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Cyprus and the US carried out a joint search and rescue exercise – over the sea and in the air – on Monday with major US navy vessels such as Arleigh Burke-class (...

The foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed its “satisfaction” with the United Nations’ Security Council’s (UNSC) condemnation of Friday’s incident in the buffer zone in Pyla. They added that ...

The World Conference of Cyprus’ Diaspora begins on Tuesday, with 300 delegates from across the globe gathering in Nicosia for the annual event. Set to last for three days this year, ...

The government must reinstate the fuel subsidy for two months as petrol prices are up 18 cents per litre from the time the government scrapped it back on July 1, the consumers ...

Paphos police on Monday arrested a 53-year-old woman suspected of extortion. According to Paphos CID head, Michalis Nikolaou, police at Larnaca airport stopped the woman during her attempt to depart, ...

Police in Ayia Napa on Monday arrested two women, aged 20, theft, disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. According to police statement, a shop owner spotted one ...

We visited the St. Nicolas Elegant Residence in Chlorakas near Paphos, which has been occupied by migrants for over a year now – though in fact the situation seems to have ...

The last weekend of August, a final hoorah before the return to routine, has a couple of exciting events up its sleeve. One of them, nestled in the eucalyptus trees ...

In today’s episode, the United Nations Security Council late on Monday expressed its deep concern over the developments in Pyla, in which three UN peacekeepers were attacked after a ...

Tuesday will be mostly clear after locally increased low clouds disperse. Temperatures will rise to 40C in the interior, 34C on the southwest and east coasts, and 32C on the ...

A park and ride system will start operating at the beginning of September at the GSP stadium outside of Nicosia, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades has said. Speaking to CyBC, Vafeades ...

The physical intervention of UN peacekeepers on the sovereign territory of the ‘TRNC’ is unnacceptable, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday evening. Erdogan’s comments on Friday’s ...

Cyprus ranked third from last in the European Union in terms of the percentage of municipal waste recycled, according to data released by Eurostat. The percentage of recycling in Cyprus ...

An Australian MP of Greek Cypriot heritage has reportedly been suspended from a sub-faction of the Victorian Labour Party after sparking factional in-fighting over a speech backing Cyprus. According to ...

The old neighbourhood of Kaimakli is a charming, quiet area of Nicosia. Its houses, with tall wooden doors and green courtyards, are worth a visit and the church square is ...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is expected to express its deep concern over the developments in Pyla, according to CyBC’s reporter in New York. Just hours before the ...

In 2021 Cyprus ranked fourth in the EU in terms of the number of practising doctors per capita, according to data just released by Eurostat. In Cyprus the number of licensed ...

Staffers at the state broadcaster CyBC have been promoted despite not having a recognised university degree or sufficient foreign language fluency, the audit office charged in a letter that went ...

US Senator Robert Menendez will be named honorary citizen of Paphos when he visits on Friday, the municipality announced on Monday, ahead of his visit set to coincide with the ...

A child fell unconscious and was taken to hospital after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Cape Greco early Monday morning. The child, who was on board the ...

A man is in intensive care after falling around two metres from the walls of Nicosia’s old city on Sunday evening. Yilmaz Demir, 29, fell off the wall at around 9...

The cost of the government’s actions will become evident in the medium-term and it have to take responsibility for its choices, former finance minister and opposition Disy MP Harris ...

Four people have been arrested and charged in the north after being found selling weapons to a wanted person in the Republic. In addition, the suspects attempted to convert counterfeit €1,300 ...

‘Like the tales played out in the ring, Cyprus epitomises survival against the odds.’ ALIX NORMAN discovers how WWE-style wrestling will draw on the island’s past WWE is primarily ...