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By Sarah Ktisti Employees at the Department of Information Technology Services (DITS) on Friday laid the blame for damage to servers at the finance ministry due to a water leak ...

Authorities scrambled on Friday to get to the bottom of reports in the north that Greek Cypriot owned hotels and buildings in Varosha had been bought by an unnamed Turkish ...

Cyprus, in 2022, granted protected status to 580 asylum seekers, a drastic decrease compared with 2021, when a total of 2,305 asylum seekers were granted protected status, according to a study released by Eurostat ...

Cypriot-born Christos Stylianides is running as MP for the New Democracy parliamentary elections in Greece. “It is an honour and responsibility to participate in the elections representing Greeks,” he said ...

MSC Cruises on Friday held a celebratory event on board MSC Musica in the port of Limassol to mark the start of the ship’s summer 2023 sailing season in the ...

May is almost here and celebrating the public holiday this coming Monday is a series of spring-themed events. Pop-up bazaars, children’s activities and food fiestas are on their way ...

As April wraps up, so does the 21st Cyprus Film Days IFF, concluding this Saturday at the Rialto Theatre, renewing its rendezvous with the cinephile audience of Cyprus in April 2024. ...

Proposals from the justice ministry to decongest prisons will be sent to the president next week, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Friday. “The president will assess the proposals that ...

Police and inspectors from the health ministry raided two stores in Latsia and Nicosia central, they said were selling controlled substances for which they did not have a licence. According ...

Two British legal experts will be coming to Cyprus to help with investigations surrounding the controversial ‘golden passports’, an issue that has embroiled former President Nicos Anastasiades. Head of the ...

Achieving labour peace was front and centre on Friday as the Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou submitted a compromise proposal in the ongoing CoLA (cost of living allowance) dispute. The proposal ...

Police have arrested two more suspects, aged 50 and 38, in connection with the disappearance of 31-year-old Angelos Perikleous. Already in custody are a 25-year-old and a 36-year-old. According to a police ...

The Larnaca district court has imposed a five-month ban from sports venues on a 17-year-old who was found guilty of participating in a riot during the football match between Aek ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will be attending the coronation of King Charles III next Saturday, the government said on Friday. According to Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis, the president will be attending ...

The director of the prosthetics and orthopaedics department from Shriners Hospital travelled to Cyprus over the last four days to provide specialised care, an announcement from the George and Thelma ...

Russia’s foreign ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Friday praised Cyprus’ authorities for the way they handled the incident over the fire at the Russian cultural centre in Nicosia ...

A 22-year-old man serving time at the central prisons in Nicosia was taken to the hospital on Friday after he tried to end his life. He was found by staff ...

What does a change in technology mean for the creative sector? Will NFTs, AI and VR change the face of art? A series of upcoming discussions in English in Larnaca ...

A legal framework to prepare juvenile prisons is underway, with a tender set to be announced to have the premises operating as soon as possible, it emerged on Friday. The ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested after he was found with tools believed to be used for a robbery, Larnaca police said on Friday. Shortly after midnight, officers spotted the man ...

Sunny weather, warm temperatures and blossoming fields make spring the perfect time to go on a road trip around the island. Before the summer heat rolls in, a visit to ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides released the names of his election campaign donors – but only after a discussion in parliament had outed him as having effectively broken the ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve), in collaboration with the Polish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce, this week held a business event titled “IT for security and security for ...