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Cyprus on Thursday joined the international community in offering condolences for the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, who during her long reign had not been received well by at least ...

The government said Thursday it wants to mandate airbags for professional motorcyclists, especially for food delivery drivers, after a spate of serious road accidents. Speaking after a parliamentary committee, Transport ...

Outraged reactions among football clubs erupted on Thursday as calls went out for responsibilities to be attributed after photographs of a concert at Tsirio stadium in Limassol were doing the ...

Classic hard rock legend Uriah Heep will soon perform in Cyprus. As the UK band celebrates its 50th anniversary it travels to the island to perform a concert in Limassol ...

Work to install a system to deactivate mobile phones at the island’s central prisons is awaiting the green light from the prisons’ directorate, according to the department of electrical ...

An exchange of views on confidence-building measures (CBM) and a discussion of issues related to the work of the bi-communal technical committees took place in an online meeting between the ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Thursday announced the creation of a special webpage dedicated to the accident and emergency departments of its hospitals. According to information, the aim ...

The municipal park ‘Piraeus’ in Larnaca has been targetted by vandals just months after an arson attack on the children’s play area. “Once again a municipal park fell ‘victim’ ...

Consensus for an upgrade to the pay scales for police officers and firefighters was reached on Thursday between workers unions and the finance ministry. Unions Pasydy, Sak and Sypyk said ...

A Cyprus-based drone company on Thursday neither confirmed nor denied reports from a Russian social media site (VK) that said some of its Poseidon H10 drones had been received by ...

In the village of Fyti, PAUL LAMBIS finds the mediaeval art of weaving is still going strong From prehistoric villages to castles and forts, there is no shortage of ancient ...

Construction of the 11km-long four-lane highway between Astromeritis and Evrychou is to begin as soon as possible, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos announced on Thursday. At a cost of €88.6m, the ...

As more and more of us are troubled by sleep problems, ANNETTE CHRYSOSTOMOU questions whether you should follow the latest trend of taking melatonin Sleep-deprivation was already a problem, then, ...

Digital, visual, online, offline, contemporary life these days is filled with these things. An overload of images, videos and information is consumed daily and it seems that everyone is simply ...

Paphos police arrested a 34-year-old man after a high-speed chase on Mesogi Avenue, local police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou said on Thursday. Late on Wednesday night, police attempted to stop the ...

The vaccination committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the policies for the new ‘bivalent’ vaccine and the wider rollout for the winter campaign. Cyprus has so far received 43,000 of ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will be going on a working visit to Paris later in the day on Thursday, to meet with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna. During his visit, ...

A woman hit a 23-year-old delivery driver on Wednesday night, while she was driving in Emba, Paphos police said on Thursday. According to police, the woman, 25, was driving on the ...

A 28-year-old woman was arrested at Paphos airport for using a fake passport, police said on Thursday. The woman was stopped at passport control on her way to Austria on ...

By Sarah Coyne As autumn months beckon, perhaps now is the time to consider restaurants in hotels which are becoming quieter. One of my favourites has always been Notios at ...

Paphos police recorded 87 traffic violations in the last 24 hours, local police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou said on Thursday. He said that most of the violations were minor infractions that were recorded ...

The Proodeftiki Teachers and Nursery Teachers movement on Thursday criticised the government decision not to rehire 116 school assistants at public nursery schools. In a statement the movement said that these 116 ...

British bases police netted a poacher for illegal bird trapping in the Pyla range of Xylophagou and he is now due to appear in court on September 19. The Greek Cypriot ...

Larnaca municipality launched a tender on Thursday to construct an events and recreation centre in the Tsiakkilero area of the city. According to an announcement from the municipality, the tender ...