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Wolt drivers in Larnaca stopped their strikes on Monday and went back to work after assurances a solution will be found. Nonetheless, Peo union has cried foul over what it ...
Despite lower demand for meat this year, butchers will need to import lambs from Greece to cover demand, the butchers’ association said on Monday.
Association head Costas Levadiotis told Sigma ...
Headway is being made towards the start of operations as soon as possible for the Larnaca-based regional office of the World Health Organisation, spokesperson for the health ministry, Konstantinos Athanasiou, ...
Police on Monday took into custody four persons at Paphos Airport for forgery.
According to police spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou, four persons, between the ages of 18 and 29, arrived at the airport ...
In today’s episode, Bishop Athanasios of Limassol won the popular vote in the election for Archbishop on Sunday, meaning the Holy Synod will chose between him, Isaias of Tamasos ...
As soon as the New Year arrives, Rialto Theatre is quick in continuing its cultural agenda after a brief Christmas break. From the first week of the year, it resumes ...
Bishop Athanasios of Limassol secured the lead in Sunday’s electoral process for the new archbishop, and is followed by Bishop Georgios of Paphos and Bishop Isaiah of Tamassos and ...
Traffic police in Paphos issued 145 fines over the last three days, over a third of which were for driving at excessive speed.
According to police spokesman, Michalis Nikolaou, 51 fines were ...
Professor Polemitis was a pioneer of higher education in Cyprus
The University of Nicosia (UNIC) expresses its deep sadness on the passing of Professor Andreas Polemitis, who played a foundational ...
Police on Sunday arrested a 24-year-old resident of Limassol, after he was found possession of over 1kg of cannabis.
According to a police statement, around noon on Sunday, while motorcycle ...
Bishop Athanasios of Limassol won the popular vote in the election for Archbishop on Sunday, meaning the Holy Synod will chose between him, Isaias of Tamasos and Georgios of Paphos ...
A parked vehicle in Paphos was completely destroyed by a fire that broke out in the early morning hours on Monday.
According to the police, around 4 am a fire broke ...
On Monday the weather will be mostly clear. Winds will be mainly north-easterly to south-easterly, light to moderate up to 4 Beaufort. The sea will be somewhat rough. Temperatures will rise ...
Christmas is looming but for some of us this won’t be the most wonderful time of the year
How much can you actually say in 15 minutes? For certain care ...
Easing relocations for foreign workers in the tech sector by smoothing the legal procedures and bureaucracy were among the top priorities the presidential candidates highlighted in an English-language debate earlier ...
Demonstrators at Limassol zoo on Sunday said they would continue their protests until the facility is closed down.
“We’re not kidding. We cannot let animals live in these conditions. ...
The last few days of the year have a range of events discovers ELENI PHILIPPOU
The end of the year is fast approaching and Nicosia’s What’s On calendar ...
Christmas traditions: They can be heart-warming, motivating and downright scary
In some Cypriot mountain villages on Christmas night, it is customary to leave the doors of one’s house open, ...
By lunchtime only 15.4 per cent of people entitled to take part in the election for a new Archbishop had voted, Archbishopric elections commissioner Ioannis Charilaou said on Sunday.
Specifically, of ...
For the third year in a row empty beer barrels have been used to create a large Christmas tree outside the Nicosia pub BR Hub.
Made from 75 empty beer kegs, ...
In the past decade no opportunity on the Cyprus problem has been left untapped, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday.
Speaking to the political magazine Politikoi, he said until his ...
Nurses union Pasyno on Sunday threatened to take legal measures against the ministry of health and the state health services Okypy after another member was attacked while treating a patient, ...
Voting in the elections for a new Archbishop on Sunday, President Nicos Anastasiades said he hoped the “best would be elected”.
“Each Archbishop is also the spiritual leader of the ...
Police have arrested a 46-year-old man after a further 18 irregular migrants were picked up in Cape Greco shortly after midnight on Sunday morning.
According to police, shortly after midnight eight ...