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President Nikos Christodoulides accepted Michalis Hadjiyiannis’ resignation from the post of deputy culture minister, which was immediately reappointed to academic Vasiliki (Lina) Kassianidou. The president thanked Hadjiyiannis for the work ...

The President of the Paphos Hoteliers’ Association Evripides Loizides this week expressed satisfaction with the outlook of the tourism sector in Paphos, saying that hotel occupancy rates in the district ...

Electric scooters are causing problems in Paphos, police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou said on Tuesday, since local authorities have not made provision for their conditions of use. In the past year, ...

Festival fever is on as the island’s highly-anticipated summer happenings return. One of the exciting experiences of the summer is Fengaros Festival and with a rich line-up, its eleventh ...

In this episode, buying petrol in the north will not be penalised provided it is not for commercial purposes, the customs department said yesterday as they attempted to clarify confusions ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday attended the annual memorial service held for the thirteen people who died in explosions at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari twelve years ago. “...

Cases of illegal drug importation are an upward trend, deputy drug squad chief, Stelios Sergides said on Tuesday. The police statement came following confiscation by officers of another stash of ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Monday announced that it will be hosting a sustainable tourism conference on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at 17:00. The event, titled “A Journey towards ...

On Tuesday the weather will be clear. Winds will be mainly northerly to north-easterly, light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort and later locally south-westerly to north-westerly, of the same intensity. ...

The number of Iranians, Russians – and more surprisingly – Greek Cypriots arriving in the north by air and sea has seen a stark increase in the first five months of 2023 compared ...

Efforts surrounding the Cyprus problem are garnering a positive response, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday night. He sought to stress that he has observed “positive developments” reiterating the government’...

President Nikos Christodoulides said it was not goal to “convince anyone” over the foreclosures and non-performing loan bills, after a meeting with MPs at the presidential palace on Monday night. ...

“If the administration chooses to override the F-16 veto, I will oppose it and there will be consequences,” Senator and Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez ...

A 29-year-old man who died at Aphrodite’s Rock in Paphos on Sunday drowned, an autopsy revealed on Monday. Carried out by state pathologist Orthodoxos Orthodoxou, the findings were in ...

British woman Ellie Horrocks, 22, who was in a coma after a quad bike accident in Ayia Napa has made it back to the UK after a GoFundMe managed to raise ...

The state will spend €60 million more this fiscal year as a result of the increase since June in the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), MPs heard on Tuesday. The funds ...

Out of the population of individuals that were at risk of poverty in Cyprus in 2022, 5.6 per cent were unable to afford a meal containing meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent ...

A marathon session in parliament on Monday failed to avoid a showdown at the House plenum for later this week, where MPs will be voting on a contentious bill tabled ...

International Moon Day is coming up shortly and Nicosia has special events organised for it. Apart from joining celebrations around the world, our capital city has a special role in ...

The energy ministry said on Monday that funds for the making housing energy efficient will be increased by €25 million. According to the announcement, the ministry will increase the funding from €35 ...

A 53-year-old man on Monday pleaded not guilty to burglary charges brought against him for incidents in July 2022. On Monday, the man appeared in the Larnaca-Famagusta Criminal Court, where a ...

The trial of a 45-year-old man accused of premeditated murder in Paphos has been adjourned following a request from his defence lawyers. The trial is set to resume on September 20 ...

Less that 24-hours before the planned protest at Limassol’s casino resort, one of the unions has backed out as a response to the labour minister’s “plea to refrain ...

Cyprus is lagging behind in the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the Paris agreement on climate change, according to a press release issued by the UN Sustainable ...