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Countries other than those accused of surveillance should also be investigated, including Cyprus, according to MEP and member of the European Parliament’s inquiry committee investigating the use of Pegasus ...

Lawmakers are being urged to quickly study and pass bills on intellectual property rights or Cyprus risks being sanctioned by the European Commission. The call to action came from Energy ...

The lifting on the mandatory use of face mask and the resetting of spaces to their full capacity are expected to be advanced by health minister Michalis Hadjipantela during his ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Tuesday spoke of the impact of the war in Ukraine, at regional and international levels, in the context of the EU’s defence ministers informal ...

Two tenders have been submitted to build the new Cyprus Museum, the transport ministry said on Tuesday. The first offer concerns a Iacovou – Cyfield joint venture for €121 million plus VAT ...

The body of a dead woman was found in Strovolos, Nicosia at around 4pm on Tuesday, police said. The body was found on the second floor of an abandoned residence ...

Over 1,000 missing persons have been identified so far, the Turkish Cypriot member of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) said on Tuesday. Since 2005, a total of 1,494 exhumations have been carried ...

The progress made in improving the lives of those living in the mountains justifies the president’s choices, mountains commissioner Costas Hambiarouris said on Tuesday handing over his annual report ...

A mission with 140 volunteers from various European countries came to Cyprus in August to support refugees staying at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers. The mission concerned an initiative ...

Famagusta district court on Tuesday issued an eight-day remand order against four individuals to help police investigations into a case of people smuggling after 60 irregular migrants arrived the previous day. ...

The conflict over hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean highlights the importance of the “struggle for sovereignty”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said during his speech for ‘victory day’ on Tuesday. ...

Larnaca is boosting diving tourism with the sinking on Tuesday of 60 clay amphorae in the Oroklini marine protected area, near the LEF1 wreck, to attract fish species to the area. ...

The Bar Association has investigated 20 to 25 large legal firms and €70,000 in fines have been paid after they were named in various reports into the citizenship by investment scheme, the association’...

President Nicos Anastasiades will pay an official visit to Israel in November following the invitation of his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, it was announced on Tuesday. Government Spokesperson Marios Pelekanos ...

The beat goes on. And other activities too. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds out more After the suspension of life as we now in for much of August, September brings the return ...

Main-opposition party Akel lambasted Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday after the latter responded with a tweet to the party’s July request for a meeting to discuss the implementation ...

Presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades on Tuesday blasted the current government’s approach to the escalating problem of illegal immigration and asylum seekers. In a statement, Demetriades said that asylum applications ...

A virtual walk at the old Nicosia Airport is now possible thanks to a project titled Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport by the Cyprus Institute. The institute ...

A festival celebrated with great devotion and joy by Indians across the world is once again making its way to Nicosia and particularly to Dali. Sanskriti Cyprus will organise Ganeshotsav-2022 ...

The foreign ministry has confirmed that during the financial crisis in 2013, presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides received a foreign posting allowance for months after the former diplomat was relocated to the ...

A fire that broke out in Peyia, in an area close to the Paphos Zoo, has been brought under complete control according to a Twitter post by spokesperson for the ...

By Richard Boxall The latest matches in the 2022 CCA #BAOGroup T20 Cup at Ypsonas cricket ground produced another run feast between Punjab Lions and Markhor, and a lower-scoring victory for ...

The foreign ministry on Tuesday said it has started proceedings with the United Nations in relation to an incident in the buffer zone in Deneia on Monday, during which armed ...

Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will have bilateral meetings with the foreign ministers of Estonia and Ukraine on the margins of his participation in the informal meeting of the European ...