#Cyprus

People living near the Dhekelia power station should be exempt from pollution fees on their electricity bills, MPs proposed on Tuesday. Residents of Ormideia and Xylofagou villages again gathered at ...

The anti-corruption authority has examined seven complaints against district court judges but found the evidence provided was insufficient to demonstrate corruption, media reports said on Tuesday. According to Politis, the ...

More than two dozen unaccompanied minors remain stranded at the Pournara reception centre despite all procedures for their transfer being completed, human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Tuesday. She ...

The “biggest professional wrestling event in Cyprus history” is to go ahead in May, wrestling company Pro Wrestling Cyprus announced on Tuesday. The event is set to take place on ...

An ancient bible dating back to 1795 AD was handed to the antiquities department by the customs department on Tuesday following a ruling by Nicosia district court. The book was seized ...

The finding of an unexploded mortar shell on the grounds of what will soon be Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s official residence in Ayios Dhometios caused the adjacent crossing ...

The government on Tuesday rubbished remarks by Disy MP Onoufrios Koullas, saying he was intentionally trying to mislead public opinion regarding multiple pensions awarded to officials, especially in relation to ...

Exactly 25,489 children have been treated at the children’s accident and emergency unit at the Nicosia general hospital since it opened two years ago, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on ...

A record low temperature of -3.7C was reported in Athalassa on Monday night, the lowest temperature recorded since the opening of the meteorological station in 1981 while Frenaros at -1.2...

Two municipalities in the Larnaca district on Tuesday demanded payouts for their position near Larnaca airport, due to the “impact” the airport has on the two areas. The municipalities, the ...

The former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides lashed out at the Christodoulides government accusing them of creating a financial and safety scandal over the controversial Paphos-Polis Chrysochous motorway. “Instead of admitting its ...

The mayor of Paphos on Monday pointed the finger straight at President Nikos Christodoulides, alleging that the latter personally intervened to deny the local municipality the right to lease a ...

The police were on Monday subjected to questions by the House human rights committee over the arrest of three people who were taking part in a protest organised in support ...

The National Betting Authority anticipates a 5.6 per cent increase in revenues for 2025, with the upward trend continuing for the next two years, MPs heard on Monday. The House finance committee ...

Several departing and arriving flights on February 27, 28 and March 1 will be affected by changed schedules in response to a strike in Greece. According to the airline, four Cyprus Airways flights ...

The grid’s capacity to meet Cyprus’ electricity demand on Monday evening will be “limited”, the transmission system operator (TSO) said, as Cyprus’ energy consumption spikes amid freezing temperatures. It ...

Metadata from photographs and videos taken on former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis’ mobile phone was the focus in Monday’s hearing of the court case regarding the three people facing ...

Ruling and opposition MPs alike criticised a government bill that aspired to regulate the issue of multiple pensions for officials, during a House finance committee meeting on Monday. Presenting the ...

Larnaca airport authorities were on red alert for three hours on Monday after a flight from Moldova landed and was sent to a special area for investigation, following information that ...

The old GSP stadium redevelopment project in the heart of Nicosia is starting to feel like an urban myth. It was reported on Monday that the project, launched under the “...

Three schools were closed on Monday due to freezing temperatures. Education ministry spokesman Yiannis Economides told the Cyprus Mail that Pano Platres nursery school and the high schools of Lemythou ...

Farmers in Larnaca and Famagusta are struggling to protect their crops from the frost of the past few days, watering them overnight, in a last-ditch effort to save potatoes, vegetables, ...

By Michele Kambas Organic farmers in Cyprus have recruited hundreds of retired hens to fertilize olive groves in a pilot project they say boosts yields, counters disease and helps to ...

Ten thousand people have voluntarily donated DNA samples and medical history to the University of Cyprus center of biobanking and biomedical research, it said on Monday. The DNA samples are ...