#Cyprus

There is a “terrifying increase” in drug use in Cyprus, bringing about impoverishment of the public, the Supreme Court said on Friday rejecting two appeals for leniency in prison sentencing ...

Association of Real Estate Agents and Entrepreneurs of Cyprus (Skek) president Andreas Kaouris on Thursday said that despite the challenges, combined with the decline in global real estate prices, Cyprus’ ...

Thousands of low-income pensioners struggling to make ends meet over the Christmas period will from January 1, 2023 be able to apply for a new support scheme, said the Union of Cypriot ...

From early September to mid-November, 16 activists from Europe participated in the autumn campaign of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs), the NGO said in a press release on Thursday. According ...

Cyprus and India on Thursday signed a letter of intent for a ‘migration and mobility partnership’, initiating the process for an eventual agreement on migration between the two nations. The ...

The health ministry on Thursday said it would establish a special scientific committee to study and evaluate the presence of long Covid in Cyprus. The aim of this committee is ...

The ‘Taksim’ stadium inside the Green Line in Nicosia and used by the Cetinkaya football team but under the control of the United Nations, will reopen next month, it was ...

India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday reaffirmed his solidarity and support for a solution to the Cyprus issue based on the relevant UN resolutions. His statements were relayed ...

The health minister will convene an extraordinary Covid advisory committee on Monday as nations impose restrictions on travellers from China amid its surge of the virus. China, undergoing up to ...

Officials denied that Cyprus is facing a shortage in key medicines such as antibiotics, amid reports of pharmacies running low. Elena Panayiotopoulou, deputy director of the pharmaceutical services, said on ...

The House on Wednesday accepted four out of seven referrals made by President Nicos Anastasiades on laws related to the environment, family law, refugee property management and education. The president ...

Twenty-two-year-old Cypriot Eleni Charitonos is one step closer to realising her dream of becoming an astronaut now she has had her January internship at Nasa approved. Charitonos, who holds Cypriot ...

Over 10,500 new voters registered on electoral rolls for the 2023 presidential elections between October 3 and the December 27 deadline, chief returning officer Costas Constantinou said on Wednesday. In a written statement, Constantinou ...

The Supreme Court has agreed to an appeal reducing the prison sentence of a man who killed his father in Lefkara from 16 years in jail to 12. The decision, published on ...

The transport ministry on Wednesday unveiled the second phase of the electric vehicle scheme, with a €10 million budget aimed at offering 2,518 grants. Applications will be possible starting January 9, 2023 from 11am ...

‘Mayoral’ elections in the north were overwhelmingly won by opposition parties, indicating Ankara’s losing touch with what Turkish Cypriots want in their daily lives, analysts said on Tuesday. The ...

Three-quarters of Cypriots are unsatisfied with the justice system, while many retain reservations about the impartiality of judges, a new survey has shown. Conducted from December 9 to 14 by IMR and ...

Turkish Cypriot publisher and writer Sener Levent, editor-in-chief of newspaper Avrupa, has filed a lawsuit against Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for alleged violation of his ...

Tuesday was the last day for people to register on voter rolls for the 2023 presidential elections, although by midday only a fraction of those eligible had done so. Speaking on ...

The “indifference” shown by the public about taking part in elections for the new Archbishop are a matter for concern, the new prelate said on Tuesday although he added that ...

The average rainfall from the beginning of December to 8am on Tuesday amounted to just 32 per cent of the normal precipitation for the month, the met service said in a ...

Candidates for the Presidency of the Republic continued their campaign activities during the last three days mainly with statements on various issues. At the same time, the Interior Ministry recalled ...

By Olympia Stylianou Cyprus has joined the European Union as a unitary state with the application of the acquis communautaire suspended in its occupied part. Accession has brought us many ...

Tuesday, December 27, is the last day to register on the electoral roll for the upcoming presidential elections and to opt to vote at a polling station abroad. The Ministry of ...