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The firefighter’s association has sounded the alarm over the department’s staffing crisis as fire season kicks off, saying it was a struggle to provide efficient services and public ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Friday rubbished allegations of racist motives by teachers for incidents in secondary schools. Following a meeting with the association of secondary school headteachers, Prodromou noted ...

A brush fire that broke out on Friday afternoon in an area of Xylophagou that destroyed 2500 square metres of wild scrubland has been brought under full control. A written statement ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday he was not aware that Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar would be handing over proposals to a UN official who met separately with the ...

Paphos police are investigating a case of stolen property found in a building in Stavrokonou. According to the Paphos police department spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, on Thursday, between 11.50am and 12.10pm, ...

Police in Larnaca are investigating a case of unnatural death, after the discovery of a 76-year-old man who was floating unconscious in the sea off Oroklini. From the evidence found ...

A fire that broke out in an area near the village of Alethriko in the Larnaca district, is affecting visibility on the Larnaca-Limassol motorway, police said on Friday. According to ...

Those hoping for immediate relief from the continuous surge in energy prices may be disappointed in today’s meeting on the issue, with top officials instead looking towards longer-term solutions. ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce (Keve) on Thursday successfully held the fourth edition of the Cyprus Diplomat of the Year awards, with Kuwait ambassador Waleed Ahmad Al-Kandari receiving the titular ...

A 26-year-old British tourist has been jailed for one year after he was found guilty of the hit and run which killed a Swedish mother on holiday. Police confirmed to ...

Another step has been taken towards converting Paphos into a smart city with the introduction of a smart parking management system on Friday. The project, co-financed by the European Union ...

Up to €157,000 was withdrawn by unknown people from a company based in Limassol, using a similar e-mail to the owner and giving an order for the payment of invoices, police ...

A 53-year-old man found guilty of raping and assaulting his 11-year-old granddaughter was on Friday sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Larnaca-Famagusta court. In a strongly worded and emotive ...

75-year-old overseas Cypriot Loucas Georgiou was found floating unconscious on Thursday in the sea of Oroklini, Larnaca, police announced on Friday. According to police, he was found unconscious and taken ...

Words have been turned into action as far as the Paphos-Polis Chrysohous highway is concerned, Minister of Transport Yiannis Karousos said on Friday as diggers broke ground on the project, ...

A 32-year-old bank robber who pleaded guilty to stealing from a branch earlier this month was sentenced to eight months imprisonment by Larnaca district court on Friday. He was found ...

The family of the 27-year-old special forces soldier who died on Wednesday has asked for his organs to be donated to those in need, the health ministry announced on Friday. ...

Friday will be mainly fine, but increased cloud after midday may lead to isolated showers, mainly in the mountains, the met office said. Temperatures are set to rise to 37C ...

In the past week three people in Cyprus have died from Covid while 10,879 new cases of the virus were identified, the ministry of health said on Friday. The three deaths ...

In today’s episode, the state health services organisation (OKYPY) on Thursday suggested that the June 2024 target for public hospitals to attain financial autonomy may have to be pushed back, ...

Three people, a 45-year-old man and two women, aged 32 and 35, were remanded in police custody for seven days on Friday by the Larnaca District court following their arrest for alleged ...

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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 34-year-old man who was being sought by Interpol and the Romanian authorities was arrested at Larnaca airport on Thursday afternoon after his flight, arriving from another European country, landed ...