Staff Reporter

More than half the smokers who took part in last year’s programme for quitting smoking, kicked the habit, said the state health services (Okypy). Okypy said, that 436 people participated ...

Work on the new football stadium in Limassol is going full steam ahead, president of the Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA) Andreas Michaelides has said. Michaelides said he is taking a ...

While expressing satisfaction with an agreement reached by EU leaders overnight for a sixth round of sanctions against Russia, Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos also warned of their consequences. “Given the ...

An 80-year-old British man reported missing in Ayia Napa was found alive on Tuesday morning in an area of overgrown vegetation. He was reported missing on Monday at 9pm after ...

Thirty seven-year-old independent Charalambos Aristotelous has announced his candidacy for the 2023 presidential elections, making him the tenth candidate so far. “This is a personal initiative embraced by the forces of ...

The weekend’s cricket in the 2022 CCA #BAOGroup T20 Cup featured a 16-ball half century by a number 9 batsman, a century reached with three consecutive sixes, and a generally tough ...

In today’s episode, the Pedieos linear park is getting a facelift with a budget of over €26 million, the municipalities of Nicosia, Lakatamia and Strovolos announced on Monday. Elsewhere, demonstrators ...

Friday’s fire near Panagra in Kormakitis in the north was the result of damage caused to power lines by a garbage truck according to electricity workers. “In the on-scene ...

The Animal Party on Monday condemned as unacceptable, abhorrent and macabre the killing of a fox which was then left in basketball hoop. The fox was found slumped across the ...

The Republic of Cyprus is currently taking all relevant diplomatic action to bring an end to the hostage taking of two Greek vessels and their crew – among them a Cypriot ...

By Andrea Charalambous Limassol traffic police’s motorcycle units reported a total of 78 violations after checks carried out between 7.00 am on Sunday and 2.00 am on Monday, police said in a ...

There will be reduced water supply by the Larnaca Water Board on June 1 because of repairs to the central pipe, the board said on Monday. It said supply will be ...

Christos Christou, Elam’s MP and president, has officially announced his candidacy for the 2023 presidential elections after Elam’s central committee unanimously ratified his candidacy on Sunday. This brings the ...

In today’s episode, a total of €370 million are to be invested by the government in projects to revitalise the mountain areas, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said, stressing it was ...

A large-scale military exercise ‘Agapinor-2022’ in which the national guard and the armed forces of Israel will participate will take place from Sunday until June 2, the defence ministry announced. The ...

A 20-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling €24,000 from the company she worked for in Limassol. If indicted, she faces charges of theft and money laundering. According to ...

Based on the decisions of the Council of Ministers, it is recommended that all citizens, regardless of vaccination history, undergo a self-test or Rapid test once a week. The Rapid ...

President Nikos Anastasiades told France24 in an interview aired on Thursday that Russian and Turkish revisionism were comparable, that he remains firm on bizonal bicommunal federation, and that seizing Russian ...

By Andrea Charalambous An incentive plan for the purchase of protective equipment for motorcyclists was approved by the council of ministers on Friday. The subsidy amount will be €500 or the ...

Labour inspectors will in June focus on photographers, flower shops and weddings and christening services as part of an ongoing campaign to combat undeclared work and ensure compliance with labour ...

Firefighting exercise Hephestus 2022, part of Forest Protection week, took place on Friday and aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the state’s entire forest firefighting system. The exercise included a ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides will travel to the United States on Sunday for a working visit, marking a milestone in Cyprus-US relations as he will be the first Cypriot defence ...

By Andrea Charalambous Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides and his deputy Savvas Angelidis are travelling to Luxembourg next week to visit the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). During their ...

By Andrea Charalambous More than 7,000 people have been helped at Migrant Centres operated by the University of Nicosia, Tepak and Cardet in the 18 months they have been operating, they announced ...