Cyprus Airways has been a mainstay of the Cypriot aviation sector, and its long history and legacy has now been celebrated in a brand new exhibition. The exhibition was inaugurated in Nicosia on January 9 – the date of the company’s shutdown in 2015. It continued to operate till January 13, whereupon gave visitors […]
Larnaca-based KENTHEA (Centre for Education about Drugs and Treatment of Drug Addictions) has revealed that no less than 150,000 Cypriots over the age of twelve are clinically suffering from substance addiction. Said substance ranges from alcohol and nicotine to psychotropic drugs & illegal substances. KENTHEA also found that this number is significantly higher than […]
A total of six road deaths have been recorded in all of twenty-four days. The latest of these casualties is a 24-year-old man, Kyriakos Oxynos, a recent university graduate, who was killed when his car collided first with an island, and thereafter a tree nearby. The loss of Oxynos, who was a champion footballer […]
The Meteorological department issued a warning, stating that the air all over Cyprus will have high dust concentrations. They further advised people to spend as less time as possible in open areas. According to the Department of Labour, the dust levels per square meter at noon are as high as 85.4 μg, 133.8 μg, […]
The Mediterranean Island nation of Cyprus has not held back in expressing its grief over the synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel. Cyprus’s foreign minister expressed his horror over a tweet, mourning and loss of lives and echoing the sentiments of thousands of Cypriots. In what is being considered the worst attack right at the onset […]
Cyprus Police has arrested two men who were trying to kidnap another adult male. In a statement to the press, the police stated that the two men, aged 27 and 26 were in the process of kidnapping a 30-year-old man. According to the victim, the 26-year-old man approached him, asking for his help with […]
The island nation of Cyprus was hit by a major earthquake. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported that the earthquake, recorded 5.9 on the Richter scale, actually originated near the city Rhodes in Greece. The organization further reported that tremors of the quake were felt within a 500 km radius as far as Turkey, […]
A country-wide three-hour strike is set to take place in the afternoon over the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) issue. The strike will involve gathering and protest marches in all major cities of the island nation, in support of indexing wages according to inflation rates automatically. The labor movement will include workers from the […]
The Cyprus Police have finally found a man guilty of murdering his girlfriend by pushing her off a cliff. The man, aged 30, was presented before a Mixed Jury Court in Syros, which collectively judged the man as guilty of committing premeditated murders. According to the case history, the man and his girlfriend, then […]
A high-end car was destroyed in a fire in Pegeia. The car in question belonged to a Cypriot citizen, aged 31, living in an apartment complex in the same area. It was parked right outside the apartment where the owner resides. According to initial investigations by the fire department, the disaster seems to be […]
Another suspect has been arrested in the attempted murder case in Oroklini. The Police has arrested a man, 34 in Famagusta, and are currently searching further connected with said suspect. They have also issued an arrest warrant for another man, 35, who was initially reported missing. Prior to this, another man, 31, was put […]
A secondary school in Limassol was attacked and vandalized. The attackers – a group of youths, threw firecrackers, Molotov cocktails, and smoke bombs. They also attacked a parked car nearby with the same weapons, which caught fire but was extinguished by a civilian before it could spread. The Police arrived on the scene not […]
The Cyprus Met office has announced that isolated rainfall, along with a considerable drop in temperature levels are to be expected. They further said that the week would begin with sunny skies, with temperatures of 13 and 21 degrees Celsius in the mountains and inland respectively. The week, however, will likely soon descend into […]
The number of tourists arriving in the country has increased by a significant percentage. According to reports from the CNA, the total number of tourist arrivals in 2022 surpassed 3 million as of November 2022, which is much more than the numbers from the year prior. This, despite the war in Ukraine and the […]
The latest incident has the police looking for two youths first led the police on a car chase, then crashed the car and proceeded to flee the scene of the crime. According to Michalis Nikolaou, the chief of Paphos police, the incident happened just after dispatch received the report of the youths breaking traffic […]
The Holy Synod of Cyprus has announced that the island nation’s new archbishop shall be announced soon. The announcement comes after the potential list of successors to Chrysostomos II were narrowed down to a total of three candidates. The three candidates in question are Limassol Bishop Athanasios, Paphos Bishop Georgios, and Tamassou Bishop Isaias, […]
Cypriot bank RCB’s license has been suspended by the European Central Bank (ECB), months after the latter imposed restrictions upon the former. The restrictions came right after RCB partnered up with Hellenic Bank to sell a performing loan portfolio worth over €556 million. While the ECB allowed the deal to operate, other parts of […]
Over half a million Cypriot citizens will be voting to elect their new president, who will be succeeding Nicos Anastasiades. The information, which has been published in a decree, issued by the island nation’s Chief Election Office mentions the 12th of February as the date of the election, and the 5th of January, 2023 […]
A police chase in Nicosia on the Nicosia highway has resulted in a traffic mishap. The chain of events started when the Police spotted a speeding motorbike within minutes of receiving complaints about someone creating a nuisance around the Athalassa Avenue area. The police first signaled a stop sign to the driver, who proceeded […]
In what is being considered a great move towards preserving the environment, The Forestry Department of Cyprus organized ‘Tree Week’ – to spread awareness and better practice of conservation. The week-long event kicked off with a distribution of free saplings to the local residents. Costas Kades, the Agricultural minister of Cyprus, who was at […]
