President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, will pay a joint visit to the Committee of Missing Persons on Friday in a rare joint event. It is seen as a
Wednesday’s scheduled Cyprus-Greece-Israel trilateral meeting in Nicosia has been postponed for later in the year after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needed surgery. Nonetheless, Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis is sticking to
Cyprus – the last EU state to do so – gains access on Tuesday to the files of some 90 million EU citizens through the Schengen Information System (SIS) to bolster crime
More needs to be done in dealing with the migrant crisis, with cooperation and coordination, President Nikos Christodoulides told an international conference in Rome. He said for the last six years, Cyprus
Around 118,000 people participate in the Neighbourhood Watch programme, the institution introduced in 2011 has effectively contributed to preventing crime and improved a sense of security, the Justice Ministry said. After the
A Ukrainian woman jailed for six months for a racially motivated assault against Russians was released after her sentence was shortened on appeal. The 55-year-old woman was arrested for assaulting participants gathered
Cyprus has made the least progress amongst its fellow EU members in closing the gender equality gap, according to a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF). WEF’s 17th edition of the
Cyprus Airways said its annual passenger traffic doubled in June to 59,110 travellers from 29,979 last year. Last month the Cypriot flag carrier operated 478 scheduled flights (June ’22: 280 flights) and
There was a rather subdued feeling about this year’s Black anniversary remembrance events, with a sense of fatigue after 49 years of hurt and division. Government officials made their usual attendance of
There is growing interest in mountain resorts, especially those in the Troodos area. For the flagship of mountain resorts, Pano Platres, there has been intense interest and market mobility for real estate
