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By Richard Boxall The Cyprus cricket team pulled off a famous 20-run victory over Romania in the European Qualifiers for the World T20 this week, a day after a disappointing ...

As increasing numbers of patients report long Covid symptoms, a Larnaca healthcare centre is offering treatment for the condition, attracting foreign visitors to the island to receive expensive and unproven ...

The interior ministry will launch a lifeguard workshop as a means of covering staffing needs, it announced on Thursday. This comes after efforts failed to find and hire lifeguards to ...

Eighty six per cent of the adult population in Cyprus had been fully vaccinated against Covid by July 11, the health ministry announced on Thursday, while 87.5 per cent of the adult ...

Surveillance upgrades at the central prison are not to follow conversations but to track cell phones being used to attempt to make illegal calls, Justice Minister Stefi Drakou said on ...

Entrance to hospitals, care homes and closed facilities will require a 24 rather than a 48-hour rapid test result as from Monday, Cabinet decided on Thursday, adopting proposals submitted by the ...

Saying it wanted to bolster public safety in the wake of two balcony collapses, Paphos Municipality is taking action over nine buildings deemed dangerous or unsuitable. The municipality is seeking ...

Police are investigating the slashing of the four tyres of the state BMW, used by finance minister Constantinos Petrides. The car was parked in a private area in old Nicosia, ...

Temperatures are expected to hit 40C inland on Thursday, but some minor respite from the blistering heat is expected on Friday and Saturday before temperatures rise to above average again ...

In today’s episode, 94 per cent believe corruption in Cyprus is widespread, with political parties and the health care system seen as particularly vulnerable to abusing their power, according to ...

A 63-year-old man was remanded for five days on Thursday after stealing over €40,000 worth of tobacco and other products from various kiosks he was working at in Limassol. The theft ...

Two men, aged 21 and 49, have been arrested on suspicion of theft after officers allegedly found stolen property in their Nicosia house, police said on Thursday. The thefts were carried out ...

Temperatures will hit 40C inland on Thursday, the met office said on Wednesday as it issued a yellow alert – the second in as many days – for extreme hot weather. The ...

The incident involving the alleged collusion of a senior police officer with an inmate at the central prisons currently under investigation brought to the forefront the prison department’s year ...

Implementation of the PDO (protected designation of origin) regulation would signal the end of the sale of halloumi abroad, said the general manager of the Pancyprian Cattle-Farmers Association (Poa), Nicos ...

A 47-year-old woman was jailed for 20 months in connection with six cases of theft by Famagusta District Court on Wednesday. According to the police, between March and May 2022, the woman ...

The Cyprus Bar Association called on Wednesday for its members to register for the “Justice for All” scheme offering free legal advice to the financially stressed. The association unveiled the ...

A total of 65 cases of revenge porn have been reported in the last five year, 17 of which involved men. Police warned social media users on Wednesday to beware of people ...

Sirens will sound in all towns on July 15 and 20 as part of events to mark the anniversary of the 1974 coup and Turkish invasion, civil defence said on Wednesday. It said ...

An extreme high temperature warning is in force on Wednesday, as Cyprus braces for above average temperatures over the next few days. The yellow alert, the first for high temperatures ...

In today’s episode, main opposition party Akel has said a bill allowing for a cap on prices of fuel at the pump would head to the House plenum later ...

Police at Larnaca airport have seized 13.2 kilos of cannabis hidden in two cartons that had been sent to Cyprus from abroad, the second big haul in the past few days. ...

Two youths, aged 19 and 21, are under arrest as police investigate a brawl among a number of young people and the torching of a car at Yeri late on Tuesday. A ...

Fourteen tons of bulgur wheat was given to the Church of Cyprus on Tuesday by the Pancyprian Committee of wheat producers, to be headed on to the needy. Quantities are ...