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Strong winds cause chaos around Cyprus (photos)
As a yellow weather warning for high winds remained in place on Sunday and as the strength of them picked up in the afternoon, problems were seen around the island, ...
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Interior minister clarifies budgets for new municipalities
A total of €117 million will be the budget given by the state to the new municipalities as was agreed during a debate in Parliament, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
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Limassol school broken into twice
Two crimes have been carried out against the 7th primary school of Limassol in as many days, with vandals damaging the buildings and thieves making off with money for Christmas ...
The first snow of winter
As temperatures around the island hit a low point on Sunday the first snow of the season fell on the mountains.
At around 1pm a flurry of snow fell on ...
Hundreds protest use of Cyprus as base for war
Hundreds of people demonstrated against “the transformation of Cyprus into a base for war” outside the US-sponsored security training facility CyCLOPS in Larnaca on Sunday.
The protestors, carrying banners with ...
Elon Musk says Fidias should be EU president
Elon Musk on Sunday declared that Cyprus YouTuber and MEP Fidias Panayiotou should become “president of the EU”.
In a post on X, Musk responded to another user who said ...
€100 million to be spent on health sector
Over 100 million euro will be spent to upgrade the health sector by 2027, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Sunday.
He said this was made clear during a meeting on Friday ...
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10-day old seal pup rescued off Cyprus coast
A 10-day old seal, one of the rarest animals in Europe, was rescued off the coast of Cyprus, the ministry of agriculture announced on Sunday.
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus ...
Minister reaffirms Cyprus action to tackle climate change at COP
Cyprus’ commitment to implementing decisive actions against the climate crisis was reaffirmed by Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou during her participation in the COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, the ministry announced ...
Fraternal Greece-Cyprus relations full of sincerity says President
Fraternal relations must be full of sincerity, such as those between Greece and Cyprus,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday.
“I have dealt historically with Athens-Nicosia relations and I think ...
Moody’s upgrade reflects ‘success of government policies’
The upgrade of the Cyprus economy’s rating by Moody’s on Saturday is a self-evident vote of confidence in the practices applied by the government, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...
Cypriot medics to be trained in Germany
Health Minister Michalis Damianos will leave for Germany on Sunday to sign a co-opeation agreement with the Tubingen University Clinic.
The agreement will cover the treatment of liver issues.
The ...
Yellow weather warning for strong winds, snow overnight
A yellow weather warning for strong winds will remain in place for Cyprus until midnight on Sunday.
According to the Met office, the island will be battered by very strong ...
Vandals strike at Nicosia high school
Vandals set fire to parts of a high school in Nicosia on Saturday night, police said on Sunday.
They broke the windows of the hall at the Constantinoupoleos gymnasium and ...
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Arrest following fatal crash in Larnaca
Police announced on Sunday the arrest of a 20-year-old as they continue to investigate a fatal traffic accident in Larnaca more than a week ago.
A car was reported stolen ...
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‘Unacceptable’ that patient health used as bargaining chip
It is “inconceivable and unacceptable” for trade unions to use patient health and safety as a tool to force their employers to accept their demands, the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ ...
TV shows we love: The Menendez Brothers
Do you watch a docudrama and spend half your time Googling to see how much of it was true? Perhaps with this in mind, a couple of weeks after Monsters: ...
Paphos municipality officially changes name
The municipality of East Paphos has been officially renamed as the municipality of Ierokipias (Holy Garden), mayor Nicos Palios said on Sunday.
The move follows an official announcement in the ...
President to meet Biden at the White House
President Nikos Christodoulides has been invited to meet American President Joe Biden at the White House, CyBC reported on Sunday.
According to the channel’s correspondent in Washington Petros Kasfiki ...
Former advisors take president to court
Two of four advisors to the president and ministers who were dismissed due to a change in the law are taking the matter to court, it was reported on Sunday, ...
‘No middle ground between legality and illegality’
There is no middle ground between legality and illegality, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said, adding that nothing will be discussed in terms of the Cyprus problem outside the agreed framework.
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Police cadet died from severe head injury
The cause of death of a police cadet who died in a traffic accident on Friday was on Sunday given as a severe head injury.
The 22-year-old cadet was named ...
‘Traffic bans will only be implemented after schemes to promote greener transport’
Any measure to regulate the movement of fuel guzzling vehicles will not be made until a series of measures are implemented to promote the use of low and zero emission ...
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Fourth remand after delivery driver attacked
A fourth person arrested after a delivery driver was beaten up on Thursday in Limassol was on Sunday remanded into police custody for five days by Limassol District Court.
The 26...