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A date has been set for President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with the UN Secretary General in New York, which will be made public soon, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

Remember the Truman Show? Okay, now take that, combine it with a hidden camera prank show, and place it all within the mockumentary genre. What you get is Jury Duty, ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Wednesday called for better qualified school chaperones after the “problematic” handling of an incident at a primary school involving a child with autism. In a report, ...

A 31-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were arrested on Wednesday in relation to an attempted murder in Xylotymbou. According to Famagusta police spokesman Steve Theodoulou, the two were arrested ...

The transport ministry will absorb the full increase in student bus fares, with monthly bus cards remaining at €10, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said following a cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Vafeades ...

Sunbeds and umbrellas will never be accepted on Lara beach, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said while announcing the much-anticipated Akamas local development plan, which was updated with new measures approved ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday presided over an inter-ministry meeting to discuss actions to rejuvenate the Tillyria area. The meeting, which was established on the basis of a recent ...

There will be no shortages in grain for human consumption as the government would step in to prevent such a scenario, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos assured the House agriculture committee ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Wednesday met with teachers’ unions Poed and Oelmek to discuss a slew of issues affecting state schools, from staffing and the syllabus to the instalment ...

Kapnos Airport Shuttle on Wednesday announced that student tickets will be available to and from Paphos airport from September 1. The student ticket, costing €12, was reinstalled after “requests from many students ...

The Cyprus agricultural payments organisation (Capo) on Wednesday held a meeting with deputy minister for research, innovation and digital policy Philippos Hadjizacharias to discuss the organisation’s work and how ...

The need to restore fuel and electricity subsidies is “imperative”, Peo union said on Wednesday. In a written statement, the union said that the increased fuel prices and cost of ...

Wine cooperative Sodap will not be receiving any grapes this year due to its large stocks, acting director Michalis Solonos announced on Friday. Solonos told the Cyprus News Agency that ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos on Friday confirmed that the Paphos Aphrodite Festival will return in 2024 despite fears that it may be scrapped for good. Hosted for almost two decades in ...

The Cyprus university of technology (Tepak) and the community of Chandria have signed an agreement for the digitisation of the village’s archives as part of the activities of the ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Wednesday attacked the finance ministry for insisting the ambulance service remain under the authority of the state health services organisation Okypy instead of her ministry. ...

Ahead of Sunday’s start of the hunting season, the game and fauna service released an updated list of rules to ensure safe hunting for everyone participating. A written announcement ...

Human trafficker arrests are increasing in Cyprus, but the sentences imposed by the courts are very low, state broadcaster Cybc reported on Wednesday. As reported, there were three times as ...

The organised beach in Gialia is not compliant with the restrictions set to protect the turtles that nest on it, it emerged on social media on Wednesday. A series of ...

A high-ranking UN official is expected to visit Cyprus in late August to hold meetings with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...

Limassol municipality on Wednesday opened a call for tenders for a linear park connecting Ayia Sophia and the seafront area, a new project that aims to improve and upgrade the ...

Nicosia police on Wednesday said two arrests have been made in relation to attempted arson and car arson. Around 5pm on Tuesday police were alerted that a private vehicle, owned ...

The narrative about how terrible millennials are has been part of popular culture for the past decade or so, and I’ve always felt like HBO’s Girls, which ran ...

Last year was historically the best year in terms of fires occurring within the forestry department’s jurisdiction, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Wednesday. According to the data, in 2022, 192 ...