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People aged over 65 who live in cities tend to feel they have better health than their age group as a whole, with the share for Cyprus being a little lower ...

On Monday the weather will be sunny and clear with occasional high clouds. Winds will be north-easterly to south-easterly, turning south-westerly to north-westerly in late afternoon, weak to moderate, up ...

Akamas region’s bird and flora information centre has been completed, the Paphos municipality has announced. The aim of the centre is to showcase Akamas region wildlife as well as ...

The European Commission has just published the 2022 edition of the ‘EU Regional Competitiveness Index’. Published every three years since 2010, the Index has been measuring ‘the ability of a region to ...

The average density of litter on Cyprus beaches is 0.2 items per square metre, a bi-communal study showed. The data on beach litter, available from the European Marine Observation and Data ...

Employers are expected to sound the alarm over labour unrest and uncertainty currently plaguing the economy when they meet on April 25 and will be looking to President Nikos Christodoulides for ...

You know it is spring when arts & crafts markets begin to make an appearance. In May, several local organisers are planning one or two-day craft markets to celebrate spring ...

While residents of Cyprus are among the most multilingual on the continent, those born and raised in Britain are the least. Alix Norman finds out more Sixty five per cent ...

Jammed in between the school break, Easter craft workshops and spring markets are several live music nights – a steady, weekly tradition for many of the island’s bars. This April, ...

Here’s a summary of the top business news stories from the week starting April 10: Cyprus’ trade deficit soared by €1 billion in the first two months of 2023, reaching €1.87 billion compared ...

Inland Revenue warned on Saturday that electronic messages are circulating with the government domain @gov.cy purporting to be from the tax office and requesting banking information from recipients “in ...

There is no magic bullet to solve either the Cyprus issue or the unstable economic conditions, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday in his first televised Easter message. “In these ...

The Holy Light, an Orthodox Easter tradition also referred to as the ‘Holy Fire’, arrived in Cyprus on a private flight from Jerusalem on Saturday evening. In keeping with tradition, ...

A comic and thought-provoking tale, caught in between two worlds, is coming to Limassol next month. Following its staging at the Athens Epidaurus Festival in 2021 in the framework of the 1821 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has appointed Loukia Christodoulou as a member of the public service commission just days after the qualifications of his initial pick came under scrutiny and resigned 24 hours ...

The hike in the price of meat this year has pushed Cypriots to shun the usual Easter lamb and turn more to pork, which comes in around half the price ...

Can you picture a medley of songs from West Side Story, Grease and Mozart? Probably not yet that is what a unique musical show coming up in Nicosia and Limassol ...

The cruise ship Artania flying the flag of the Bahamas, which anchored off Paphos on Friday, has departed, it was reported on Saturday. The cruise ship, is carrying around 1,000 passengers ...

Fireman rescued five people and two pets from a blaze at a Nicosia apartment building late on Friday night, they said. Spokesman Andreas Kettis, said in a post on Twitter ...

Fish for Palm Sunday But don’t forget about these recipes for the rest of the year says RODDY DAMALIS Unlike the Christmas fast which is celebratory, with fewer dietary ...

“Fairies, princes and princesses, knights, pixies, pirates and superheroes, gather round,” says CyHerbia Botanical Park & Labyrinth as it prepares to host another edition of its annual Fairy Festival. The ...

Archbishop Giorgios in his first Easter message, placed a heavy focus on the national issue, the ‘Turkification’ of the island and the influx of ‘Muslim immigrants’ channeled to the island ...

Police said on Saturday they had found around 10kg of cannabis hidden in 11 separate bags, hidden under grass at different spots in a rural part of Nicosia. The find began ...

Limassol mayor Nicos Nicolaides this week spoke on the city’s efforts to prepare for a busy tourist summer season, particularly in terms of visitors arriving on cruise ships. According ...