40C plus to last until Thursday
Temperatures over 40 degrees C are expected to bake the island until Thursday, the director of the meteorological service Kleanthis Nicolaides said on Monday, as the office issued a yellow weather ...
‘Complete disarray’ after Geri fire (Update 5)
Air quality had reverted back to normal levels on Monday afternoon in Geri, after a recycling plant in the area burned to the ground.
Earlier in the day, the labour ...
‘Feverish preparations underway for start of school year’
Staff are feverishly preparing for the new school year, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said, explaining that the summer months are especially important to prepare for all the new changes ahead.
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Incompetence reigns in historic Kyrenia renovation works
Architects resign as harbour revamp months behind and contract not followed
A baffling combination of incompetence and lack of coordination and controls in the renovation and restoration project of the ...
Elderly man dies of heatstroke
A 90-year-old man died from heatstroke on Sunday, spokesman of the state health services organisation (Okypy) Pambos Charilaou said, adding that another two elderly people are being monitored for the ...
Just how risky is aspartame?
The WHO warning on the popular sweetener has released a media storm
The World Health Organisation’s catergorising of aspartame as a “possible carcinogen” has caused a storm of media ...
Demetriades says that CMP meeting potential step towards truth commission
President Nikos Christodoulides’ move calling for a joint meeting of the anthropological lab of the committee of missing persons (CMP) with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is a good, lawyer ...
Turkish Cypriot man who got his property back is a lesson for the Republic
The interior ministry has admitted it does not have a reliable database of the Turkish Cypriot properties they administrate
By Efi Xanthou
On July 13 the House of Representatives approved the ...
World girl guides conference to be held in Cyprus
A woman-led youth organisation aspiring ‘to help every girl thrive’ is hosting the biggest ever conference held in Cyprus by volunteers.
The Girl Guides Association of Cyprus (GGAC), which provides ...
Defence Minister in US to sign agreement for national guard cooperation agreement
Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas is in the United States, where he will sign an agreement for the integration of the National Guard of Cyprus into the State Partnership Programme (SPP), ...
Kombos heads to London and Brussels to discuss Cyprus and EU-Turkey relations
Foreign Affairs Minister Constantinos Kombos is traveling to London and Brussels for several engagements to discuss Cyprus and the Cyprus issue as well as EU-Turkey relations, an announcement from the ...
Where have the stars gone?
Even though I was a scientist, before retiring, this is far from scientific. Consider it more as the wandering mind of an old man who doesn’t know when to ...
Fire in Dierona under control, after overnight battle with flames (updated)
A forest fire in Dierona was put under control the forestry department said on Sunday morning, after battling with the blaze through the night.
An announcement from the forestry department ...
Our View: New ‘window of opportunity’ on horizon?
The Cyprus problem did not get a mention at the eagerly awaited meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, which set the agenda for the ‘...
Tax break scheme for foreign high earners a success
The tax break scheme for attracting foreign high earners and bringing in qualified professionals to sectors such as IT has been a success, said the permanent secretary at the finance ...
Eighteen Cypriot university athletes will attend 2021 Summer Universiade in China
By Lanting Liu
Eighteen Cypriot university athletes will take part in the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games in China from July 28 to 8 August.
They will participate in artistic gymnastics, swimming, ...
House speaker calls for sympathy and prudence on coup anniversary
Wounds and trauma are healed with sympathy, prudence, and consensus, practices that the country needs so much in an unstable and turbulent international geopolitical environment, in which democracy itself is ...
Health ministry issues heatwave health advisory
Cyprus’ soaring temperatures prompted the health ministry on Friday to advise the public to avoid frequent sun exposure.
The list of recommendations includes among others advice on what to eat, ...
France, ‘a valuable friend of Cyprus’, President Christodoulides says
President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday expressed the conviction that France would continue to be Cyprus’ solid partner to efforts to reunify the country, for the benefit of all Cypriots.
In ...
Audit Service key to fighting corruption, AG says
The audit service plays a key role in fighting corruption even though this is not under its responsibilities, Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides told university students interning at the parliament on ...
Australian MP to Cyprus opens discourse on human rights, migration and peace
Australian MP and Chair of the Australia/Cyprus Parliamentary Friendship Group, Maria Vamvakinou paid a visit to Cyprus last week, opening the discourse on human rights, migration and peace, the ...
Mother of Thanasis Nicolaou to file lawsuit against police and National Guard
Thanasis Nicolaou’s mother is set to file a private lawsuit against police officers, members of the national guard and the state pathologist who carried out the autopsy on her ...
Efforts underway to break Cyprob deadlock, Erdogan allegedly receptive (Updated)
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar rubbished reports that Turkey is set to return to the negotiating table to resume Cyprus problem talks on Friday.
Tatar said “it is impossible to ...
Church-municipality dispute reignites in Paphos as Bishop freezes municipal funds
An ongoing embroilment between church and municipality in Paphos flared up Friday after a two-year hiatus, with the municipality waking up to find its funds having been frozen by the ...