#Cyprus

US Senator Robert Menendez proposed sanctions be imposed against Turkey if the country proceeds with further developments in the fenced-off area in Famagusta. The carrot and stick motivational approach could ...

The met service said storms are expected on Sunday, less than a week before the end of August. Isolated showers or thunderstorms will affect mainly the mountains and eastern half ...

A double cab pickup truck overturned in a roundabout in Limassol on Saturday afternoon. The driver was rushed to the district’s public hospital. It is understood that he suffered ...

The recent meteor and planet sightings are among the topics that will be discussed in the coming free science café meeting on Tuesday. The event, held at the Kition planetarium ...

The Cypriot firefighting mission in Greece has been moved to a different area after battling fires in Parnitha until late at night on Friday. The 31-member team is now operating ...

Ayia Napa Mayor Christos Zanettou said he hoped the refugee stamp would soon be replaced with a peace stamp, during the inauguration of an exhibition at the centre of Sefer ...

The aim is the resumption of the UN-led peace talks for the solution of the Cyprus issue, the Greek Cypriot side reiterates, ahead of the visit to Cyprus of the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides presented the government’s future objectives and major reforms during a long meeting with the ministers at the Troodos presidential residence. The entire cabinet, as well as ...

Arsonists targeted a Limassol mosque early on Saturday, only hours after Muslims had gathered there to pray. Police said an unknown person approached the Jedit Mosque located in the old ...

The interior and labour ministries are joining forces to combat illegal employment of third-country nationals and reduce irregular migration this month. Officials have identified 83 cases of illegal employment of third-country ...

Parties discussed aspects of the Cyprus problem with diasporic populations during the last day of the annual diaspora conference in Nicosia. Representatives from the main political parties received questions by ...

The number of new asylum applications in Cyprus in May was down 61 per cent compared to the same months last year, according to the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat. ...

Three political parties have released statements calling on the government to reinstate the fuel subsidy that was scrapped on July 1, causing an 8.3 cent per litre price rise for consumers. Disy ...

September will see a range of changes in the national health care system (Gesy) with the health insurance organisation (HIO) ready to implement several decisions drawn up in recent months, ...

Two cases of deaths of national guard soldiers in the line of duty have been referred to the courts. The cases involve the deaths of Captain Xanthos Kyriacou, who was ...

The number of migrants recorded as living in the Ayios Nikolaos complex in Chlorakas has reached 246, Paphos CID head Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday. “The majority of the inhabitants are ...

New laws are being touted with the aim of cracking down on illegal gyms and unqualified gym staff. The laws, which have been suggested by the Cyprus Sports Association (KOA), ...

A feud – with signs of a turf war – has been brewing between the bureaucracy at the health ministry and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) over who should handle air ambulances ...

Four trade unions representing workers in the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Thursday pilloried plans for the EuroAsia interconnector, warning that Cypriot taxpayers may end up getting saddled with ...

A total of 246 people visited Nicosia’s accident and emergency department in the space of just 24 hours on August 13, a sharp increase on usual figures, it emerged on Thursday. According ...

The association of Cyprus tourist enterprises (Stek) that represents four and five-star hotels on Thursday bemoaned the state of the island’s road signs either because of graffiti or because ...

Cyprus’ energy sector is crucial for the country’s competitive edge and must adapt to renewable energy demands if it is overcome the major challenges it currently faces, Energy Minister ...

A district officer is being investigated after she allegedly asked a woman why she was bothering to renew her elderly parents’ IDs as they were bedridden, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou ...

The government’s position against any changes to the status quo is steadfast, according to its spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis. “We are not even going to discuss any planning that calls ...