#Cyprus

Parking at the old Nicosia hospital ends on Monday, December 12 as construction of the new Cyprus Museum begins. “On Monday 12 December 2022 the department of public works will proceed to close ...

The island’s Justice Minister Stefi Drakou on Friday stressed the importance of granting Cyprus access to the Schengen Information Exchange System in 2023, in a bid to strengthen public security, ...

Civil society should be involved in the dialogue on the political future of the country, the moderator of a bi-communal group of Cypriots who formulated a detailed solution to the ...

The Cyprus Planetarium in Tamasos is expected to open its doors to the Cypriot public, school students and tourists in the middle of the new year. According to information released ...

Strengthening the operational capacity and deterrence capability of the National Guard is a “key priority”, said the Minister of Defence, Charalambos Petrides, on Friday. Speaking at the passing out ceremony ...

The Akamas Landowners Association on Friday said it expects the auditor-general to call them to hand over evidence it has in its possession of what it says is a “scandal” ...

The energy minister on Friday characterised measures by electricity authority (EAC) workers as “primarily political”, saying their measures were extortionate and would hurt ordinary citizens, who will be asked to ...

New schemes providing incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles are expected to be announced within the next two weeks, the transport ministry said. About 2,500 applications will be approved as ...

A lunar sample collected 50 years ago during the United States’ Apollo 17 mission in December 1972 and designated for Cyprus is now on the island, and will be on public display this ...

The House on Thursday gave the nod to the state budget for fiscal year 2023, in what was parliament’s final act of the year before going into mandatory recess ahead ...

By Elias Hazou and Sarah Ktisti The House on Thursday decided against cutting funding to activities or foundations commemorating Eoka leader Georgios Grivas, as supporters of the historical figure mounted ...

Cyprus has secured one more great success in the space sector, as a Cypriot team won the first international prize for Local Impact in the Nasa International Space Apps Challenge. ...

A number of roads in the capital Nicosia will be closed to traffic from 4pm on Saturday, December 10 and from 6am to 1pm on Sunday, December 11 in light of this ...

The health ministry on Thursday published information on Streptococcus type A infection in light of recent child deaths in the UK, but clarified that similar incidents have not yet been ...

A programme that collects used cooking oil from households to convert it into biodiesel re-launched on Thursday after five years of inactivity. The mobile unit of environmental education by Akti ...

Teams built amazing solutions for improving life in Cyprus and the AdTech industry A few months ago I saw board ads in downtown Limassol advertising an open hackathon by AdTech ...

Despite the challenges, there is “great potential” for a solution to the Cyprus problem, said the UN special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Wednesday. The head of the peacekeeping ...

Let’s talk about trash because the waste crisis is unfortunately thriving in Cyprus. With this in mind, City Friends Club is launching a new series of meetups dedicated to ...

Eligible students at Cyprus-based universities to get €500 living allowance amidst a price hike in rents and a shortage of student accommodations, cabinet decided on Wednesday. Students attending international universities will ...

The Council of Ministers approved a law amendment proposal by the transport ministry requiring that all car crashes be logged in the road transport department database in order to prevent ...

Deputies from the Green Party and Elam on Wednesday said they would not be voting in favour of the 2023 state budget as the second day of discussions unfolded. So far ...

Working at an environmental non-governmental organisation By Konstantinos Perikleous Terra Cypria – the Cyprus Conservation Foundation, is a non-governmental non-profit organisation (NGO), officially established in 1992 as a charitable trust. Its overall ...

Junior opposition party Dipa on Tuesday confirmed they would be voting for the 2023 state budget, making parliament’s passage of the bill all but a foregone conclusion. Speaking on the ...

TUS Airways has expanded its fleet and will begin offering more flights from Cyprus and the Middle East in 2023, the company announced on Tuesday. Starting March 26 next year, TUS will ...