonnes of aid which was sent from Cyprus to Gaza last week has been unloaded off the ship at the Israeli port of Ashdod, presidential press office ...

The government on Wednesday confirmed it has received the report from the United States bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives (ATF) concerning the recent wildfire in the Limassol mountain ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can assist journalists, but it cannot replace them, the press ethics committee clarified on Wednesday. Updated guidelines emphasise that human oversight is mandatory at every stage of ...

A list of the most active MPs was compiled and published on Wednesday, based on numbers of proposals submitted, and questions written to the ministries. The list referred to the ...

The prosecution in the military court case involving the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month asked for a site inspection of the Strovilia crossing point, ...

The findings of the investigative committee on defective Takata airbags will be reviewed and completed by September 10, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades confirmed on Wednesday. He said the committee, which includes ...

By the end of 2024, some 5,037 couples have registered in civil partnerships, 415 of which were same-sex couples, according to recent figures presented to the cabinet by Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou.   The ...

From 2023 to August 2024, a total of 48,212 residence permits were issued for employees of foreign companies and their family members, according to figures from the deputy ministry of migration presented to ...

Arranging dinner in summer is always a little game of back and forth. Somewhere air conditioned? Somewhere by the sea? In the end, the decision was obvious. We wanted the ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Wednesday threatened to scrap his tax reform plans in their entirety if parliament makes too many amendments to the current plans. Speaking after the day’...

The demographic issue is ‘killing’ both Greece and Cyprus and this problem is the largest they face, Greek deputy foreign minister Ioannis Loverdos said on Wednesday. “We need to change ...

The use of private drones during “firefighting operations” is banned, the civil aviation department said on Wednesday. It said that drones “have been reported flying dangerously close to manned aircraft ...

The foreign ministry condemned the Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser hospital, which killed 20 people including health workers and journalists, in a post on X on Wednesday. “Journalists, rescuers and ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday asked for notification to be given in advance of any procedural changes in how Cyprus’ crossing points operate after rumours of law changes ...

Families affected by the Limassol fire will be offered gift vouchers to buy school supplies, the Pancyprian Volunteerism Council (PVCC) said on Wednesday. Vouchers will be given out by the ...

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) received a donation of €15,000 from Portugal on August 25, it announced on Wednesday. This contribution brings Portugal’s financial assistance to the CMP to a ...

A second man was arrested on Tuesday as investigations continue into an attempted murder and arson of four cars in Pyla earlier this month, police said on Wednesday. A 27-year-old ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after a political banner held on Sunday in the stands where Apoel fans were seated, police said on Wednesday. The man, a Paphos ...

An injured man who fell from a two-story building in Aradippou on Tuesday was rescued by the fire brigade, it announced on Wednesday. At 1.02 on Tuesday afternoon, the fire brigade ...

Need an excuse for a village road trip? Flasou is organising the 5th Traditional Festival ‘Piso Sta Palia’ on September 20, with a jam-packed day of festivities, entertainment and rural Cypriot ...