#Cyprus

If Easter seems the wrong time to mention that lab-grown meat may one day replace our souvla-piled plates on Cyprus’ great meat-eating day, we have to prepare ourselves for the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday said opposition movements in the north are “betraying the TRNC”. He told Turkish newspaper Sabah of how opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman “...

A 22-year-old man was fatally injured late on Saturday afternoon as he was helping construct an Easter bonfire (lambradjia) in Strovolos, Nicosia. A large pole fell from the lambradjia stack, ...

A female hiker lost her balance during a lunchtime walk on Good Saturday in the Foinikaria area of Limassol, falling down a difficult path and injuring herself seriously. As a ...

The interior ministry has no objections to legislative proposals put forward by MPs that provide for an increase in their number in addition to the introduction of horizontal voting. Interior ...

Following the tradition of Crete, the people of Yeri on Saturday smashed 51 clay jugs, representing 51 years of occupation in Cyprus. Organised by the Folkloric Association of Yeri, the jugs smashed ...

Banks in Cyprus should not treat ordinary people with the same level of strictness as they do large organisations and investors, governor the Central Bank (CBC) Christodoulos Patsalides said on ...

Police are investigating a case of sudden death after the body of man was found on the beach near Larnaca airport, where he had reportedly being swimming with his horse. ...

The tiny cave church of Ayioi Saranta (forty saints) cannot begin to compete with the loud jubilation we can expect to hear at midnight on Saturday as church bells across ...

Turkey is manipulating the international community on the Cyprus problem, presenting concessions and demanding reciprocation, and has lured the Greek Cypriot side into discussing trivialities, thus buying time to promote ...

The first week of nightly protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools drew to a close on ...

In the mountain village of Kathikas, the spirit of Good Friday was alive and well this year, as the community once again gathered to witness the re-enactment of Jesus Christ’...

Delivery scooters from platforms like Wolt and Foody are increasingly blocking pavements, crossings and ramps in Nicosia, a clear breach of Cyprus law that authorities have so far failed to ...

A fire that broke out on Thursday at 8pm at the Akamas municipality green point was no accident, mayor Marinos Lambrou said on Friday. The fire was put out by ...

Developments relating to the appointment of a new personal envoy to Cyprus by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are to be expected after Easter, according to reports on Friday. “The ...

The 32-year-old man arrested when police found 105.65kg of cannabis and 16.52kg of cocaine, was remanded on Friday for eight days to facilitate investigations. The suspect was taken before the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar maintained the slender lead he holds over challenger and opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman in polling for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos and the town’s bishop Tychikos are at loggerheads over the organisation of an event next month to mark May 19, the day observed by Pontic Greeks ...

Fires were lit outside the north’s ‘parliament’ for a fourth day in a row on Thursday in protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of ...

A prison warden, a prison inmate and the inmate’s wife will stand trial for corruption, bribery and racketeering, following a decision handed down by Nicosia district court on Thursday. ...

Cyprus’ roads have claimed 11 lives since January, with four fatal crashes in just 48 hours ahead of Easter. The latest victims, including a young speeder, a pedestrian, and two working men, ...

Up until January of this year, no certification was required that a vehicle must not be subject to recall in order to have it registered, the panel investigating the Takata ...

Four companies and three individuals were fined a combined total of €20,250 over the death of a worker who fell 13 metres on a construction site following a Limassol district court ruling ...

A visit to three supermarkets and one butcher in Limassol left Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou confident that ample products are available for the Easter feast. Panayiotou said that dozens of ...