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A 37-year-old construction worker was arrested on Friday after he apparently tried to steal company property. A day earlier, a 66-year-old man reported he saw the construction worker loading company ...

The health ministry announced four Covid-19 deaths this week including a 19-year-old who suffered from underlying health conditions. The ministry’s bi-weekly update detailed that three men – aged 19, 79 and 88 – and ...

Police on Friday said they were searching for a woman, aged 34 who is believed to have stolen a 61-year-old’s car and subsequently sold it off. Paphos CID chief and ...

The fire services carried out a major training exercise near Polis in Paphos which focused on rescuing an injured person on sloping terrain following a car crash. Fire services spokesman ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides met with President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday at the presidential palace where he confirmed her reappointment as commissioner for the protection of human rights. He stressed the ...

Cyprus’ Composite Leading Economic Index (CPI) saw an annual increase of 1.4 per cent in March 2023, according to the Economics Research Centre (CypERC) of the University of Cyprus. This positive growth ...

An elderly woman and two dogs were rescued by the fire services from a ravine in Lefkara, after she had tried to rescue the pets that had fallen in earlier, ...

Take us to the Water is a digital interactive map which makes up the Cyprus participation in Goethe-Institut’s project Atlas of Mediterranean Liquidity. The map consists of artworks by ...

In today’s episode, the government said it is gearing into action to tackle the migration crisis, with funding aimed at expanding reception centres, speeding up asylum seeker applications, and ...

Police arrested a 57-year-old permanent resident who tried to scam an elderly woman into paying €90,000 for a fake surgery for daughter. Many have fallen victim to the ‘fake doctor’ scam ...

The Cyprus tourism exhibition is aiming to become an important regional exhibition for both Europe and neighbouring countries, with the exhibition undergoing a revamp in order to achieve this. According ...

Harmonised inflation in Cyprus rose by 6.1 per cent in March 2023 compared to the same period last year, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

The first phase of the government action plan on fire prevention will be ready by May 1, in time for this year’s fire season, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou said on ...

Cyprus faces possible legal action from the European Commission for failing to ensure its wastewater treatment plants comply with EU law. Earlier this week, the Commission sent a letter of ...

Cyprus Post apologised to residents in Prodromi, Paphos on Thursday, after it was revealed that mail placed in a village letterbox was never picked up and sent to its destination. ...

Hackers on Thursday made good on their threat to release a trove of personal data – potentially terabytes of it – grabbed from the Open University of Cyprus, after a deadline for ...

The government is expected to submit a compromising proposal on the cost of living allowance (CoLA) before the end of the month, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday. With ...

Banks have yet to react to an appeal from Finance Minister Makis Keravnos not to raise their interest rates on performing loans, forcing the minister to publicise his communications with ...

The police forces’ top units responded to a mock terrorist attack on Thursday to assess their readiness, in a simulation of terror strikes which included an attack on Kykkos monastery. ...

Prices for food and retail prices had a marked increase in March this year, with items such as water seeing a 12 per cent hike in the span of a month, ...

Another government blunder occurred on Thursday, as social media lit up over an official post made by the deputy ministry of culture about Deputy Minister Michalis Hatzigiannis attending a politician’...

As part of the training activities aimed at improving its readiness, the Fire Service carried out an exercise on Thursday morning simulating a fire and a chlorine leak on a ...

A high-level meeting to discuss the future of Christians in the Middle East is to be held in Cyprus, with the president meeting patriarchs ahead of the symposium. President Nikos ...

More than 4,000 accounts held by Russians in Cypriot banks could be closed over the next two months following the imposition of sanctions on a number of individuals in Cyprus, by ...