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Labour unions in the north protested against the proposed natural disaster tax cuts to their salaries, reports said on Thursday. According to a report in Yeni Duzen, the tax cut ...

The House on Thursday passed legislation that bars all semi-governmental bodies from paying into private health insurance, since employees in these organisations already benefit from the national health system or ...

Legislators on Thursday hectored the government for taking its time delivering legislation to tighten up the earthquake-proofing of buildings, saying that lives are at stake – while the interior ministry responded ...

A Larnaca court on Thursday began extradition hearings in the case of a Kurdish national wanted by German authorities on charges of participating in a terrorist organisation. The suspect, Kenas ...

Whether you find yourself in Limassol, Nicosia or Paphos this weekend, the island’s bar and live music venues have got something planned. Here is an overview of where to ...

Lawmakers on Thursday said they will seek higher state subsidies for assisted reproduction, in a bid to encourage this form of gestation, as one in six couples were said to ...

The appointment of one of Cyprus’ most famous pop singers, Michalis Hadjiyiannis, as deputy culture minister was criticised on Thursday by the Pancyprian professional artists union (Pasynek). The union said ...

Cyprus has submitted five new nominations to the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, according to an announcement of the Cypriot national committee of Unesco after a meeting that took ...

Three people were arrested on Thursday afternoon after it emerged that they owned around 300,000 illegal firecrackers, stored in a cargo container located in a Limassol warehouse. The operation, which was ...

A total of 14 people have died from the flu in Cyprus in this winter, authorities said on Thursday releasing figures. Among the deaths was an 8-year-old girl with no other ...

The Fire Service on Thursday carried out an emergency exercise at the Larnaca airport aviation fuelling system (LAFS) headquarters, during which firefighters had to respond to a simulated fuel leak ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 27-year-old man caught stealing metal pipes from his company, after the company car’s GPS gave away his location, authorities said on Thursday. According to ...

Turkish main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu is visiting the north on Thursday to meet the Turkish Cypriot families, who lost loved ones in the earthquakes last month. Kilicdaroglu, who is ...

The Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday that 1,318 applications have been submitted, potentially qualifying for loans totalling €131.1 million under the Oikia housing scheme. This scheme was designed to help manage ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos are in constant contact with the governor of the Cyprus Central Bank as of Thursday, following a 30 per cent slump in shares ...

Members of the prison guards’ union Isotita sent a letter to Justice Minister Anna Procopiou urging her to take measures against the issue of overcrowding in the Nicosia central prison. “...

A 57-year-old man, identified as Stavros Joakim, died early on Thursday morning in a labour accident at a glass manufacturing plant in the Aradippou industrial zone. Charis Hadjiyiasemi, Larnaca police ...

A massive 60-person police operation in Chlorakas on Thursday morning targeted a well-known crime hotspot which found that seven apartments were stealing electricity. Michalis Nikolaou, Paphos police spokesman and head ...

No signs of strangulation were found on the body of a 28-year-old woman, private medical examiner Marios Matsakis said on Thursday, after conducting a second post-mortem on her body, at ...

Of all the cuisine I’ve had the privilege to try, that of Georgia is one of the most intriguing. Somewhere between Middle Eastern and Eastern European, the Caucasian country’...

Officials from the British base in Akrotiri on Wednesday flew a Puma HC2 military helicopter over the sea during a life-saving emergency response exercise. Two new additions to the single ...

A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attacking a police officer outside the Ayios Ioannis police station in Limassol, authorities reported on Thursday. According to police, on Wednesday at ...

Director General of the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Stelios Himonas this week said that Cyprus is focusing on digital skills and access to Gigabit connectivity, stressing ...

Evan Placey’s play Girls Like That returns to the Cyprus theatre scene this month but this time it is not a theatre company putting on the production but a ...