#Cyprus

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake felt near Paphos on Tuesday night was preceded by weaker tremors of a 2.7 magnitude, the Cyprus Seismological Centre confirmed on Wednesday. The quake was also felt in ...

The Cyprus Post announced on Wednesday that all postal services to China will be temporarily suspended, except the Quickpost courier service, due to the health measures that have been taken ...

The first joint operation between Cyprus and Germany to return illegal Pakistani residents home was carried out successfully on Tuesday, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The operation was carried ...

We continue to work with the parties trying to find a resolution of the situation in Cyprus, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq said on Tuesday. During the ...

In today’s episode, although no cases have so far been reported in Cyprus of the children’s hepatitis, which has required some to have liver transplants, a local expert ...

A seven-year-old boy injured in a traffic accident has died from his wounds, police said on Wednesday. Limassol resident Sergos Arzoumanides was being treated at the Nicosia general hospital. He ...

The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations Andreas Hadjichrysanthou has sent a letter to the Secretary-General denouncing Turkish violations of the national airspace and sea of Cyprus. Hadjichrysanthou ...

One in four pupils in Cyprus have experienced bullying, with girls at a higher risk than boys, according to the findings of ongoing research of the University of Cyprus. During ...

It was no coincidence that Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov brought up the threat of nuclear war just before representatives of 40 countries were scheduled to attend US-organised talks in ...

Children of Nicosia prison inmates participated for the first time this year in the Easter activities at the prisons in a family event held on Tuesday. In the presence of ...

Fifty eight per cent of dangerous non-food products found in Cyprus in 2021 were toys, the European Commission’s rapid alert system for dangerous items has shown. Another 16 per cent of ...

Outgoing Cyprus chief negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis confirmed on Tuesday his interest in running for the 2023 presidential elections, but remained cagey on details. Mavroyiannis tendered his resignation earlier this month; he ...

Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent has been sentenced to one year in jail for offending Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a cartoon printed in 2017, it emerged on Tuesday. The ...

It’s almost incomprehensible that every year the police and fire service spend all of Easter Saturday night literally putting out fires rather than being able to stay home with ...

A total of 41 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Tuesday for eligible groups, the health ministry announced. In addition to any medical certificates exempting them ...

People over 60 and other vulnerable groups will be able to get their second Covid booster shot from Tuesday, the health ministry said on Monday. Fourth jabs will be available for ...

At the end of the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021 government debt to GDP ratio in Cyprus was 5.4 percentage points lower compared to Q3 of 2021, and 11.4 percentage points lower than at ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu on Monday announced the new ‘cabinet’, the nominees having got the nod from the north’s ‘president’ Ersin Tatar. The announcement came shortly after ...

The government wants to exchange expertise with Estonia to benefit from its expertise in the implementation of digital transition projects, deputy ministry for innovation and digital policy Kyriacos Kokkinos said ...

Main opposition Akel will decide in June which candidate it will field or back for the 2023 presidential elections, the party’s leader said on Monday. Speaking at an Easter-related function, ...

Cypriots are getting better at managing household waste, particularly when it comes to recycling, but there is room for improvement, waste management company Green Dot said on Monday. The NGO, ...

A Greek Cypriot barrister has broken the glass ceiling by becoming the first professional discipline barrister in the UK to achieve silk status. Marios Lambis, the son of Cypriot immigrants ...

The international youth event Youth 4 HEALTH took place in the village of Agros shortly before Easter. Organised by the group Youth Dynamics, the event was attended by 68 young people from ...

An explosive device went off outside a Paphos bank branch causing extensive damages, local police said on Monday. Spokesman Kyriacos Nicolaou said that the incident took place outside a bank ...