#Cyprus

In the latest twist to the ongoing halloumi saga, the House agriculture committee on Tuesday decided to invite Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis to their next meeting to shed light on ...

Staff at Hellenic Bank on Tuesday announced they will go on a 24-hour warning strike next week, warning the measures will be intensified if the bank’s management fails to “...

The European Commission is “concerned” about the recent decision taken by Turkish Cypriot authorities to open another stretch of beach in Varosha, its spokesman Stefan de Kersmacher said on Tuesday. ...

Exploratory drilling for natural gas off Cyprus now underway by Eni-Total should take 60 days, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Tuesday as EU Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen told ...

The goal for Cyprus is to see over two million foreign visitors until the end of the year, Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Tuesday. Speaking after the ...

Unficyp on Monday condemned an attack by unidentified people against a UN patrol vehicle on Saturday evening. The incident took place at around 10pm inside the buffer zone, approximately three ...

There are no problems in the supply chain and no shortage in supermarket stocks are expected as a result of the war in Ukraine, executive secretary of the Pancyprian Supermarkets ...

Members of the scientific team are expected in the next few days to submit recommendation regarding the use of face masks indoors and whether the measure against Covid-19 should be ...

In the framework of the European Artion Programme, members of Paphos Civil Defence on Sunday successfully carried out a search-and-rescue exercise for missing persons in the Mandria community of Paphos. ...

Monday marks the start of Forest Protection Week, which will feature a series of event aimed at raising public awareness regarding the protection of forests, the forestry department said on ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Monday stressed the importance of implementing all relevant UN resolutions to reverse Turkey’s actions and provocations in Varosha. His comments came after a meeting ...

A 32-year-old man committed indecent acts in Limassol in the early hours of Monday, as a result of which the police were forced to handcuff him. According to lemesosblog, shortly ...

Deadly ground nets should be removed immediately and a zero-tolerance approach taken towards their use in Cyprus, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) said on Monday. Farmers and landowners use ...

One young Cypriot travelled into the depths of Africa’s Limpopo, and there discovered what the West has lost It took Tonia Constantinou two full days to return home from ...

Unficyp will raise the decision taken by Turkish Cypriot authorities to open another stretch of beach in Varosha with the Security Council, spokesperson for the peacekeeping force Aleem Siddique said ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Friday a man on remand for allegedly taking payment to secure boys did not have to do the army was not employed at the ...

Cheese makers on Friday again clashed with the government, saying the agriculture minister is “adding fuel to the fire” by saying goat and sheep farmers should have protested against them ...

A doctor was on Friday found guilty by Larnaca District Court of failing to properly examine the head X-ray of 10-year-old Stavros Giorgallis, who later died from the injury. At ...

The multinational military exercise Argonaut 2022 drew to a close on Friday, helping prepare the island for any crisis situations, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said. The exercise, held after a two ...

Six deaths from Covid and 2,103 new cases were seen in the week up to May 19, the ministry of health announced on Friday. The deaths bring to 1,057 the number of people ...

Cypriot wineries have joined forces to launch the Cyprus Wine Consortium to better promote their products in a group rather than individually. The consortium includes 16 local wineries brought together by ...

Ongoing conservation efforts in Cyprus and the rest of Europe will be marked on Friday as part of the Special Protection Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Spami) initiative celebrating May 20 as ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis made particular reference to the Cyprus issue in an “historic” address to US Congress on Tuesday, which was met positively by President Nicos Anastasiades. Mitsotakis ...

Milk prices in Cyprus today are lower than they were last year despite EU-wide price hikes, which is creating issues for milk producers, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday. ...