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A compensation package for livestock farmers resuming operations after foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks has been agreed and will be submitted to the Council of Ministers for approval, the head of the ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) and the police, issued a joint warning on Wednesday about fake SMS messages impersonating the general health system (Gesy). These messages are part of a ...

Eighty-nine-year-old Christakis Rotsides will be the oldest candidate at the forthcoming parliamentary elections, having registered as an independent candidate in the Limassol district on Wednesday. A retired musician, Rotsides said ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou, who served as House president during the last parliament, filed her candidacy for the forthcoming parliamentary election at the top of her party’s ballot in ...

Independent candidate Marios Tenizis on Wednesday morning filed his candidacy for the parliamentary elections in the Nicosia district, demanding improvements to Gesy. “There is a major problem in the service ...

A bag containing 0.96 grams of cannabis was found on the internal stairs of the Limassol district court, authorities said on Wednesday. The substance was collected by the Ykan unit for ...

Social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou on Wednesday submitted his candidacy for the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the Nicosia district, at the top of the ballot of Direct Democracy Cyprus, the ...

Volt’s co-leaders Andromachi Sophocleous and Panos Loizou Parras on Wednesday filed their candidacies for the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the Nicosia and Limassol districts respectively. In Nicosia, Sophocleous said ...

Alma founder and leader Odysseas Michaelides on Wednesday filed his candidacy for the forthcoming parliamentary elections at the top of his party’s list in the Nicosia’s district, and ...

Elam leader Christos Christou on Wednesday filed his candidacy at the top of his party’s ballot in the Nicosia district, with the party on course for a historic electoral ...

Perpetual candidate Celestina de Petro submitted her candidacy for the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the Nicosia district on Wednesday, before turning her attention to Alma candidate Irene Charalambides. “I submitted ...

Two candidates are to stand to become the Maronite Cypriot community’s non-voting representative in parliament at the forthcoming election. Marios Mavrides, 63, who had been a voting MP for Disy ...

Only one Armenian Cypriot is standing for election to become the community’s non-voting representative in the new parliament. Vartkes Mahdessian, 76, has been the community’s representative in the House ...

Only one Latin Cypriot is standing for election to become the community’s non-voting representative in the new parliament. Antonella Lydia Mantovani, 54, has been the community’s representative in the ...

A single candidate registered on behalf of the Patriotic Lacedaemonian Movement party on Wednesday morning. Alexia Hadjichristoforou is the party’s sole candidate, and is standing for election in the ...

A 60-year-old man lost €48,000 after falling victim to an online scam involving messages from people posing as the National Health Scheme (Gesy), police said on Wednesday. The complaint was filed ...

Andreas Christophi, the leader of the Agronomos party, which markets itself as a party for farmers, on Wednesday filed his candidacy for the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the Limassol district. “...

The interior ministry is examining “a lot of objections” to candidacies ahead of the May 24 parliamentary elections, chief returning officer Elikkos Elia said on Wednesday. Speaking after the candidates for ...

Andreas Themistocleous, the leader of the Democratic National Movement (DEK), on Wednesday filed his candidacy at the top of his party’s ballot in the Limassol district. “For DEK, today ...

Communications professional Larry Fergeson on Wednesday morning decided at the last minute not to stand in the forthcoming parliamentary elections. He had been given a timeslot to register his candidacy ...

Dipa leader Marios Garoyian on Wednesday morning accompanied his party’s candidates to register their candidacies in the Nicosia district, though after having spent 15 of the last 20 years as an ...

A total of 60 convictions in child sexual abuse cases were seen in 2025, police said on Wednesday. Each case reflects detailed investigations carried out by the unit for the management of ...

Edek leader Nikos Anastasiou on Wednesday presented his party’s candidates in the Nicosia district, hailing the diversity of their ballot. “Edek is proud because 25 per cent of our candidates ...

An investigation into a complaint lodged by the family of an elderly patient against inappropriate behaviour on behalf of nursing staff, which they claimed placed the woman’s life in ...