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A yellow weather warning for rain, isolated storms and strong winds will be effect from 10pm on Tuesday until 10pm on Wednesday, the met office said on Tuesday. A combination ...

Fraudulent SMS messages posing as alerts from the national health scheme Gesy are urging citizens to click malicious links, police warned on Tuesday. The warning follows multiple reports from people ...

Twelve missing people were identified in 2025 by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), while the remains of 20 more were discovered during excavations, Greek Cypriot representative Leonidas Pantelides told the Cyprus ...

The night from Monday to Tuesday saw temperatures reaching a record low for this winter, with the Athalassa weather station in Nicosia recording 0.8C, Kitasweather said on Tuesday. Other parts ...

Gift vouchers for clothing purchases landed in the hands of 180 students across nine school units in Yeroskipou, Konia, and Timi, as part of Ierokipia municipality’s social policy, it announced ...

Police have arrested a 40-year-old man in Nicosia who was wanted in connection with a series of serious offenses, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Earlier, the police had issued an appeal ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 33-year-old in connection with the theft of a motorcycle in Larnaca in October 19. The man was arrested pursuant to a court warrant, which had been ...

A car owned by a 56-year-old man was destroyed in a fire that broke out in the early hours of Tuesday in Kato Polemidia, Limassol. Authorities have launched an investigation ...

The interior ministry issued a formal announcement on Tuesday setting out the rules and deadlines for registration on the electoral roll ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for 24 May 2026. All ...

Seven people were arrested during targeted preventive operations across Cyprus overnight, police said on Tuesday. Three of those detained were staying in Cyprus illegally, while two others were arrested on ...

Inflow into Cyprus’s dams since October has reached just 1.7 million cubic metres, highlighting the severity of the island’s worsening water crisis. The figures were made public on Tuesday ...

Police found an explosive device in the Zakaki area of Limassol at 4am on Tuesday morning, with a nearby pub believed to have been the intended target. Although the explosive ...

The foreign ministry on Tuesday joined the EU in calling for respect for Somalia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, reiterating its commitment for peace building measures in the region. “[The ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with an accident in which a  one-year-old toddler was seriously injured alongside its mother on a road in Limassol on December 8. ...

On Tuesday, the weather will initially be overwhelmingly clear. In the afternoon, clouds will increase and lead to isolated rain showers in the west and the higher mountains. The temperature ...

“You can do so much more than you think. Dream big. Remove the barriers you set for yourself.” That was the mindset of four university students in their twenties who ...

Opposition Akel on Monday slammed the government over its recent revision of the national minimum wage, calling it woefully inadequate. Under a decree issued by the labour minister last week, ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Monday called for a “continuous and visible” police presence on Cyprus’ streets during a visit to the Larnaca police station. He said he has given “...

“In 2026, Cyprus will not only speak with institutional positions, but also with art,” Culture Deputy Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said on Monday while outlining the government’s cultural programme which is ...

The north’s supreme court and the Cyprus Turkish bar association have issued a joint demand for a referendum to be held with a view to enacting sweeping reforms to ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Monday again denied reports of a planned joint rapid-response force among Cyprus, Greece and Israel, but confirmed the recent signing of a trilateral work plan ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday met the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, with the latter in open revolt over the former’s stance on the Cyprus problem. ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides has given stakeholders one week to submit proposals to address the shortage of nurses, with a follow-up meeting scheduled in a month to assess recommendations and ...

Around 110,000 people in Cyprus have so far been vaccinated against seasonal flu, with uptake among vulnerable groups reaching approximately 75 per cent, director of medical services at the health ministry, Elisabeth ...