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The interior ministry held a consultation on Friday with the union of municipalities to try and untangle the local government reform package. After about a decade of haggling, parliament on ...

Police investigations into the fallout from the investment for passport scheme are at an advanced stage, top members of a four-hour meeting of the key overseers heard on Friday. There ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides commemorated the fallen soldiers and those currently serving in the army as he marked Saint George’s day on Friday. In his speech at Lieutenant General ...

Cyprus and Estonia share a common outlook on many issues, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday continuing his official visit there, where he met Prime Minister Kaja Kallas in Tallinn. “...

The first ferry link between Cyprus and Greece – specifically, from Limassol to Piraeus – is to be up and running on June 19, it was announced on Friday, with the trip lasting ...

An unnamed law firm being investigated as part of the investment for passports scandal has had its request to tackle a police search warrant quashed by the supreme court. According ...

The health ministry will operate 63 free rapid testing units on Saturday for eligible groups. Those entitled to a free rapid test include minors, the fully vaccinated and those who have ...

Physics professor and former rector of the University of Cyprus Constantinos Christofides announced on Friday he will run for president in the upcoming 2023 elections, backed by New Wave – The Other ...

Police arrested a 32-year-old man on Thursday over the possession and distribution of pornographic material involving children. The police, after being tipped and having a warrant issued, searched the suspect’...

Two women, aged 21 and 19, were arrested late on Thursday in Larnaca for illegal entry into the government-controlled areas. Police said they found the suspects accompanying a 40-year-old woman with her ...

The labour ministry said on Friday that all general stores should remain closed on Sunday, May 1. The law states, the ministry said, that the shops – such as supermarkets, shopping malls ...

In today’s episode, two children in Cyprus have contracted hepatitis of unknown origin in recent months, the health ministry said on Thursday, adding that it will continue to monitor ...

Larnaca police on Friday said they arrested a teenager on his arrival to the island for carrying drugs in his body. The 19-year-old was checked as part of actions taken ...

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 ...

Nine deaths, including that of a 59-year-old woman, and 3,786 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the last seven days, the health ministry announced on Friday. The cases were detected form ...

Police on Friday said they have arrested a second man, aged 28, on suspicion of assisting the entry of 26 irregular migrants into the Republic. The arrest concerns the arrival of 18 men, ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus in March 2022 amounted to 128,840, with arrivals for the first quarter of the year reaching 244,705, according to data released on Thursday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

Students from the Paphos Technical School won first prize among their peers for creating and implementing the best innovative business idea in the ‘Ideodromio – Creativity, Innovation and Business Idea’ programme. ...

By George Pirishis It seems that something has started to shift in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in relation to the Aphrodite block. In last week’s meeting between the ...

In 2020, the life expectancy at birth in the European Union was 80.4 years, decreasing slightly compared with 2019, while women continued to have a higher life expectancy than men, according to data ...

Cyprus is on the right track for the establishment of a positive health and safety culture at company level, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Thursday, as the labour inspection ...

The government anticipates that the European Commission will soon give it the green light to roll out the ‘mortgage to rent’ scheme. Speaking to the state broadcaster on Thursday, the ...

The 25 migrants whose inflatable boat was intercepted off the Akamas peninsula on Thursday morning were later in the day transferred to the Kokkinotrimithia reception centre for asylum seekers, while police ...

Cyprus´s Union of Bank Employees (Etyk) urged Hellenic Bank staff on Thursday to go on the offensive in response to what it deemed the “easy solution” mass redundancy plans ...