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Stricter penalties targeting so called “pirate taxis” operating illegally were unanimously approved by parliament on Thursday. The amendment to regulations on taxi drivers introduces increased criminal and administrative sanctions for ...

Tourism and business bodies in Larnaca on Thursday called for the direct intervention of President Nikos Christodoulides over continued delays to the Larnaca to Dhekelia road project, citing mounting economic ...

Renowned Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad is to visit Cyprus next month and give a talk at Famagusta’s Eastern Mediterranean University, where she studied. Alaqad shot to fame in 2023 with ...

Four thousand pigs will be culled following the first confirmed case of foot and mouth disease (FMD) at a pig unit with a capacity of 4,000 animals in the Palaiometocho area, ...

A 23-year-old man was on Thursday ordered to face trial next monthover two separate assaults on police officers in Limassol on Tuesday and Wednesday. Police said the first incident occurred ...

Police in Limassol are investigating an assault and robbery targeting a 26-year-old food delivery rider in the early hours of Thursday. Around 2am at the junction of the city’s ...

A bill outlining the legal framework for the use of dashboard cameras in vehicles, set to come into effect three months after its publication, was approved by the House plenum ...

The row of Turkish tanks lined up near the village of Pergamos, between Larnaca and Famagusta, had departed from the area by Thursday, the Cyprus Mail understands. Sources close to ...

Police in Limassol are investigating an assault and robbery targeting a 26-year-old food delivery rider in the early hours of Thursday. Around 2am at the junction of the city’s ...

Parliament voted on Thursday to raise the minimum age for the use of electric scooters to 17, approving a series of legislative changes while rejecting proposals to ban their use outright. ...

Journalist Makarios Drousiotis on Thursday alleged that ‘Sandy’, the woman at the centre of his allegations, was stabbed by former supreme court judge Michalakis Christodoulou, the man whom he also ...

There is no doubt that Cyprus is beautiful in spring. The fields turn green and the trees blossom with colourful flowers, seeds and fruit. It is not only Cyprus nature ...

The public consultation process on the drafted amendments to the legislation on the regulation of petrol stations is now accessible via the online e-Consultation platform, the interior ministry announced on ...

The police announced on Thursday the arrest of eight individuals during coordinated operations across urban areas. The arrests involved offences including conspiracy to commit a felony, arson, public intoxication, disorderly ...

A post on the Cyprus Mail’s Facebook account was removed from the social media platform on Thursday amid a wave of “cyber-attacks” on journalists and news outlets on the ...

Inspections of Turkish Cypriot halloumi producers will begin with a view to allowing Turkish Cypriot halloumi to be exported across the Green Line and into the wider European Union, Turkish ...

Children younger than 15 years old will no longer be able to use social media in Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, while hailing the European Union’s new age ...

The United Nations security council has been briefed on the latest developments in the buffer zone village of Pyla, according to reports on Thursday. The Cyprus News Agency reported that ...

Thursday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across most of the island, with partial cloud in some areas, and temperatures on the rise. The mercury will reach a ...

Open Mic Before the weekend fun begins, an open mic night takes place in Larnaca this Friday. KENO Publications brings another edition of The Openest Mic with the theme this ...

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen outlined the key energy and geopolitical measures expected to dominate the informal European Council meeting in Cyprus next week, as leaders prepare to ...

The recent audit report into the operations of the ferry service between Cyprus and Greece “did not take into account the provisions of the contract itself”, deputy shipping minister Marina ...

The Cyprus bus drivers’ union on Wednesday warned it may proceed with a work stoppage if protective measures are not implemented, in the wake of a serious assault on a ...

A total of 268 buildings in Nicosia have been deemed unsafe, four of which require immediate evacuation, with costs amounting to more than €2 million, the local district organisation EOA said on ...