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The Famagusta district court has thrown out a case brought by watersports providers in Paralimni who challenged a tender process launched by the municipality for a renewal of services. Mayor ...

A 56-year-old man in Paphos suffered second and third degree burns all over his body on Saturday night after a leaky gas cylinder sparked a fire while he was cooking ...

Some mountain roads were closed on Sunday to vehicles other than 4X4 and those with snow chains, police said. These roads are: Prodromos-Troodos, Platres-Troodos, Karvouna-Troodos, Pedoulas -Pinewood- Kakopetria, Prodromos-Platres, Kakopetria-Karvouna. ...

Fines ranging from 500 euros to 8,000 euros were dished out to businesses islandwide over the past 24 hours in connection with SafePass violations, police said, one for illegal dancing. In all, 2,369 checks ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will depart on Sunday for a working visit to Washington DC following an invitation by his US counterpart Antony Blinken. On Tuesday he will meet Secretary ...

Saying his loyalty lay with his party rather than with individuals, President Nicos Anastasiades has made clear that he will back Disy leader Averof Neophytou’s bid to succeed him ...

In today’s episode, a three-year-old boy, who has been hospitalised with serious heart disease at the Makarios children’s hospital in Nicosia, has been denied treatment abroad because his ...

An employer was fined €7,500 after two asylum seekers were found working illegally at a Paphos building site, police said on Friday. A second fine of €2,750 was imposed on the employer’...

Undersecretary to the President Vasilis Palmas announced his resignation Thursday, citing personal reasons. The resignation takes effect on February 2. In a statement Palmas thanked President Nicos Anastasiades for their cooperation ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced no new deaths from Covid-19, while testing detected 2,536 more positives to the coronavirus. The number of fatalities recorded since March 2020 remains at 724. In hospitals, 226 people ...

Cyprus on Thursday observed Holocaust Remembrance Day which this year marked 77 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by Allied forces. President Nicos Anastasiades tweeted: “We will always ...

Cyprus is becoming home to many internet entrepreneurs and business-owning expats who are attracted by both the financial advantages and relaxed Cypriot lifestyle. We spoke to the founder and CEO ...

In today’s episode, Cyprus’ imports from the UK have plunged a whopping 43 per cent as a result of Brexit, making the UK fall from third to seventh place. Meanwhile, ...

Paphos police on Thursday said they started the deportation procedure of a 31-year-old man who was arrested for staying illegally in the Republic. The man was arrested at 10.30am on ...

Energy Minister Natasa Pilides late on Wednesday welcomed the approval of €657m in EU funds for the EuroAsia Interconnector as “excellent news for Cyprus”. The ambitious project would end Cyprus’ ...

Eight deaths from coronavirus, three of them from previous days, and 2,449 new infections were reported on Wednesday out of 92,276 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.71 per cent. The ...

Two people, a 24-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man, are under arrest in connection with a packet containing 100 forged 10-euro bank notes that had been sent to Limassol post office, ...

Israel on Thursday donated two innovative portable ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE) to Cyprus, indicative of what Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas described as the strong ties between the two ...

The health ministry will operate vaccination centres specially for children aged 5 to 11 in Nicosia and Limassol in order to facilitate parents and increase vaccination coverage in the younger population. The ...

Greek activist Ilias Gkionis who says there is a Cyprus link to a Greek prostitution ring has contacted Cyprus police with information in his possession, police said in a short ...

Cyprus’ imports from the UK plunged by 43 per cent as a result of Brexit, yet exports were able to hold their own, primarily because they concerned dairy products, fruit and ...

By Andreas Pavlou Strovolos municipality will grant free parking permits for low-emission hybrid cars and continue providing free parking for all electric vehicles for 2022. The announcement by the municipality stated ...

Testing locations for Thursday as as follows: District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Limassol (6 units) My Mall Limassol (Entrance D, next to “Public” store) 8:30 am – 6 pm 99790687 Pano Polemidia ...

By George Christou Comment The increase in bank charges has become a big public issue in the last few weeks, the political parties, consumers associations and interest groups mounting a ...