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The coast guard on Thursday morning escorted a new boat of irregular migrants to the safety of the Golden Coast fishing shelter in Protaras. The boat, which had set off ...

A 32-year-old man was remanded for eight-days on Thursday under suspicions he was involved in seven explosives cases, which Limassol police have been examining. According to police, the man, who ...

Employment in the government decreased by 2 per cent in June, mainly driven by the transfer of hourly-paid personnel from the Ministry of Health to the State Health Services Organisation (OKYPY), ...

On Thursday a yellow weather warning is in place from 11am until 6pm, as the “Cleon” heatwave affects the island. Temperatures will rise to 40C in the interior, 38C on ...

The 1480 helpline for cyber safety addressed nearly 50 per cent more incidents in the second quarter of 2023 than it did in the same period in 2022, the education ministry said on Wednesday. ...

The UN security council expressed its full support for the UN secretary general’s proposal to appoint an envoy for the Cyprus problem to lead further engagement as soon as ...

“Bold reforms” of the constitution as regards the rule of law will be debated in the autumn, according to the House institutions committee which met on Wednesday. Head of the ...

By Nicholas Theodoulou and Nikolaos Prakas Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the attorney-general’s office in Nicosia on Wednesday night as they decried a “corrupt government [and] corrupt attorney general” ...

The illegal poaching and trapping of migratory birds earns criminals around 11 million euros, according to Justice minister Anna Procopiou. Procopiou produced the figure after the signing of a memorandum of ...

Investigations are underway at the land registry over the procedures followed by Afik Group, which has been selling Greek Cypriot property in the north, and whose CEO has a company ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit grew by €824 million in the first half of 2023, compared to the same period last year, reaching €3.73 billion, primarily due to a significant increase of 19.8 per cent in ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said the government is ready to discuss with the other ruling parties the strengthening of support for vulnerable groups facing foreclosures. “Within the context of the ...

Total beer deliveries in Cyprus experienced a significant decline of 16.9 per cent in June 2023, compared to June 2022, according to data released by the Statistical Service on Wednesday. However, the increase ...

Telling the stories of others and teaching children the benefits of drama, one man puts his Greek Cypriot soul into all of it finds PAUL LAMBIS Internationally hailed actor Renos ...

Greece and Turkey agreed on Wednesday to resume talks and confidence-building measures as they hailed a new “positive climate” in ties after more than a year of tensions between the ...

For the first time in years, more asylum seekers are leaving Cyprus than those entering, the interior ministry said on Wednesday as 51 more people were relocated to France through the ...

A lifeguard cannot be stationed at Aphrodite’s rock because it is a national monument, according to Paphos’s district officer Mary Lambrou. She said on Wednesday that the beach ...

A 21-year-old man has been arrested for aiding and abetting passport fraud after his travel companion’s false passport was discovered by police on Tuesday evening. The man and his 17...

The cabinet approved on Wednesday a mortgage to rent (MtR) scheme, following approval from the European Commission last week, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. The commission on July 6 approved a ...

Finding ancient Cypriot artefacts is of crucial importance to the justice ministry and measures will be undertaken to protect cultural heritage, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Wednesday. In statements ...

The met office has issued a yellow warning of extreme high temperatures for Thursday with the “Cleon” heatwave set to hit Cyprus. Temperatures are expected to reach as high as 43 ...

Two footballers were banned for life from stadiums and fined €32,000 for match fixing, the judge of the athletic court at Cyprus Football Association (CFA) ruled on Wednesday. According to the ...

We should have submitted our publicly consulted energy and climate plan to the EU by now. There’s no sign of that In a comparatively little-reported speech on June 27, at ...

International news outlets on Wednesday were reporting on the decimation of cats in Cyprus from a feline coronavirus strain, saying that 300,000 cats had died. The Daily Mail, The Telegraph, and ...