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Police will be taking increased measures ahead of the August 15 public holiday, in a bid to ensure public safety. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on Saturday, police press officer ...

Seven nightclubs were reported in Paphos on Friday night, as part of police efforts to clamp down on noise pollution, police announced on Saturday. The reports were part of an ...

Bibliophiles are increasingly flocking to libraries, with an observed interest in crime novels and social sciences. According to three librarians interviewed by the Cyprus News Agency, libraries are becoming increasingly ...

Every August a magical phenomenon happens in the night sky. The Perseid meteor shower cuts through the summer sky creating hundreds of shooting stars. Year after year, the crowds flock ...

Summer in Cyprus! The recipe for enjoying the island comes alive when you have to show its high points to visitors says RODDY DAMALIS Today, I don’t have a ...

A 67-year-old man’s vehicle was engulfed in flames outside his Limassol home in the early hours of Saturday morning, in what police believe is an arson attack. According to ...

From scissors to ATMs, everything is designed for right-handers. To celebrate International Lefties Day, Alix Norman asks what it’s like to be a rare left-hander in a world that ...

The peak of the Perseid phenomenon, known in lay terms as shooting stars, started on Friday and will last through Sunday. During this time up to 100 shooting stars per hour ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has rejected a proposal by President Nikos Christodoulides to have a joint meeting with a top UN official when he visits Cyprus later this month. ...

The percentage of graduates in Cyprus that find work within a year of completing education was recorded by Eurostat to be at 81.4 per cent, just below the bloc’s average ...

Reports on Friday night confirmed that developments are underway into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasilikos, spearheaded by a Chinese-led consortium, with the energy minister due in China ...

Opposition party Akel has criticised President Nikos Christodoulides for what they charge is his inaction over the row at the health ministry between its two most senior staffers. The issue ...

Cyprus has recorded its first confirmed cases of the Covid-19 sub-variant ‘Eris’ but this has not had any impact on the hospitals, according to a senior health official. Medical services ...

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to Cyprus and meeting with Justice Minister Anna Procopiou has caused a lot of controversy, as she is the first EU member ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ has been recalled from its summer recess after opposition ‘MPs’ called on the government to answer questions regarding a tax break given to Ercan (Tymbou) airport’...

The blood bank on Friday appealed to the public to donate blood as reserves are close to being “dangerously low”. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, senior official at the ...

A bicommunal group of sailors named ‘Winds of Change’ will be sailing around the entirety of the divided island, Larnaca municipality announced on Friday. The city’s mayor Andreas Vyras ...

A man in northern Nicosia has been arrested after fraudulently obtaining a total of 3,617,166TL (€121,653) in the space of a week in July. According to the Turkish Cypriot police, the ...

The attorney-general’s decision to appeal 76-year-old David Hunter’s sentence and verdict has caused surprise and anguish in both his defence team and family, as well as the broader ...

Police on Thursday detained six Israeli nationals after they reportedly caused disruption to a flight bound for Tel Aviv. They are all teenagers. Israeli news outlet Ynet quoted one of ...

A 25-year-old was arrested under suspicion of stealing thousands of euros and residing illegally in the Republic police said on Friday. According to police, the individual stole a bag with €6,000 ...

The property market on the island remains buoyant with even high-end property sales continuing to rise, statistics released by Sotheby’s International Realty real estate agency show. In the first ...

Turkish Cypriot police have arrested a total of 13 people after British Turkish Cypriot Huseyin Mavideniz was beaten to death outside an entertainment venue in Trikomo on Thursday. Two of the ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel has announced the names of the members of his new cabinet, after performing a cabinet reshuffle on Friday. The highest profile move is ...