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The ongoing fiasco at the central prisons currently under investigation has raised the issue of cell phones within the facility, their use by inmates and the means employed to counter ...

USB HUB SELF IMPORT AGENCIES and USB HUB Gembird, made in China, were withdrawn from the market because they are made in a way that does not meet standards essential ...

A boat carrying irregular migrants was spotted in the sea area west of Limassol on Monday morning. The incident was confirmed by the British Bases of Akrotiri which was monitoring ...

The fourth dose of the Covid vaccine is now being administered through walk-in vaccination centres operating in all districts. The booster is optional, The ministry of health said on Monday. ...

Given recent reports from the public about turtle sightings in shallow waters around the coast, the fisheries department said on Monday it was normal and no reason for concern. “During ...

Kyriacos Koushios was sworn in as labour minister at a ceremony at the presidential palace on Monday. In addition, Petros Demetriou former director of the office of the president was ...

All buses operating intercity routes will be checked by the department of road transport, its director said on Monday after the poor state of one such bus grabbed headlines over ...

In today’s episode, centre-right Diko’s central committee unanimously decided to support the candidacy of former foreign minister and independent, Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday. Elsewhere, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris ...

The UNSG’s special representative in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, will hold separate meetings with president Nicos Anastasiades, and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar on Monday. The meetings take place ahead ...

Limassol police have arrested a 30-year-old colleague of a 41-year-old woman who is in custody in connection with a subsidies fraud. The 41-year-old is being held in custody in connection ...

The history of Cyprus is being brought to life in an entertaining new podcast called, surprisingly enough, The History of Cyprus, aimed at both academics and the man on the ...

A small tremor measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale was felt in some parts of the island on Sunday, the geological surveys department said. It was mainly felt in the city ...

The weather over the next three days will continue to be slightly unseasonal with isolated showers and lower temperatures than would be expected this time of the year. Sunday is ...

Limassol police are investigating after finding more than two kilos of methamphetamine buried in an open space in a village in the district. Police said they found 2.18kg of the ...

The health ministry said on Sunday that Cyprus was investing a social policy to address addiction to narcotics, in a message to mark World Day Against Drugs and Drug Trafficking. ...

The defence ministry and Airbus on Friday signed the deal for supplying the Republic with six H145M light attack helicopters with the option of acquiring an additional six in ...

Applications for government cash incentives to purchase protective motorbike gear, exceeded 1,800 in the first 24 hours after the scheme was launched, it emerged on Friday Applications for the scheme will close ...

Personnel from the agriculture ministry’s environment department, members of the civil servants’ union Pasydy, staged a protest on Friday morning outside the House of Representatives where the environment committee ...

Paphos police have issued an arrest warrant for a 49-year-old man as they investigate a complaint that he had been paid €46,500 to import two cars but failed to deliver the ...

Police have made two arrests for illegal employment and residence, while labour inspectors issued six fines for undeclared work after checks in Paralimni and Derynia on Thursday evening. In an ...

A mainly fine weekend lies ahead, though Friday will see some cloud and the possibility of afternoon showers, the met office said in its early morning weather forecast. There may ...

Police in Paralimni have charged a man with drunk driving after he was caught behind the steering wheel nearly five times over the legal limit, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...

By Elias Hazou and Christodoulos Mavroudis The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Thursday called the armaments activities on the Greek-Cypriot side a provocation and a threat to stability on the ...

Child protection commissioner Despo Michaelidou on Thursday berated authorities for failing to implement an institutional framework governing the operation of children’s summer camps as a failure to safeguard children’...