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Cyprus is significantly strengthening its defensive capability with modern equipment and reliable international partnerships, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Saturday as a military parade was held to mark 62 years ...

We will not be drawn into what Turkey is pretending to invoke in order to further strengthen the occupying forces, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday after attending a military ...

Immigrant flows through the buffer zone were the subject of meetings held in New York on Friday by Interior Minister Nicos Nouris, which he described as very important. The minister ...

Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Saturday appealed to President Nicos Anastasiades to intervene at Polis Chrysochous hospital, which remains without an inpatient ward. Two years ago following a decision ...

A 34-year-old woman was arrested on Friday, thought to be connected to a string of burglaries and thefts, police announced on Saturday. According to a statement, the police received a ...

“We remain focused on the liberation and reunification of Cyprus,” President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary since the declaration of the Independence of ...

The time to take the environment seriously has long passed but one earth activist and businesswoman passionate about conservation and rewilding is not giving up. Caren Doyle recently hiked the ...

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Thousands left the island in the 20th century, setting out for new lives in a new country. One well-known poet now asks what happened to those who were left behind ...

Vibrant Limassol event plays host to business and technology stakeholders from Cyprus and abroad By Kyriacos Nicolaou Startup founders, entrepreneurs, media personalities, technology sector stakeholders and creatives all got together ...

The Nicosia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel) this week announced that it successfully held an event on branding and businesses and professionals can create value for enterprises, industries and ...

A wide-ranging bill tabled to parliament has set out to totally overhaul regulations for owning a dog, it emerged on Friday. A €300 fine for not picking up dog poop in ...

The health ministry on Friday announced that it has widened the eligibility window for breast cancer screenings to 74. Based on a cabinet decision, as part of the ministry’s policy ...

The new energy measures adopted by the EU take into account the peculiarities of individual member states like Cyprus, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Friday after participating alongside her ...

Performances continue for the Kypria International Festival and arriving next is a theatrical production for children. A Midsummer Night’s Dream for children will take over theatres in Limassol, Paphos ...

The government must increase and prioritise funding for schools, according to the House Education Committee chairman, Pavlos Mylonas on Friday. In a statement following visits to schools in the Famagusta ...

The finance ministry will do what is necessary in consultation with the president, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Friday in relation to the government dropping consultations with Hermes airports ...

A team of archaeologists have uncovered what appears to be the remnants of a Bronze Age workshop complex in the village of Erimi in Limassol. The team of experts, led ...

More than 1,000 trees, shrubs and aromatic plants will be offered to the public free of charge by Hermes Airports’ ‘Green Lemonade’ environment protection initiative. “Hermes Airports is organising an original ...

The British Bases are continuing investigations as to whether a large-scale fire in the Akrotiri area, a protected wetland, was an arson attack they said on Friday. The fire broke ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Friday announced that the state budget for 2023 has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, noting that it is the most growth-oriented and green budget ...

Cyprus will seek judgement from international bodies over Turkish provocations, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Friday, a day after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced that Ankara would station more ...

Prison guard members of the Isotita union held protests over their pay grades for the 12th consecutive day on Friday, upping pressure on the government as they gathered outside the ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou has drafted a proposal to end the practice of making gymnasium pupils repeat a year based on performance assessment. According to Philenews the proposal has already ...