Cyprus’ ruling right-wing party on Wednesday said its supporters should vote at will in a runoff presidential election on February 12 between a former member of its party, ahead in polls, and a leftist-backed independent following close behind.
The decision …
We are issuing a renewed appeal to the public for information about the whereabouts of a man who’s been missing for more than two weeks.
Officers are continuing to investigate the disappearance of 32-year-old Nathan Cole, who was last seen …
Police on Monday said a 21-year-old Syrian man who was shot in the head in an apparent drive by in Nicosia on Sunday afternoon is dead.
The incident took place on Grivas Digheni Avenue in Nicosia near the Ayios Antonios …
Turkish soldiers fired at three Greek Cypriots in the buffer zone area of Potamia injuring one of them on the shoulder but Sunday afternoon’s incident could be fatal, Philenews reports.
The Turkish army opened fire on a vehicle carrying the …
Independent candidate and former Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides is the winner of the first round of the presidential elections that took place on Sunday in Cyprus receiving 32.04% of votes (127,305 votes). Christodoulides is backed mainly by center parties DIKO, …
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale was recorded in the early hours in Central Turkey and was felt in Cyprus.
According to the Department of Geological Survey of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development …
Britain faces its largest ever strike by health workers on Monday as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute with the government, spelling further disruption for an already strained health system.
Nurses …
An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter scale occurred at 08:06 on Sunday and was felt slightly, particularly in Famagusta and Larnaca district.
According to a statement from the Geological Survey Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development …
Cyprus’ blood banks are battling supply shortages, according to the head of the blood bank laboratory.
Androulla Panagiotou told CNA that blood supplies are running low and appealed to the public to donate blood at donation stations throughout the island …
The UK Government continues to support a settlement to the long-standing Cyprus issue that is based on the model of a bizonal, bicommunal federation, a Downing Street spokeswoman has reiterated.
She was asked about the British position on the issue, …
