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Nicosia’s old town was quiet on Wednesday night, as police maintained a strong presence in the area to prevent potential anti-migrant protests turning violent. Police and police vans also ...

Thirteen people arrested during racist riots in Limassol last week are appearing in criminal court in October, the Limassol District Court decided on Wednesday, after they filed the case directly ...

‘Justice abroad’ director Michael Polak has announced that he is going to represent the 20-year-old British tourist who reported she was gang raped at her Ayia Napa hotel. Polak previously ...

Deputies on Wednesday grilled Cyprus’ police chief on institutionalised racism within the force and whether this was a factor in the observer status police took, as mobs attacked migrants in ...

The council of ministers on Wednesday approved a series of proposals tabled by the ministry of education, including self-evaluation for schools and increased school chaperones. Speaking after the cabinet meeting, ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal tabled by the education ministry to implement a pilot programme for German language learning in state secondary schools. Two schools have been selected ...

Rubbing shoulders with A listers in the world of music, one Cypriot’s move to America has seen her make the industry her living finds PAUL LAMBIS Drawn to music ...

Cyprus is at a critical juncture where we must decide what kind of democracy we want to live in and this will be determined by its citizens’ level of democratic ...

Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz has been conditionally released from custody in Cyprus and is to reappear in court on Sept. 14, a Cypriot police official said on Wednesday. Steinmetz was ...

Cyprus Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Wednesday announced that the Cabinet of Ministers has approved another action within the Recovery and Resilience Plan, focusing on the framework and action plan ...

Police were gearing up for an anti-immigrant protest in Nicosia on Wednesday, despite assurances it would be cancelled. Speaking during the House legal affairs committee, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou was ...

Two people have been arrested in the north after allegedly “entering the database” of the north’s ‘interior ministry’ and giving residence permits to 103 people. The pair, who are both ...

The council of ministers on Wednesday gives the go ahead to the appointment of a deputy minister for European affairs ahead of Cyprus’ assumption of the EU Council presidency in ...

The north’s first 4G mobile network is set to be switched on Thursday, with the north’s ‘government’ set to earn 1.25 billion TL (€43 million) from the associated tendering process. ‘...

The attempted murder case in Xylotymbou has evolved into a homicide case, as the 35-year-old victim, who was in critical condition after being found in a pool of blood on ...

The trial of Sefer Bugra Altundag, who stands accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur in January, has been transferred to the Trikomo high criminal court. The ...

The Slovak embassy in Nicosia celebrated the central European nation’s Constitution Day and 30 years of diplomatic relations between the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Cyprus with an event ...

The government approved plans on Wednesday for the opening of a national office of the World Health Organisation in Cyprus. The bill will now be submitted to the House of ...

A man in Xylophagou was arrested on Tuesday on hunting charges after British bases police officers discovered several protected black caps, also known as ambelopoulia, stored in the refrigerator at ...

A date has been set for President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with the UN Secretary General in New York, which will be made public soon, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

A six-member delegation from the city of Guangzhou in China, is scheduled to visit Limassol from September 9 to 11. Led by the director of the Guangzhou municipal publicity department, the delegation ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Wednesday met Kuwait’s ambassador to Cyprus Abdullah Al-Kharafi, during which he strongly condemned the recent anti-immigrant rally Limassol. A post published on the foreign ...

A raft of high-profile Turkish Cypriots have signed a petition aimed at halting the case against left-wing journalist Ali Kismir. Kismir stands accused of “insulting and defaming the morality of ...

A Turkish Cypriot man has received a fine after winning €79,000 at a casino in the north. Turkish Cypriots are not allowed to use casinos in the north, and despite this, ...