Cyprus

• Country: United Kingdom

British father pleads to be spared jail after son's fatal Cyprus hotel window fall

Josh Foster pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence after his son fell to his death from a hotel window in Cyprus in July

• Country: United States

A British father asks a Cyprus judge to avoid prison after son's fatal hotel fall

The lawyer for a British man who pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence in the fatal fall of his 3-year-old son from a hotel window in Cyprus has appealed to a judge to avoid a prison sentence

• Country: Canada

A British father asks a Cyprus judge to avoid prison after son's fatal hotel fall

PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — The lawyer for a British man who pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence in the fatal fall of his 3-year-old son from a hotel window in Cyprus appealed to a Cypriot judge on Tuesday to…

• Country: United Kingdom

A British father asks a Cyprus judge to avoid prison after son's fatal hotel fall

The lawyer for a British man who pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence in the fatal fall of his 3-year-old son from a hotel window in Cyprus has appealed to a judge to avoid a prison sentence

• Country: United Kingdom

Boy, 2, fell to his death from Cyprus hotel after dad placed him on windowsill

Joshua Foster thought there was protective glass in the window on the fourth floor of his family's Cyprus hotel

Cyprus expands electronic health services link with Estonia

Cyprus has established links with Estonia as part of efforts to expand electronic cross border health services and improve access to digital healthcare for citizens of both countries, the National Electronic Health Authority said on Tuesday. It said the development expands Cyprus’ participation in…

• Country: United Kingdom

British executive whose son, two, fell to his death from a Cyprus hotel window could lose his career after pleading guilty to negligence, court hears

A city executive whose two-year-old son fell to his death from an open hotel window in Cyprus could be struck off after pleading guilty to causing the death, a court heard.

Cyprus, The Troubles and lives changed by conflict

For a journalist of Irish heritage living in Cyprus for decades, it might seem natural that reading a novel whose backdrop is both The Troubles in Northern Ireland and the upheavals in Cyprus in 1955 and 1974 would be all-too familiar territory historically speaking. The answer to whether that is…

Cyprus smashes EU employment targets five years early

Cyprus had one of the European Union’s highest employment rates among people aged 20 to 64 in 2025, reaching 81.3 per cent, according to Eurostat. The figure put Cyprus higher than the EU average of 76.1 per cent and above the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan target of 78 per cent for…

Over three in five people in Cyprus are of working age

Cyprus had a working-age population of 61.6 per cent on January 1, 2025, placing the country above the European Union average of 58.3 per cent, according to Eurostat. The figures show that people aged between 20 and 64 accounted for more than three-fifths of Cyprus’ population at the start of last…