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Nicosia municipality was wrong to reject a town planning permit for a 10-storey building, and the matter is now in the hands of the government, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said ...

Over 5,000 pensioners benefited from a government scheme funding holidays in village hotels, the labour ministry said on Wednesday. The cost of the scheme amounted to €862,400. According to the labour ministry, 3,553 ...

A total of 561,033 voters are registered to vote in the upcoming presidential elections, of whom 276,029 are men and 285,004 are women, chief returning officer Costas Constantinou said on Wednesday. The head ...

A national guard officer who posted TikTok videos saying being gay goes against nature caused uproar on Wednesday, with a slew of complaints filed to the defence ministry and police. ...

A beach bar in Malama, Protaras has been accused of going rogue and was slammed by the auditor general as being a “monument to illegality”. It is understood that the ...

The met office issued a yellow weather warning for Thursday, due to expected rain and possible storms. The warning is valid for 24 hours starting 6am on Thursday. According to the ...

A secondary education biology book has caused an uproar on social media after a page circulated that suggests abstinence from sex before marriage is the only way to truly prevent ...

The Turkish Cypriot official on the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) on Wednesday lashed out at comments made by Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou over Turkey’s lack of information giving ...

Parliament’s interference in the preprimary education law have led to Cyprus losing out on €12.2 million in EU funds that were set to go towards reforming the sector, Education Minister ...

The government is “definitely not” satisfied by the UN Good Offices and Unficyp draft reports as they do not reflect reality, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday. Commenting on the ...

Nicosia district court on Wednesday remanded a 32-year-old for eight days after he was arrested for possession of 19 kilograms of cannabis and one kilogram of cocaine. The drugs were found ...

The war of words between Akel and Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides continued on Wednesday with party leader Stephanos Stephanou saying the minister should not get involved in pre-election campaigns. Stephanou ...

Promoting stability, credibility and change within the Cypriot community in parts of America, Friends of Cyprus is open to all finds PAUL LAMBIS Their mission is straightforward: to create a ...

Frequent bus routes and the correct infrastructure is needed to increase the use of public transport, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said during a visit to the Park and Ride station ...

The Cyprus passport has been ranked 16th in the world in terms of the number of destinations its holders can access without a prior visa, dropping one spot on the ...

Turkish Cypriot politician Dogus Derya on Wednesday called for the ‘head of religious affairs’ in the north Ahmet Unsal to be removed from his office after he delivered a controversial ...

All passengers arriving from China will be required to present a negative PCR test as of Sunday, the council of ministers decided on Wednesday. The decision came after Health Minister ...

A 52-year-old man was arrested after stealing an icon from the Apostle Barnabas Monastery in the north, reports said on Tuesday. According to the reports, the 52-year-old suspect was recognised ...

Internet searches for Cyprus have increased by 30 per cent compared to 2019 thanks to targeted digital marketing carried out by mainly local companies, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said on Wednesday. ...

A 48-year-old man was arrested, after he presented a fake Croatian ID at the civil registry and migration department to be registered as a European citizen, police said on Wednesday. ...

Nicosia municipality’s first free nursery for infants has welcomed its first children as part of the Rainbow childcare and employment centre project. The nursery operates until 8pm daily. The ...

Princess Anne met President Nicos Anastasiades at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday as part of her two-day visit to Cyprus. The princess was also welcomed by Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides, ...

Two separate Covid-19 clusters discovered at Paphos general hospital are set to be thoroughly monitored, state health service (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

In a physics teacher who is also a priest THEO PANAYIDES finds a man who believes in miracles, and that science and religion can sit side by side. He also ...