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A sixth suspect has been arrested in connection with the October 8 burglary of a couple at their home in Sfalagiotissa, Limassol, after gold believed to be stolen was discovered. Limassol ...

A fire caused extensive damage to equipment inside an enclosed residential garage in Paralimni on Thursday afternoon, authorities said on Friday. The fire service said it received a call at 5.20...

A car caught fire in the yard of its owner’s home in Frenaros, Famagusta, at around 5.30am on Friday. The fire brigade responded and extinguished the blaze. Investigations into ...

Cyprus had the European Union’s lowest share of job advertisements disclosing salaries in August, with just 0.4 per cent of vacancies listing pay, according to an analysis by compensation benchmarking ...

Eight people were arrested on Thursday night for offences such as robbery, burglary, illegal residence, possession of duty-free tobacco and outstanding fines, the police said on Friday. Police stopped and ...

Friday brings mainly fine weather, with a few scattered clouds and fine dust in the atmosphere. Winds will be a northwest to northeast gentle to moderate breeze of 3 to 4 Beaufort, ...

All banks in Cyprus will be closed on Wednesday, October 28, to mark Ohi Day, the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has announced. The central bank informed the public that banking ...

A group of Greek Cypriot businessmen are suing a company in the occupied north of the island as well as soft drink makers Pepsi, seeking compensation to the tune of €140 ...

The House on Thursday approved the tax reduction on heating fuel, part of a relief package to tackle the cost of living unveiled in late September. The tax on heating ...

Stylianos Constantinou, who took his own life at age 14, was a severely neglected boy who would never have turned out well, a witness in the ongoing trial told the court ...

Cyprus recycled just 27.8 per cent of its plastic packaging waste in 2024, placing it among the EU countries with the lowest recycling rates, according to Eurostat figures published on Thursday. The ...

Patients’ groups issued a distress signal in parliament on Thursday over inadequate blood stocks to properly treat people with thalassaemia and other haemoglobin diseases. MPs heard that the lack of ...

A 44-year-old man has been arrested after being caught attempting to smuggle over 300 kilograms of meat across the Green Line, the Turkish Cypriot police have said. In total, the man ...

In the trial of furloughed Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, the woman accusing him of rape was on Thursday cross-examined by the defendant’s lawyers. The complainant was being cross-examined for ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has sent a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen demanding that the European Union resume discussions on its mutual defence clause, after the matter ...

British Cypriot businessman John Christodoulou said on Thursday that “my mind is with Disy, but my heart is with Akel” as he kept open the possibility of standing in the 2028 ...

The 52nd Cyprus International Rally takes place this weekend, featuring 30 crews from eight countries.The event is the fifth and final round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship. Cyprus’ ...

No timetable has been set for the next stages of the Limassol-Saittas road project, despite the government acknowledging delays and reaffirming that the road remains a priority. The issue was ...

Hadassah Medical Centre Limassol said on Thursday that it operates legally with the required licences and has never performed plasmapheresis on a patient. In a statement, the centre said an ...

Customs officers seized 28,000 suspected counterfeit condoms during an inspection of a sea shipment arriving from Greece on Thursday. The container was selected for scanning and a physical inspection following a ...

Larnaca interest groups as well as MPs were stunned to hear on Thursday that management of the marina cannot be directly assigned to the Ports Authority, throwing a spanner into ...

The European Consumer Centre Cyprus handled 864 cross-border complaints and 557 requests for information in 2025, resolving approximately 53 per cent of enquiries and cases successfully, according to its annual report. The centre said ...

MPs on Thursday called for tighter controls on property purchases by foreign nationals, warning that legislation restricting individual buyers could prove ineffective unless companies and other corporate structures were also ...

The construction of a tramway in Limassol could cost as much as €95 million per kilometre, the city’s mayor Yiannis Armeftis said on Thursday, as he evaluated the prospects for ...