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Local band with international flavour to stage shows around the island finds ELENI PHILIPPOU Flamenco-infused guitar strums, Middle East-inspired melodies and nostalgic Greek notes are to fill the island’s ...

Thousands of people were out for the Limassol carnival parade on Sunday, as it was the first time in two years the celebrations were being held. The parade and carnival ...

Aglandjia municipality wanted to penalise woman who didn’t throw out enough trash By Theo Panayides Aglandjia municipality’s pace-setting ‘Pay as you throw’ scheme is the future, due to ...

Over 85 communities have been supported with over €19 million in last few years, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos addressing the 34th General Assembly of the Cyprus Union of Communities. Speaking on Saturday ...

Main opposition Akel general secretary Stefanos Stefanou tested positive for coronavirus, an announcement from the party said on Sunday. The announcement added that Stefanou tested positive for the virus on ...

Cyprus’ first crossover transplant will be performed on March 1, the health ministry announced on Sunday. According to the ministry, the kidney transplant will take place at the new transplant clinic ...

The fire services and police rescued two people that got lost in the Lefkara area early on Sunday morning. According to the fire services, the two Russian individuals were found ...

Police remanded six people for eight days in Paphos, following a drug bust earlier in the week, authorities said. According to police, the Paphos court on Saturday issued an eight-day ...

Two young boys were injured at a football match after being hit by a firecracker during the Anorthosis-Ael game in Larnaca, police said on Sunday. According to authorities, the two ...

In the race to go green, the public could end up facing long-term debt and restrictions on their freedom of movement By Jean Christou From Wednesday Cyprus will have a ...

By Les Manison In his campaign to become President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides promised that his government would be one of “broad social acceptance” and would represent ...

A 54-year-old grandmother and her 19-year-old grandson are behind stealing from a house owned by the chief of the police drug squad Ykan, CyBC radio reported on Saturday. The two ...

Candidate for the leadership of Disy, Demetris Demetriou on Saturday said he would wait to see the intentions and choices of president-elect Nikos Christodoulides before shaping the party’s strategy ...

Outgoing health minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Saturday called on his successor to embrace public hospitals and health professionals, underlining that public hospitals are the backbone of the health system. Hadjipantela, ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Saturday said that the Anastasiades administration’s highest priority was the steady development of rural areas and improving the standard of living for those with ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘labour minister’ Hasan Taçoy on Saturday said that 3,800 earthquake victims from Turkey have found refuge in the north since the beginning of the month. Citing data from ...

Limassol municipality said on Saturday it will take part in the city’s big carnival parade with three floats satirising the recent election battle, the glacial progress of the country’...

The 5th CASSINI Hackathon organised by CIP Citizens In Power in Cyprus and held under the auspices of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organization is coming for three days as of ...

More than one hundred tons of aid has been collected in Cyprus for the earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey, director of Limassol Port Panayiotis Agathocleous said on Saturday. Speaking ...

A Syrian man who had earlier this week escaped police custody was on Saturday remanded for eight days by the Larnaca District Court. The 23-year-old was taken there under draconian ...

Police on Saturday said a 56-year-old professor arrested at Larnaca airport on February 16 due to an outstanding international arrest warrant, appeared before the Larnaca District Court on Friday. The 56-year-old ...

A 52-year-old man was on Saturday remanded in police custody for six days after being arrested for people smuggling when a boat carrying 21 men, women and children arrived in the ...

Police on Saturday said the remaining three people arrested as part of investigations into the homophobic attack at a Tepak LGBTI event are set to be released later in the ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘minister of transport and public works’ Erhan Arikli on Saturday said that a new airline based in the north will carry out its first flight on April 16. In ...