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The House will be voting on a bill on the legislation regulating the hiring of government advisers through a private contract on February 15, the House ethics committee heard on Wednesday. ...

A €6.6 million project that saw the installation of solar panels in 405 schools has been completed, resulting in significant energy savings by reducing total energy consumption by 30 per cent, Despina Panayiotou ...

The most important thing is to listen, not just to leaders, but to society, the UN secretary general’s personal envoy to Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin said on Tuesday following ...

The Hope for Children CRC Policy Centre (HFC) provided services to more than 8,340 children in Cyprus in 2023, the organisation said on Tuesday, reviewing its work for the past year. HFC ...

Even though more counterfeit banknotes were removed from circulation in 2023 than in 2022, the overall rate has remained relatively small, the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) said on Tuesday. In its ...

Eight new traffic cameras will begin operating in Limassol and Larnaca on February 5, the police announced on Tuesday. According to the police announcement, six cameras will be installed in Limassol. ...

Labour union Isotita on Tuesday expressed strong displeasure at a recent cabinet decision which saw sick leave for government workers slashed to 28 days from the previous 42. The decision was taken ...

Youth unemployment has reached large proportions and threatens social cohesion and the future of the country, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday. Her greeting was read out by secondary ...

A 48-hour strike called by Isotita labour union relating to low-wage civil servants drew to a close on Tuesday pending a proposal from the finance ministry. Isotita’s head of ...

The police investigated nearly 500 cases of domestic violence and issued 93 arrests during the months of September and October, statistics released on Tuesday showed. According to data provided to the Cyprus ...

A specialised breast imaging examination chair for people with disabilities has been installed at Nicosia General Hospital’s radiology department, the state health services organisation (Okypy) on Tuesday. The chair ...

The deputy culture ministry on Tuesday invited the public to attend four Christmas events that will be held on December 16 at the state gallery of contemporary art on Stasinou avenue. ...

If you love period dramas but feel they’re a bit too serious, you’ll love The Great. Hulu’s ‘anti-historical’ drama-comedy defies the unwritten rules of making a period ...

The authorities were mobilised on Wednesday night after three vessels with migrants on board were spotted off the coast of Cavo Greco. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the first ...

Works in Akamas are “partially frozen,” the agriculture ministry’s general director Costas Hadjipanayiotou told the House environment committee on Wednesday, noting that the Ministry’s administrative investigation into the ...

The government’s decisions regarding this week’s Turkish violations of the buffer zone will be implemented from Thursday morning, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday following another incident. He ...

Labour unions Pasydy, Sek, and Peo announced on Wednesday that they have requested members to suspend any work stoppages. They stated that the collective agreement, reached last month for low-wage ...

Human Rights Commissioner Maria Stylianou Lottides on Tuesday called for more measures to ensure an acceptable standard of living for pensioners with disabilities. In her latest report, Lottides said she ...

The ministry of agriculture announced on Tuesday it will be awarding five scholarships to newly admitted students in the 2023/24 academic year, in a bid to get more young people involved ...

Nicosia municipality on Tuesday announced that as part of its efforts to develop an integrated programme to provide quality parking services to people with disabilities, it will be offering 30 free ...

The Palestinian embassy is organising a blood donation on Wednesday to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, according to a decision of the UN General Assembly. ...

Dates were set on Friday for the testimony of witnesses in the investigation of the death of National Guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was found under a bridge in ...

Forty-two more third country nationals residing illegally on the island have been repatriated as part of a new operation by the aliens and immigration service, police said on Friday. During ...

Limassol police on Friday said a sixth arrest has been made in relation to the incidents of hooliganism that took place last week. The incident involving over one hundred hooded ...