Mayor insinuates Kioneli’s population may be 60,000
Kioneli and Yerolakkos Mayor Huseyin Amcaoglu insinuated on Friday that there may be as many as 60,000 people living within his municipal borders.
Speaking to Kibris TV, Amcaoglu said there are ...
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North’s ‘deputy parliament speaker’ pledges to legalise conscientious objection
The north’s ‘deputy parliament speaker’ Fazilet Ozdenefe pledged on Friday to “do her best” to legalise conscientious objection.
Ozdenefe was speaking to a group of conscientious objection activists, among ...
Kanari announces national strategy for mental health
Health Minister Popi Kanari announced on Friday that the government is set to publish a national strategy for mental health next year.
Kanari was speaking to staff at the Athalassa ...
Minister: soldiers should ‘realise the importance’ of a healthy diet
Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas said on Friday that soldiers should “realise the importance” of a healthy diet.
Giorgallas’ speech on the matter was read by his ministry’s Director General ...
National strategy to protect Cyprus’ LGBT community
Justice Minister Anna Procopiou announced plans to prepare a national strategy for the protection and safeguarding of members of the LGBT community on Friday.
Procopiou was speaking at an event ...
20-year-old dead after falling off escalator at north’s airport
A 20-year-old man died on Friday morning after falling of an escalator at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport.
The man, named as Atakan Kapusuz, was a Turkish national completing ...
Residents outraged as mouflon statue desecrated
Residents of the Lefka district have reacted angrily after a mouflon statue in the village of Karavostasi was desecrated.
Lefka Tourism Association chairman Hasan Karlitas said on Friday that the ...
Turkish Cypriot police arrest 74 over ‘fake prescriptions’
Turkish Cypriot police said that a total of 74 people have been arrested so far during investigations into the “fake prescription scandal”.
The scandal concerns the alleged writing of fraudulent prescriptions ...
Cyprus and UK establish ‘strategic cooperation’
The foreign ministries of Cyprus and the United Kingdom have signed a memorandum of understanding, “establishing a strategic cooperation” between the two countries.
The memorandum, signed on Thursday, covers a ...
Turkish Cypriot private radio stations ‘owe millions’
Turkish Cypriot private radio stations owe public broadcaster BRT 10 million TL (€313,427), the corporation’s deputy transmitter coordinator Ugur Buhara said on Friday.
Buhara’s statements come over warnings that private ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides said he would visit Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan if he was invited.
In other news, the government wants the European Union to ...
People in Karpasia ‘forgotten’ by health services
The people of Karpasia have been “forgotten” by the north’s ‘health ministry’, local ‘MP’ Biray Hamzaogullari said on Thursday night.
The opposition party CTP member’s intervention was part ...
19-year-old dies in Larnaca car crash (Updated)
A 19-year-old man was killed in a car crash in the Larnaca village of Pervolia on Thursday night at 11.55pm.
Named as Michalis Theodorou, he was driving through the village ...
Turkish Cypriot radio silenced ‘if debts not paid’
Turkish Cypriot private radio stations could be taken off the air at the end of the year due to reported unpaid debts accrued over a period of 12 years.
The debt ...
Tatar: We are ready to share water with the Greek Cypriots
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Thursday that the north is “ready to share water with the Greek Cypriots should needs arise.
Tatar was speaking at the Near East ...
Paphos announces over €9m in ‘historic’ renovations
Paphos is to invest over €9 million in restoration and renovation projects in the town and its surrounding area, following the signing of a contract on Thursday.
The contract, signed between ...
Man arrested after causing car crash in north and escaping to Republic
A man who escaped to the Republic after causing a car crash in which a motorcyclist was seriously injured in November was arrested on Wednesday night.
The arrest came as ...
British pedestrian in critical condition after car accident
A 68-year-old British national is in a critical condition after having been run over on Thursday morning in Paralimni.
Famagusta district police press officer Steve Theodoulou explained that the incident ...
Youth arrested in possession of meth and a gun
A 22-year-old man was arrested in Nicosia on Wednesday after being found to be in unlawful possession of methamphetamines and a gun.
Police discovered the drugs during a traffic stop, ...
Paphos man arrested for driving on crystal meth
A 27-year-old man was arrested in the Paphos village of Chlorakas on Wednesday evening after being found driving with crystal methamphetamines in his car, and then testing positive for it ...
Paphos man arrested for assaulting police officer
A 25-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and “causing concern”.
Paphos police’s deputy chief of operations Michalis Nikolaou explained ...
Covid-19 cases on the rise ahead of Christmas
The number of Covid-19 cases in Cyprus is once again on the rise and is expected to increase further over the holiday period, medical services director Elisavet Constantinou said on ...
Civil engineers call for legislation after balcony collapse
The Civil Engineers’ Association of Cyprus (Spolmik) on Thursday called on lawmakers to act and create legislation for regular building inspections, in light of Wednesday’s balcony collapse in Limassol.
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Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, it was revealed that a fish farm has been operating illegally for years in a Limassol village, destroying the environment around the Kouris dam.
In other ...