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Bathers set up umbrellas and tents on Lara beach on Wednesday despite restrictions designed to protect nesting sea turtles. The beach falls within the Lara-Toxeftra protected area, where temporary structures ...

Cyprus is not a “slave market”, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said on Wednesday as he pledged inspections into allegations that hotels are using temporary agency workers to bypass employment protections. ...

High-ranking Turkish opposition politician Ayyuce Turkes Tas on Wednesday reacted with anger after a Greek Cypriot delegation was invited to the International Geography Olympiad in Istanbul, describing the matter as “...

The UK Ministry of Defence on Wednesday said RAF Akrotiri is protected by “robust, multi-layered security measures”, after a Financial Times report said the island had been considered among potential ...

Cyprus imported approximately 3.40 million kilogrammes of ice cream and other edible ice in 2025, with the overwhelming majority coming from other European Union countries, according to a report from Eurostat. Of ...

The government’s plans to reform the pension system were on Wednesday presented to trade unions and other stakeholders, with President Nikos Christodoulides hailing the plans as “the largest and ...

Reservoirs received around 140,000 cubic metres of water in just 24 hours, with about 118,000 cubic metres flowing into Kouris reservoir alone, the Water Development Department said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

A Cameroonian professional footballer faces deportation and is currently incarcerated at the Limnes detention centre, despite reportedly being a key prosecution witness in a criminal case regarding alleged financial crimes ...

More than 100 livestock farms where animals were culled as a result of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak have already received compensation, Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis said on Wednesday. Speaking to CyBC, ...

Cyprus’ agricultural organisations Pek, Eka and Panagrotikos on Wednesday expressed their concern over persistent water shortages, saying that problems continued despite recent rains, potentially affecting the upcoming potato planting season. “...

The European Union’s support for the Great Sea Interconnector project constitutes a “shield” against expected opposition to the project from Turkey, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday. He ...

The presidential palace on Wednesday acclaimed Cyprus’ deepening relations with India, saying they offer “new markets, investments and strategic perspectives” for the island. “With one of the world’s largest ...

Cyprus is not a target for Iran, government sources told the Cyprus Mail on Wednesday, after a Financial Times report said the island had been considered among potential targets for ...

The British bases on Wednesday said they were on “full alert” ahead of the start of the Ambelopoulia migratory season at the end of August, with measures to protect the ...

Iran has considered targeting US and British military assets in Europe, including Cyprus, if Washington escalates its conflict with Tehran, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people close to ...

A beloved Cypriot summer dish for meat lovers, kleftiko has its own festival, which is approaching soon. Kokkinos Asteras Meneou organises the 9th Meneou Kleftiko Festival on Friday, September 4, presenting ...

The new pension reform is expected to be at the centre of a meeting of the Labour Advisory Board with Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas on Wednesday morning. “The goal is, ...

A total of six people were arrested in overnight police operations across the island on Tuesday night. The police said they had carried out organised patrols in urban areas with 442 ...

A five-month-old infant was found dead in his crib by his mother on Tuesday. According to the police, the incident occurred around 8pm, when the infant’s mother noticed that ...

Five delivery drivers were injured on Tuesday night after being attacked by a group of unknown individuals in Paphos. Police said that the incident took place in the Moutallos area ...

Decisions over possible disciplinary action in connection with last month’s fire sparked by the destruction of munitions at the Kalo Chorio firing range are expected next week, defence ministry ...

The National Guard on Monday conducted the joint military exercise with the Italian Navy off the southern coast of Limassol. During the exercise, designated PASSEX, the navy practiced procedures for ...

The transport ministry announced on Tuesday it has launched a tender for the procurement of ‘smart’ traffic lights to be installed at locations across Nicosia and Limassol, for a project ...

A legal framework governing the implementation and supervision of EU regulations concerning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is currently under public consultation, with the proposal as it stands stipulating ...