#Cyprus

Despite joining the European Union in 2004, Cypriots still have few opportunities to actively participate in parliamentary processes compared with other European citizens. While the House of Representatives publishes agendas, draft ...

Five years after Cyprus announced plans to launch the European helpline 116016 to offer support to victims of gender violence, the number is still not in use. Financial and procedural barriers ...

A marathon meeting at the labour ministry over the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), as unions had declared they would strike if it was not reinstated, ended in deadlock, it ...

Demonstrators in Ayios Georgios, Peyia on Saturday morning protested ongoing violations of protected areas in Peyia and the Akamas region. Protesters carried placards with messages such as ‘Save Akamas’, ‘After ...

The design and build contract for the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road, signed in 2021 under the previous administration, was ended because the contractor chose not to continue, the transport ministry said on ...

A fire that broke out in the kitchen of a two-storey home in Strovolos led to the hospitalisation of two children, it was reported on Saturday. The fire service said ...

Three men injured in an explosion at a metal recycling plant in Aradippou on Friday morning have undergone surgery and are now out of immediate danger, police confirmed to the ...

The new accident and emergency (A&E) department at Larnaca general hospital is expected to open to patients between September 5 and 10, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Friday. He ...

Parents or guardians of students in primary education are obliged to immediately contact the school in the event of their child’s absence, to “avoid unpleasant situations”, the education ministry ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy for the Cyprus problem, Maria Angela Holguin arrive in Cyprus next Tuesday, September 2, to hold separate meetings with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot ...

The pharmaceutical services warn of three perfumes and two types of hair wax currently circulating on the Cypriot market, as they contain prohibited substances and do not comply with European ...

The right lane of the Nicosia – Limassol highway remains temporarily closed in the Parekklisia area due to a traffic accident that occurred at 8:30pm. According to police, traffic is currently ...

The electricity authority (EAC) will proceed with the broad installation of smart meters in various parts of the island from next week with electricity supply interruptions of up to 20 minutes ...

The university of Nicosia (UNIC) will start operating a branch in Athens with courses starting in the upcoming academic year 2025-2026. The Athens branch of UNIC will offer study programs ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday met his predecessor Mustafa Akinci in what is the pair’s first public meeting since a bitterly fought Turkish Cypriot leadership election in 2020. ...

Exactly 1,127 Syrian children aged between four and 18 years old have left Cyprus so far this year within the framework of Cyprus’ voluntary repatriation scheme, according to reports on Friday. The ...

The findings of the three House committees on agriculture, environment and interior will be published in a joint report highlighting political and institutional failures in the handling of recent wildfires, ...

The police officer who was working at the crossing point booth at which the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month crossed before being arrested, appeared ...

Cypriot Cup winners Aek Larnaca will play English FA Cup winners Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in this year’s Uefa Conference League’s league stage. The league phase’s ...

State health services organisation (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou on Friday expressed fury at the police, after deputy police chief Panicos Stavrou had written in a memorandum to parliament on Thursday ...

Former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, who pled guilty in April to three charges related to the circulation of forged documents and the knowledge that they were forged when doing so, ...

All relevant authorities have been informed about recent earthmoving works on a plot near the sea caves in Peyia, Paphos district, environment department director Theodoulos Mesimeris said on Friday. He ...

Major wildfires are “the new reality”, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Friday. In her address to the day’s joint session of the House agriculture, environment, and interior committees ...

Three men aged 52, 42 and 39 were seriously injured in an explosion at a metal recycling plant in Aradippou on Friday morning, though doctors at Larnaca general hospital say their condition is ...