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Cyprus is in for another sizzler on Saturday the met office said on Friday, as it issued another extreme high temperature warning. The yellow alert is in force from 11.00 am ...

Three men charged with premeditated murder walked free on Friday after the main prosecution witness told Paphos criminal court he would not testify against them, the Cyprus News Agency reported. ...

Residents from 12 Nicosia communities were set to meet on Friday evening to decide on “dynamic measures” to prevent the relocation of an asphalt plant to Mitsero, a day after the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) will set up regional offices in Cyprus to cover the Mediterranean basin and southeast Europe, dealing mainly with infectious diseases the health ministry’s spokesman ...

Police carried out a raid at a Larnaca based clinic, known for offering long Covid treatments, for the unlicensed use of human cells, the health ministry told the Cyprus Mail ...

Paphos police are looking for a woman suspected of withdrawing €9,500 from the account of a man who died in April. This follows a complaint lodged by the administrator of the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has honoured overseas Cypriots for promoting the Cyprus cause in their home countries. The President hosted a reception on Thursday evening at the Presidential Palace grounds, on ...

It is a national duty for all to work together for a Cyprus settlement, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides told new conscripts during their swearing in ceremony at Larnaca training camp ...

Two drunk drivers are to appear in court after being caught five times over the limit, in two separate incidents on Thursday night and early Friday morning. The first is ...

A 32-year-old permanent resident is under arrest on suspicion of stealing electricity from an EAC substation in Paphos. Paphos police said that they and technical staff from the EAC had ...

The weather on Friday is set to be mostly fine, but extremely warm with temperatures above normal for the season. The met office has issued a yellow alert for 12 noon ...

The health ministry on Friday announced 6,863 new coronavirus infections in the past week and a positivity rate of 7.21 per cent, a significant improvement on last week’s 10,152 cases and 9.14 per ...

It is the summer of music, events, beach-lounging and all usual hot-weather activities. Now that the cultural agenda has somewhat returned to its pre-pandemic level, there is plenty to choose ...

In today’s episode, the Finance Minister announced on Thursday that the state would absorb a sizeable chunk of cost increases in energy to buffer anticipated rises of up to 25 ...

A search operation was mounted on Thursday night for a 42-year-old man reported missing while partying at a beach in Limassol, only for him to emerge from the sea some ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

A 58-year-old man is under arrest as police investigate a case of causing an injury, carrying a knife, making threats, public insults as well as for acts intended to cause ...

Two men are under arrest to facilitate investigations following a robbery in the Famagusta district. At around 10pm on July 17, an unknown man had entered a kiosk armed with a ...

Paphos police are investigating a case of driving under the influence of a controlled substance and traffic violations. During a traffic check on Thursday afternoon, police stopped a biker who ...

Embria, a Cyprus-based venture builder firm that founds, funds and grows startups from the ground up, on Thursday announced that it has provided a $500,000 seed investment in 10K Riders. “Investing ...

Cypriot banks see a tightening of lending criteria for the second quarter of 2022, due to the uncertainty related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the Q1-22 Bank ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides has chaired the first meeting of the team coordinating the investigation of corruption, where participants laid out a road map for the handling of such cases. The ...

The European Commission announced it received on Thursday the first payment request from Cyprus under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for the disbursement of €85 million in financial support (net ...

Cabinet on Thursday approved revisions to the bicycle subsidy scheme for 2022-2023, introducing socio-economic criteria to benefit those with less income. The first scheme in autumn last year was not ...