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On Monday the weather will be mostly cloudy with rain and isolated storms expected and snowfall in the mountains. Winds will be south-westerly to north-westerly, strong up to 6 Beaufort. On ...

Police in Paphos on Monday are investigating a case of abduction of a minor by a person exercising joint guardianship, as well as theft. According to the spokesman and Head ...

Police on Monday are investigating the theft of €3,000 from a Polis Chrysochous petrol station. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou on Sunday, at 22:30, the owner of the petrol station reported ...

Roads to Troodos are closed or have limited access to traffic on Monday due to heavy snowfall. Specifically, the roads from Platres-Troodos, Karvounas-Troodos and Prodromos-Troodos are closed to traffic. Open ...

The future of Disy remains to be seen as to how the party will handle the exclusion of its party leader Averof Neophytou from the final round of presidential elections, ...

A man is in critical condition after being shot in the head in an apparent drive by in Nicosia, reports said on Sunday. According to police, while on Grivas Digeni ...

Just over 72 per cent of people voted in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, while close to 30 per cent of people abstained, a trend that has been steadily ...

Nikos Christodoulides was the clear favourite across the districts in Cyprus, leading in three of them, while his runoff opponent Andreas Mavroyiannis lead in one district and abroad, results showed ...

A Greek Cypriot farmer was allegedly shot by Turkish military officials in the north police said on Sunday, only to have the claim quickly refuted by the authorities in the ...

The Cyprus issue and the economy were at the top of London-based Cypriots’ agendas as they went to the polling stations to vote for the first round of the presidential ...

Far-right party Elam candidate Christos Christou and his party have seen an uptick in the 2023 presidential elections in comparison to 2018, official results showed on Sunday’s first round. In 2018’s ...

The number of presidential hopefuls was whittled down to two on Sunday leaving Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis to battle it out in the runoff next week. The results are ...

Disy presidential hopeful Averof Neophytou appears to have conceded defeat and congratulated his rival candidates Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis, it emerged on Sunday. According to Cybc, based on the ...

Akel-backed independent candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis on Sunday pulled ahead for second place in round two of presidential elections next week, as Nikos Christodoulides remained the favourite with 76 per cent of ...

A yellow weather warning was issued by the meteorological service on Sunday afternoon, as isolated storms and rain are expected. The met service said that the warning will be in ...

Cyprus goes to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president

Just over 72 per cent of people voted in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, while close to 30 per cent of people abstained, a trend that has been steadily ...

A number of voters on Sunday reported they received text messages from presidential candidates calling on them to go vote. Data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou said there were different cases ...

Three minor incidents occurred in Limassol during voting on Sunday. In one case a voter in Plataniskia village arrived ten minutes early and tried to insist on getting in earlier ...

But the result was never in doubt The first-ever presidential elections in Cyprus in 1959 were by all accounts a rushed, tumultuous affair – though their legitimacy or result never questioned. They ...

Archbishop Makarios barely had any opposition when he stood for president – three times – and there was no second round until 1988 A record 14 candidates will be contesting today’s presidential elections, ...

Cops, choppers and drones were out in force on Sunday to monitor and ensure that voting in the presidential elections went smoothly. Around 2,000 officers were on duty, while helicopters and ...

All the heavy hitters have cast their ballots with the candidates united across the political spectrum in urging the public to get out and vote. Outgoing President Nicos Anastasiades, after ...

Corruption has been a major election issue but tackling it will take far more than cliched statements Veteran politician Christos Pourgourides has called on the public going into the elections ...