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Customs officers seized over 34,000 cigarettes at Paphos airport on Saturday, after checking the luggage of a three-member Turkish Cypriot family departing for the UK. The passengers, holding Republic of Cyprus ...

The number of short-term rental properties has seen significant growth across Cyprus, according to data shared with the House of Representatives by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism. Deputy Tourism Minister ...

Monday will gradually turn cloudy with isolated afternoon rains expected. Light dust will also be visible. Temperatures will rise to 19C inland, 21C on the coast, and 12C in the ...

There is a favourable investment landscape for 2025, with expectations of growth and stability, according to two local experts. Spyros Ierides, CFA and fund management director at CISCO, and George Charalambous, ...

An independent investigator has been appointed over the death of a 24-year-old Pakistani national, who was shot at by police, it was decided on Sunday. State pathologist Nicholas Charalambous will ...

A 17-year-old from Limassol was charged in writing over the vandalism at the Nikos Solomonides stadium, police said on Sunday. The teenager’s photo had been circulated by police as ...

The situation in public hospitals is manageable, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Sunday, amid hospital bed shortages resulting from a spike in the number of patients seeking treatment due ...

Two cars were set on fire early on Sunday morning in Limassol, which police are investigating as a possible arson attack. Fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said a fire truck ...

Police arrested a 27-year-old on Friday after reports that two people on a motorcycle were stealing handbags.Two women aged 86 and 60 reported in separate incidents that their handbags had been ...

President Nikos Christodoulides heads up to snowy Troodos on Sunday, followed by the cabinet, to discuss actions for 2025 ahead of the announcement of the government’s plans later this month. “...

Larnaca district court issued remand orders against three men arrested for various burglaries in Larnaca. Police arrested two people on Friday, aged 25 and 20, for a series of burglaries in Aradippou, ...

A person found dead face-down in an open plot in Strovolos on January 6 had been shot in the back with a single bullet, the police said on Friday, after originally ...

Cyprus’ shopping malls reported record-breaking performance in 2024, with December emerging as a standout month for both footfall and sales. George Georgiou, general manager of Nicosia Mall, told local outlet Stockwatch ...

A 48-year-old police officer, named as Sotiris Konstantinou, died overnight on Wednesday while on duty. According to the police announcement, Konstantinou had been driving an official vehicle on Makarios Avenue ...

Thursday will turn mainly clear following dissipation of light mist or fog in some areas, although dust episodes are expected at times. Temperatures will rise to 18C inland, 21C on ...

Police in Kiti on Wednesday are investigating a new case of robbery and threatened assault against a 22-year-old food delivery man. According to the police, at around 9.20pm on Tuesday ...

Wednesday will be partly cloudy with temperatures rising to 18C inland, 20C on the coast, and 10C in the higher mountains. Winds will be mainly north-to south-easterly and in the ...

By Charalampos Stylianou The Vasilikos LNG terminal infrastructure and floating storage and regasification unit Prometheus will be fully operational by the end of the year, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said ...

Three members of the Anti-Poaching Unit were injured on Monday night following an altercation between the unit’s officers and three vehicles in the UN buffer zone. The officers were ...

By Charalampos Stylianou Public hospitals are facing mounting pressure due to a surge in seasonal respiratory infections, with influenza and Covid-19 spreading rapidly across the community. According to the spokesperson ...

Charalampos Stylianou Police in Larnaca are investigating a violent assault that left two residents injured after a group allegedly forced their way into an apartment and attacked the occupants with ...

By Charalampos Stylianou The Paphos police arrested a 50-year-old man on Monday night in connection with an ongoing investigation into illegal possession of property and burglary tools. Paphos district court ...

By Charalampos StylianouVehicle owners in Cyprus can now renew their registration for 2025 as the process officially opened on Tuesday, 7 January. The renewal period will run until midnight on 11 March 2025, according ...

A 20-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested in connection with a string of thefts, the police announced on Tuesday. The man was arrested on Monday night, with a search of ...