#Cyprus

A marble statue of Apollo’s twin sister Artemis dating to the fourth century AD was found during the 2024 final excavation season of the Kourion Urban Space Project, it was ...

The online services of Wizz Air are now available to the public, the company announced in a press release following Friday’s global tech outage caused by an external provider. ...

President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday expressed her solidarity to Cyprus as it marked 50 years of occupation. “Cypriots deserve to live in a reunited country ...

Collaborative firefighting efforts between Cyprus and British forces were praised Friday in a news release from the British bases. The statement included comments from Minister for Agriculture Maria Panayiotou and ...

The final fight over whether Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides is fit to continue in his post was battled out at the Supreme Constitutional Court on Friday, with the Attorney General’...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Friday announced the creation of a National Food Safety Authority as a means to protect public health. “The creation of a single National Food Safety ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) voiced its concern on Friday over the agreement reached between the finance ministry and public sector unions for a general wage increase ...

Greek opposition political party Syriza leader Stefanos Kasselakis on Friday promised “initiatives in the European parliament” with regard to the Cyprus problem. Speaking after a meeting with Cypriot president Nikos ...

Nicosia district court on Friday rejected former Volunteer Commissioner Yiannakis Yiannakis’ request to suspend his trial. Yiannakis’ defence argued that his right to a fair trial and presumption of innocence ...

There are “no plastics worse than others” when it comes to cleaning beaches, especially after parties or weddings when – in the name of creating a celebratory atmosphere – poppers propel thousands ...

The government on Thursday signed an agreement granting all workers in the central government and the broader public sector a 1.5 per cent rise on their base salary – the first such ...

The independent investigation into the circumstances behind the murder of Thanasis Nicolaou will plough ahead despite the certiorari (a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a case ...

The government has announced seven new agricultural priorities to be delivered by 2027 under the European Union’s common agricultural policy. The priorities were unveiled by Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on ...

Fidias Panayiotou was one of four Cypriot members of the European parliament who voted against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen when her nomination was ratified by the European ...

Disgraced United States Senator Bob Menendez is to be stripped of his honorary citizenship of Paphos, the town’s mayor Phedon Phedonos said on Wednesday. “We’re going to strip ...

Hundreds of ‘trapped buyers’ of property may never receive title deeds, as their purchases are tied to developers’ mortgages on buildings ridden with irregularities. Interior ministry permanent secretary Elikkos Elia, ...

Turkey and Greece’s defence ministries have exchanged barbs over recent statements made by Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias on the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. During a trip to ...

Cabinet discussed on Wednesday the implementation and expansion of the mountain community development strategy aiming to halt urban migration. President Nikos Christodoulides described the strategy as “the most important issue” ...

Police reports over the Metamax pyramid scheme are pouring in on a daily basis with more than100 citizens claiming they have been scammed out of their money. So far, €200,000 have ...

The 50-year-old man held for killing his brother-in-law in Peyia is going straight to trial for manslaughter after he admitted to the crime. Paphos deputy operations chief Michalis Nicolaou on ...

A Dhekelia British bases court case for the murder of Charalambos Constantinides has been adjourned to give the defendant’s new lawyer time to study the case files. Court procedures ...

The health ministry and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) have prepared a plan to incentivise gynaecologists and obstetricians to perform natural births instead of caesareans (C-sections), it emerged on Wednesday. ...

By Costa Constanti The Cypriot sea temperature has just broken the 30°C barrier – and it’s only mid-July! Most years the sea temperature rises to 27-28°C by mid-August and ...

Track and field athletes Milan Trajkovic and Elena Koulichenko will serve as Cyprus’ flag bearers during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, it was announced on Tuesday. Cyprus’ Olympic ...