#Cyprus

Two petitions filed regarding the temporarily halted road works in the Akamas region are to be discussed at the European parliament on Wednesday. The matters are to be discussed at ...

Substantial suggestions had been made on German help towards restarting talks on the Cyprus issue, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. The president was speaking on the final day of ...

A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday after having been found guilty of sexually abusing a child. The ruling was handed down at the Larnaca Criminal ...

A delegation of British MPs has arrived in Cyprus as part of a two-day official visit to the island. The delegation belongs to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cyprus, and ...

An investigation has been launched by the education ministry on Tuesday into a homophobic video, shown to students at a local gymnasium. Speaking on CyBC’s morning radio, Commissioner for ...

Greece will exhaust every possibility, so that there can be positive developments in the Cyprus issue, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Monday, following a meeting he had with ...

Blood donation stations will operate nationwide until 8pm this week due to serious incidents that have caused significant reductions in supplies, the Blood Centre in Nicosia has announced. “We experienced ...

The price of water is expected to rise as part of the state’s obligation under the EU to introduce green tax reforms, it emerged on Monday. The aim is ...

Marios Pelekanos on Monday resigned as vice chairman of Disy, two days after failing to be selected as a candidate for the party for June’s European Parliament elections. However, ...

High levels of dust will remain in the air until Wednesday, head of air quality and strategic planning Chrysanthos Savvides said on Monday. Dust levels recorded at noon reached 126.9 µg/...

Three left-wing activists who allegedly conspired to vandalise posters in the north expressing love for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared in court on Monday. The posters, which read ‘Love ...

Honouring more than 100 years of radio, the Cyprus radio and television authority to celebrate Unesco’s World Radio Day on Tuesday. The international theme of this year’s celebration is ...

Cyprus has been implored to “urgently” set up an emergency mobile alert system in the European Emergency Number Association’s latest annual report. Location-based emergency alert systems, typically delivered via ...

It could take years for new criteria to take effect… if it does at all Alexandra is 30 years old and lives in Limassol. Her partner Philip (she calls him Philippos) ...

The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin will be in Cyprus in mid-March, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after a church ceremony, Christodoulides said ...

Think outside of the romantic meal for two box suggests ELENI PHILIPPOU as a range of events are on through the week With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, ...

As a war of words continued to rage over upcoming local government reform with ministers past and present charging political parties of distorting the law so much that the upcoming ...

Demonstrators marched to the British High Commission on Saturday to protest against the UK’s bases in Cyprus. The Communist Initiative of Cyprus charged the British Bases have become a ...

Lab workers at Nicosia general hospital will stage a 24-hour strike this Thursday, citing an unsafe work environment due to toxic fumes. Peo, Sek and Pasydy unions said on Saturday “...

One restaurant in Nicosia and another in Limassol were set on fire in the past 24 hours and sustained extensive damage, the fire service said on Saturday. Fire services spokesman Andreas ...

The new opportunities that have been created for the Cyprus issue following the assumption of duties by the UNSG’s personal envoy María Ángela Holguín were outlined late ...

A 36-year-old man from Strovolos died in a labour accident at an oil mill at Limassol’s Anogyra village on Friday afternoon, police said on Saturday. Petros Papadopoulos was repairing ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Friday the north has “no expectations” from United Nations Envoy in Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin. He was speaking to journalists in ...

Local government reform has been grossly distorted by parliamentary amendments and is now rife with failures that will come with hefty costs across different municipalities, Interior Minister Constantinou Ioannou said. ...