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Lawmakers on Thursday examined a timetable for the start of the expansion and renovation of the neonatal unit at Makarios children’s hospital in Nicosia with one MP suggesting the ...

Some 3,000 Turkish Cypriots are working in the government-controlled areas, according to reports from the north on Thursday. According to the newspaper Kibris, the number was around 3,000. Turk-Sen union head Arslan ...

Nursing staff at Makarios hospital’s Neonatal intensive care unit on Thursday demonstrated outside parliament over severe staffing shortages. The nurses, members of Pasyno union, complained while a debate was ...

A fact-finding mission from the European Parliament’s committee evaluating the use of Pegasus software is travelling to Cyprus on November 1, Cybc reported on Thursday. According to a post on ...

The ‘cabinet’ in the north intends to authorise the creation of a ‘national’ airline Turkish Cypriot media reported on Thursday. The decision was also published in the ‘official gazette’. Citing ...

There is more to Paphos than the beach and fancy villas finds PAUL LAMBIS at a museum dedicated to the region’s religious history Paphos is more than just a ...

A military court in the north on Thursday extended the detention of a Greek Cypriot bicommunal activist by a further five days. Andreas Soudjis has been held in the north ...

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The Paphos Criminal Court decided on Thursday to postpone the hearing of David Hunter on trial for the pre-meditated murder of his wife, following a request filed by his attorneys. ...

A monument commemorating Strovolos residents who died or went missing in 1974 has been vandalised, Strovolos municipality announced on Thursday. In a written statement, the municipality described the damages to the ...

Presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides said he has been victim of an organised attempt to slander and derail him, according to reports appeared on Thursday. Speaking at a campaign gathering on ...

First impressions can often paint a distorted picture, particularly when it comes to restaurants, however, in this instance they were very much on point. As we were shown to our ...

Dozens of Russians living in Cyprus held an anti-mobilisation rally on Wednesday evening after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his plans to draft up to 300,000 military reservists to fight in ...

An increase in the positivity rate of coronavirus infections among students was registered after the start of the new school year, epidemiologist and member of the health ministry monitoring unit ...

A 35-year-old was arrested in Paphos on suspicion of having stolen valuable jewellery from a home, police said on Thursday. According to a police announcement, the man was arrested on ...

The End of Summer Beach Party, a two-day music festival, will take place in Paphos this weekend at Mandria Beach. Organisers of the two-day, dog friendly, rock music festival are ...

A fire in a house in Paphos was caused by a lit cigarette butt forgotten on the premises, the Fire Service said on Thursday. The fire broke out around noon ...

People described as “opportunistic individuals” have been stopped at crossing points smuggling counterfeit goods into the Republic, the British Bases said on Thursday morning. Over the past month, officers have ...

In today’s episode, one in two workers is the victim of bullying, MPs heard on Wednesday at the House legal affairs committee as it kicked off a debate into ...

The Cyprus problem has been an open wound for the past 48 years, Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis told diaspora Greeks at an event in New York early on Thursday. “We ...

Cyprus will participate with other nations to form a response to Russia’s intention to hold referenda in annexed areas of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said after an extraordinary ...

Ukraine, energy issues and the next steps for the Cyprus problem were on the agenda during talks between Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides and US under secretary of state Victoria Nuland ...

Cypriot company Point Nine this week announced that its third annual conference was successfully held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Limassol on Friday, September 16, attracting a number of stakeholders ...

The Cyprus Fiscal Council on Wednesday said the 2023 state budget should be designed in such a way that it bolsters the Cypriot economy’s presently-satisfactory resilience, primarily to the worrying ...