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Better organisation, staffing and expansion of A&E departments will be discussed in the coming weeks with the state health services organisation (Okypy), Health Minister Popi Kanari announced late ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 44-year-old man for possession of stolen property and illegal drugs. According to Paphos head of CID, Michalis Nicolaou, traffic police stopped the vehicle driven by ...

Police in Paphos on Monday arrested a 25-year-old man for three incidents of theft from a supermarket. According to the police, employees alerted them to the latest attempted theft of ...

On Tuesday the weather will be mainly clear with some temporarily increased clouds expected in the afternoon. Winds will be mainly south-westerly to north-westerly light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort. ...

Police on Tuesday are investigating a new case of fraud by scammers pretending to be doctors. The case involves a 76-year-old woman in Nicosia, who lost €8,500 to the scammers. The ...

Cypriots are split on whether it is easy to start a new business here, as well as whether there are robust opportunities for doing so, according to the Global Entrepreneurship ...

Police in Limassol on Monday arrested a 28-year-old man for money extortion through threats. In a complaint received last Friday, the owner of a Limassol property told police that on ...

The Cyprus Maritime and Maritime Institute (CMMI) has released a statement saying that it has launched the Adaptation project, which seeks to promote the green transition in the shipping industry. ...

Larnaca municipality has launched the tender process for construction works aiming at a revamp of Pattichion park and the area surrounding it. According to as announcement on Monday, this upgrade ...

The finance ministry on Monday sought to shoot down proposals brought by legislators to extend the repayment period for tax arrears, warning that doing so would set a bad precedent. ...

A total of 109 companies based in Cyprus are among those sanctioned by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, including gambling company Parimatch. “This is an egregious mistake. We hope it will be ...

A car was completely destroyed in an arson attack in Aradippou, Larnaca, police said on Monday. According to the Larnaca police spokesman Charis Hadjiyiasemi, at around 3am on Monday a ...

The head of the bar association on Monday declined to comment on reports that they have discovered prima facie evidence of wrongdoing by the former law firm of ex-president Nicos ...

Cyprus on Monday notified the European Commission of a voucher scheme aimed at increasing the provision of broadband services through the existing infrastructure, ensuring wide availability of high-speed broadband services. ...

President Nicos Christodoulides on Monday assigned to a former supreme court judge the task of preparing a proposal on the operation of an advisory council which will recommend names for ...

Former government spokesman Marios Pelekanos has announced his candidacy for the position of vice-president of Disy. His candidacy follows the ones by Disy’s MPs, Fotini Tsiridou and Savia Orphanidou ...

ALIX NORMAN speaks to the four members of The Hallouminati, whose hearts belong to the island but they largely have to content themselves with running a Facebook page dedicated to ...

Members of the Kurdish cultural organisation “Theophilos” staged a demonstration in the front of the justice ministry on Monday to protest the ongoing trial of Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz. Ayaz, ...

Paphos District Court issued a four-day remand order on Monday against a 28-year-old woman involved in the burglary of a chapel. According to police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, this is the ...

State doctors’ union (Pasyki) lambasted state health services organisation (Okypy) in a scathing statement issued on Monday calling for targeted action to ensure the viability of public hospitals. The union ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides begins his contacts in Brussels this coming week, aiming among other things to promote his proposal for a more active involvement of the ...

New online tax payment system Tax For All will launch on March 27, replacing Taxisnet, the tax department said on Monday. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC on Monday, Tax Commissioner Sotiris ...

The Finance Ministry on Monday said that Cyprus’ lenders, the European Commission, the ECB and the International Monetary Fund, began the 14th post-programme surveillance of the Cypriot economy According to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday held his first meeting with Armenian Patriarch Aram I at the presidential palace. During the meeting, the patriarch expressed confidence that the new president, with ...