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The fire services will be holding a training exercise in the Vasiliko area, they said in an announcement on Thursday to inform the public. According to the fire services, the ...

An explosive device caused extensive damage to the aluminium door of the main entrance of a residence located in Frenaros on Thursday. According to police spokesperson Christos Andreou, the explosion ...

Whenever a new Italian restaurant opens up, I can’t help but rejoice. Just like any other expat in the world, I miss the food I ate on a regular ...

Police arrested a 36-year-old man at Larnaca airport, under suspicion of stealing catalytic converters from a used motor vehicle parts’ store last year. According to police, on October 19, 2021, they were ...

In today’s episode, the finance ministry denounced the 12-hour strike by electricity authority workers which kept customer service centres closed resulting in “unnecessary inconvenience”. In other news, the 300 contract ...

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook Cyprus early on Thursday. According to the department of geological survey, residents in Limassol and Paphos felt the earthquake at 2.34am. It had an epicentre 30 kilometres ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with a case of car arson in Simou, near Paphos. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, a car caught fire ...

Police arrested a second person following the arrival of a boat with illegal passengers off the coast of Famagusta on Saturday. He is reportedly a minor, but authorities are yet ...

Cypriot mining company Venus Minerals board member and economic geologist Demetrios Constantinides earlier this week said that Cyprus can use modern tools to recover critical minerals from its mine tailings. ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (Kne) held its monthly general meeting on Wednesday, during which it closely examined and discussed the eighth package of sanctions against Russia, as it is expected ...

Only unmarried people will be able to legally change gender with the introduction of “easily accessible procedures” for gender recognition in the national legislation, MPs heard during the House legal ...

Cyprus and Germany both want to strengthen and broaden their consistently excellent relations, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday after meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. In post on social ...

Journalist Kazim Denizci was arrested in the north on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation, reports said on Wednesday. According to the newspaper Avrupa, Denizci, who writes for their paper ...

Two concerts with musicians from abroad are set to take the stage of The Shoe Factory. The Pharos Arts Foundation opens the last month of the year with a cello ...

The interior ministry issued an apology on Wednesday, after letters went out to dead people to register to vote. The issue came to light, after a father published a letter ...

Hundreds of bills were submitted to the parliament in the past year, while the most critical bills dealt with the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Fund, local government, civil service ...

The House education committee said on Wednesday they believe to have found the compromise for compulsory pre-primary education, even as teachers union Poed held a strike outside the presidential palace ...

Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos said on Wednesday he was pessimistic about achieving a collective agreement on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), after meeting with trade union Deok. He called on all ...

Deputies on Wednesday were discussing a mechanism aimed at protecting – and preventing – trapped buyers, after Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides submitted a bill to the House legal committee. The aim is ...

Cyprus societies at universities overseas can help students feel more at home. PAUL LAMBIS meets the leaders of one that is an example for all It can be a struggle ...

The European Commission has approved a €7.75 million Cypriot scheme to support workers in the agriculture sector who have been affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine. According to a statement ...

A three-day conference aiming to explore the conservation, management and governance of protected areas and its application in the Akamas peninsula began on Wednesday. Some of the core themes being ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Wednesday described the recent decision by the House of Parliament to suspend the foreclosure bill as “shooting ourselves in the foot”, noting that the only ...

The 300 contract officers’ posts for the policing of the buffer zone to stem illegal migration have not been filled yet and the deadline has been extended, police spokesman Christos Andreou ...