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Celebrate BBQ season With the right preparation, less is definitely more when it comes to grilling food says RODDY DAMALIS It’s barbeque season! One of the many joys of ...

Limassol police arrested a 17-year-old teenager and a 21-year-old man on suspicion of stealing from an elderly woman’s home this week. The two were arrested on Friday on charges ...

As AI art trickles into Cyprus, Alix Norman looks at its dangers and asks if you can you guess which of the images below were created by local artists, and ...

The Public Debt Management Office announced this week the increase in interest rates for six-year government bonds for individual investors, starting with the third series (October) of 2023. Applications for these ...

The government has increased the rent allowance provided to those living in condemnable refugee housing in Limassol by €200, citing the difficult housing conditions prevailing in the district. The beneficiaries of ...

Women need a space and a voice so that female role models can be created at all levels, Gender Equality Commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Friday. Speaking at the conference ‘...

The new Vice President of Turkey Cevdet Yilmaz, will make a one-day visit to the north on Sunday. Turkey’s Vice-Presidential office announced that Yilmaz will visit memorials to Cyprus’...

Lawyer Panayiotis Kleovoulou, who led an attack against a gathering of left-wing organisations at the Limassol public university in 2017, was sentenced to ten months in jail on Friday. The 63-year-old ...

The expansion and renovation of the neonatal intensive care unit of Makarios children’s hospital, amounting to over €5.5 million, is underway, state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Friday. Okypy ...

There has been significant progress in recognising and protecting LGBT+ rights in Cyprus, the group Cyprus Diplomats for Equality said in an announcement on Friday. The group also welcomed a ...

It is not summer in Nicosia without the annual jazz festival that transforms a quaint neighbourhood into a mega jazz hub. This June 28 and 29, AglanJazz returns for another edition bursting ...

A migration department officer was arrested on Friday in connection with an ongoing investigation where residencies were issued to third country nationals. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said he was disappointed ...

The general assembly of the European Underwater Federation (EUF) will take place in Cyprus between June 17 and June 19, according to a statement released this week. The event is being organised ...

A holistic approach is needed to curb drug abuse, including the upgrading of treatment facilities and the provision of additional support to families and children, Justice Minister Anna Koukkidou Procopiou ...

A total of 19 beaches in the Paralimni municipality have received a Blue Flag award, a statement released on Friday said. Granted by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) for beaches, ...

Cyprus has demonstrated serious and sustained efforts in combatting human trafficking, despite challenges, a state department report from the United States said on Friday. According to the report, despite the ...

Cyprus Airways and Aegean Airlines this week announced their plan to work together on codeshare flights, which will start on June 20, with the aim of improving connectivity and travel options ...

The deputy ministry of shipping wishes to promote joint initiatives with Greece, Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanoli told the Ambassador of Greece Ioannis Papameletiou, on Friday. According to official announcement, the ...

Omonia president Stavros Papastavrou on Thursday night announced his resignation from the Nicosia giants in a surprise move that is set to bring about significant changes within the club. In ...

Rauf Alp Denktash, grandson of former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Raif Denktash, was named Turkey’s Ambassador to Poland on Friday. File photo: Rauf Alp Denktash with his grandfather The ...

Nicosia is expecting London to exert pressures that can pave the way for a resumption of talks on the Cyprus problem, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday after a ...

The Foreign Ministry has confirmed that both Poland and Spain have withdrawn from joint military exercises which included the north’s military. Ministry spokesperson Theodoros Gkotsis said the ministry has ...

Government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday that it is “conceivable” to expect visits from the United Nations in the near future. Letymbiotis said “on our part all efforts are ...

The hourly labour costs in Cyprus recorded a 5 per cent increase during the first quarter of 2023, compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year, according to a report utilising ...