#Cyprus

Stark gender-related differences continue to be reported in regard to wages, access to the labour market, public life, poverty and health, the statistical service (Cystat) said on Monday. According to ...

Ongoing problems concerning the issuance of digital fan cards for sports followers are set to be discussed at a meeting between the research ministry, the police, the card’s managing ...

Yet another proposal got thrown into the mix on Monday to sort out the matter of multiple pensions paid to certain state officials, but the initial feedback from government was ...

Seven days before the final race in the infamously gruelling Mountain of Hell bike race in Les Deux Alpes, France, Cypriot mountain biker George Kouzis was immobilised by an injured ...

Teachers’ unions Oelmek, Oeltek and Poed on Monday called for an immediate meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides over the implementation of an agreement for permanent teaching positions. The three unions ...

Only 11 of 19 lifeguard towers in Larnaca have any lifeguards, district supervisor of Larnaca lifeguards Savvas Ioannou, said on Monday. Ioannou said this was not due to lack of trying; the ...

Cyprus’ rotating EU presidency in the first half of 2026 offers a “unique opportunity” for the country to promote itself “as a trustworthy partner, with added value in a region of ...

The court case against former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki has been postponed till July 10, due to prosecution impediments. The case was set to continue on Monday morning, however new dates ...

Commando squadron officer Marinos Ioannou was handed an 18-month prison sentence on Monday without suspension, for the death of 27-year-old soldier Panayiotis Yiannios, who was critically injured during a helicopter ...

The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin is due to visit London and Brussels to continue diplomatic groundwork ahead of the expanded conference on the Cyprus ...

The foreign ministry on Saturday announced that France had completed its evacuation plans that took place as part of the Estia programme this week. According to the ministry, a total ...

A new pedestrian bridge built over the Karkotis river was inaugurated on Saturday by Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades in the village of Kaliana. “Until now, residents have been crossing the ...

A high-speed race unfolded on Saturday morning when a 14-year-old was spotted driving a car in Nicosia, and sped off from police trying to stop him in a highway chase ...

Israel’s ambassador to Cyprus Oren Anolik on Saturday claimed a campaign is underway to discredit his remarks which were a reaction to comments earlier in the week by a ...

Six people were arrested and remanded in custody on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into serious criminal offences, including corruption, illegal possession of property, and money laundering, police ...

A 31-year-old man was robbed while walking along Tasos Mitsopoulos Avenue near the Medieval Castle in Larnaca in the early hours of Saturday. According to police, two unidentified individuals approached ...

On Saturday, the weather will be mostly clear, with some localized low cloud likely forming along parts of the coastline. Temperatures will reach extremely high levels, climbing to 41 degrees Celsius ...

“I need to be released from here,” was the last message received by the Cyprus Mail from Katina Baird, the Larnaca restaurateur (owner of Katina’s Tasty Food Caribbean restaurant) ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Friday made public his objections to the government’s planned reforms to the legal service. Attending a roundtable discussion at the University of Cyprus on the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos hopes that over the next few days there will be announcements for humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza through Cyprus’ Amalthea plan and that 1,200 tonnes ...

Forthcoming environmental taxation, commonly known as ‘green taxes’, are “very difficult to cancel” in their entirety despite efforts in Europe to water them down, according to reports on Friday. The ...

The north’s supreme administrative court on Friday ruled to cancel the tender which had been put out for the construction of a new marina worth €300 million in the Kyrenia ...

Two thousand euros were stolen from the bank account of a 56-year-old man in Paphos in a text message scam on Thursday. Upon receiving a misleading text message, the man ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday has ratified two landmark agreements with Greece enhancing cross-border cooperation for kidney and lung transplants. The agreement allows for organ transplant exchanges between incompatible ...