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In today’s episode, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is to visit Cyprus to discuss the implementation of the maritime humanitarian corridor to Gaza.
Meanwhile, the energy regulator (...
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Funeral held for two more washed up bodies
A funeral was held on Wednesday for two more unidentified bodies which have washed up in the north.
The funeral was held in Ayios Amvrosios.
Speaking after the funeral, Ayios ...
Three arrested after fire at banner company
Police in northern Nicosia arrested three people on Thursday morning after a large fire broke out on the premises of a banner company on Wednesday evening.
The trio were arrested ...
‘One man allowed 16 universities in north to open’
A former ‘education minister’ in the north signed off on the opening of 16 universities, opposition political party CTP ‘MP’ Sami Ozuslu said on Wednesday evening.
Speaking on television to Kanal ...
Cops catch copper thief
Police in the Famagusta district arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of stealing around 100 kilograms of copper on Wednesday night.
According to Famagusta police department spokesman Steve Theodoulou, a man ...
Russians in north vote in country’s elections (Update)
Russian citizens living in the north are able to vote in the country’s Presidential elections, according to Kibris Postasi.
A ballot box has been opened in the building in ...
Talat: Turkey’s Cyprus stance ‘a complete fiasco’
Former Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat said on Wednesday that Turkey’s current stance on the Cyprus problem is “a complete fiasco”.
Speaking to Kibris Postasi, he said Turkey “...
Conservation work completed at Neta church
Conservation work at the Ayios Sergios and Vakhos church in the village of Neta, in the Karpas peninsula, has been completed, Turkish Cypriot co-chairman of the Technical Committee on Cultural ...
Arikli brands CTP ‘MP’ racist
The north’s transport minister Erhan Arikli branded a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ racist on Wednesday.
In a Facebook post, Arikli took umbrage at opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Ceyhun Birinci having ...
Govt to set maximum price for water at airports
The government on Wednesday announced its approval of a bill which would give it the power to set the maximum price of some products, including bottled water, at airports and ...
Financial aid for Limassol and Kormakitis storm victims
The government on Wednesday decided to send financial aid to those affected by storms in Limassol and the village of Kormakitis earlier this year.
Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Interior ...
Measles toddler ‘out of danger’
A three-year-old child who contracted measles is “out of danger” and in a “good condition” under treatment at the Makarios hospital in Nicosia, the hospital’s paediatric department director Avraam ...
Auditor-general brands Christodoulides’ reform plans ‘legally impossible’
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Wednesday described a planned separation of his powers set out by President Nikos Christodoulides as “legally impossible”.
In a post on X, he said the Audit ...
Grandfather jailed for shooting cable thief
An 82-year-old grandfather was jailed on Wednesday for shooting a man who was attempting to steal electricity cables from his house last June.
He was sentenced at the Limassol criminal ...
Austria throws weight behind Cyprus’ safe Syria plan
The Austrian government on Wednesday threw its weight behind Cyprus’ plan to declare parts of Syria safe to return migrants.
Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, a spokesperson for the Austrian ...
Tatar: If they cannot see the realities of Cyprus, it’s not our fault
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said it is not his fault if people “cannot see the realities of Cyprus”.
Speaking during a trip to the German capital Berlin, ...
Swedes deny support for Cyprus’ safe Syria plan
The Swedish government on Tuesday refuted the Cypriot interior ministry’s claim it had offered “significant support” for the plan to declare parts of Syria safe.
The interior ministry had ...
‘We’re still working on it’ – diplomats on prospects for peace in Cyprus
Diplomats past and present convened on Tuesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) and discuss prospects for peace in ...
Footpaths to be resurfaced in Nicosia’s old town
Footpaths at the southern end of Ledra Street and on the pavement of adjacent Fokionos street inside Nicosia’s old town are to be resurfaced this weekend.
The Nicosia Municipality ...
Govt commits to building new schools in Larnaca
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou committed her ministry to building new schools and upgrading existing ones in the town and district of Larnaca.
Speaking during a visit to the town’s ...
Christodoulides thanks Slovakia for ‘long-term’ Cyprob support
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday thanked Slovakia for the country’s “long-term” support regarding the Cyprus problem.
He was speaking at a meeting with Slovakia’s Parliament speaker Peter Pellegrini ...
North’s authorities ‘did not even call’ relatives of washed up body
The son of a man whose body was found washed up on the north’s coast last month said on Tuesday the north’s authorities “did not even call” him ...
‘MP’ demands law change as journalist trial postponed again
A Turkish Cypriot MP demanded the north’s law on military crimes be changed after the trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir was postponed again on Monday.
Kismir stands ...
High-ranking civil servant arrested after mass brawl in north
A high-ranking civil servant in the north was arrested on Monday night as part of the police’s investigations into a mass brawl which took place in Nicosia’s old ...