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Taxi drivers across Cyprus staged a 24-hour strike as of 6am on Tuesday, escalating their protest over what they describe as widespread illegal passenger transport and weak enforcement of taxi ...

The failure of the housing finance agency to implement a new banking information system represents a serious strategic breakdown, auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Tuesday. He warned that prolonged delays, ...

The president of police union Isotita, Nikos Loizides, launched a polemic on police leadership and the state’s handling of organised crime on Tuesday, following a violent confrontation near police ...

Reserves of blood and its derivatives are running low, prompting the health ministry on Tuesday to renew its plea for donors to come forward. In a press release, the health ...

Chocolate and candy lovers rejoice! A three-day festival and weekend extravaganza for the whole family is coming up later this month, bringing an irresistibly delicious sugary experience. The Sweetopia Chocolate &...

Cyprus has reaffirmed its support to Syria’s stability as “essential for regional security” and urged all parties to implement the ceasefire, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. “Cyprus is ...

A faulty fireplace chimney has been determined as the cause of fire in a Kato Lefkara home on Monday evening. The fire brigade said it was notified at 6.54pm that ...

Cyprus’ aim to promote an “autonomous union, open to the world”, will be presented on Tuesday in Strasbourg, where President Nikos Christodoulides is set to address the European Parliament plenum. ...

Police operations to crack down on crime and maintain public order continued overnight, with nine arrests across Cyprus. In Nicosia, two people were arrested, one for illegal residence and the ...

Three passengers were arrested on Monday at Larnaca airport, after large quantities of duty free tobacco were found in their luggage, the customs department announced on Tuesday. The passengers were ...

The police are searching for four more individuals in connection with a brawl that broke out in Larnaca on Saturday afternoon. On Monday evening, the police arrested five people wanted – ...

Cold weather continues on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching 12C inland, 14C along the coast and 0C in the highest mountains, where snow in the morning was 21cm on Troodos’ peak. ...

Cyprus continued to record one of the lowest inflation rates in the European Union in December 2025, as price pressures eased across the euro area and the bloc as a whole, ...

Businesses and fishermen in Xylofagou staged protests on Monday against the British Bases’ firing range in Dhekelia, citing blocked quarry expansion plans and declining monthly incomes, respectively. Companies in the ...

Disy on Monday officially announced that MP Nikos Sykas, who had recently been accused of domestic violence by his wife, would be expelled from the party’s ballot for the ...

Police on Monday evening arrested five of the eight men wanted in connection with a brawl that broke out in Larnaca on Saturday afternoon. The five are expected to appear ...

Two glass-lined-steel-type water tanks with a capacity of 17,200 cubic metres were inaugurated  by President Nikos Christodoulides at the Nicosia district local government organisation (EOA) on Monday. “With the completion of ...

Jewellery including valuable diamond pieces worth more than €1 million were stolen within less than three minutes in a burglar at an Ayia Napa jewellery shop on early Monday morning. The ...

Taxi drivers will go on a one-day work stoppage starting at 6am on Tuesday to protest what they describe as “uncontrolled action by passenger transport applications”, thetaxi union (Poat) said ...

Plans to address the persisting problems in the central prison will likely include a mobile phone signal interruption system and the creation of a new facility, with a corresponding set ...

The defence attorney for a German woman on trial for illegally trading in Greek Cypriot properties in the north attempted on Monday to poke holes in the prosecution’s case, ...

Five people have died from symptoms associated with the flu on Monday, bringing the total number of influenza-related deaths to 12 since December, health ministry permanent secretary Elisavet Constantinou said. Hospitals ...

There is “intense interest” in cryptocurrency business in Cyprus, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Monday. SEC chairman Giorgos Theocharides was speaking to journalists following ...

More than 600 Cypriot nationals living abroad have expressed interest in returning to work in Cyprus under a government incentive plan, MPs athe the House finance committee heard on Monday. The ...