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The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) on Wednesday announced that a range of free seminars will soon become available to tourism sector professionals. “The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises, ...

Pournara migrant reception centre is set to receive upgrades with funds of €25 million being approved by the cabinet on Wednesday, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said. On Thursday, the minister said ...

The civil defence on Wednesday announced centres across all districts, where people will be able to bring goods and supplies for those affected by devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Wednesday that they would initiating housing plans in the old town of Nicosia and extending existing plans for the rural and disadvantaged areas on ...

Presidential candidates Andreas Mavroyiannis and Nikos Christodoulides will hold a debate on Omega TV Channel on Friday night, reports said on Wednesday. According to reports in Politis, there will only ...

Paphos is set for a major investment boost after the council of ministers approved the upgrading of the Paphos marina, with the door now open for luxury cruise ships. Along ...

Cyprus-based production company Fetisoff Illusion – Europe is co-producing a screen adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer prize-winning play Long Day’s Journey Into Night, starring Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, ...

A 42-year-old was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday after he was caught with almost 28kg of cannabis as he arrived at Paphos airport. The incident occurred last July ...

Cabinet on Wednesday rubberstamped the ‘mortgage to rent’ scheme, and some €240,000 as compensation for damages incurred during last month’s flooding. The funds will go to Larnaca and Famagusta which ...

The new king and queen of this year’s Famagusta carnival were presented on Wednesday at a press conference held at the Frenaros Community Council. This year’s queen is ...

PAUL LAMBIS meets a rising star of the female game, a South African of Greek Cypriot heritage Tatiana Correia may not be a well-known name yet, but at the rate ...

The CyCLOPS training centre gives Cyprus the opportunity to become a regional centre for the management of natural disasters in the wider region, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Wednesday. ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE My two islands have much in common. A reputation for hospitality and friendliness, a history of British occupation, civil strife, emigration, a brain and labour drain ...

Family members of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was found under a bridge in Alassa back in 2005, have instructed their lawyers to initiate criminal proceedings against the state, ...

A day out in nature is what Forest and Love has planned for this Sunday with a nature-themed event of the same name. Artist and facilitator Eleni Phyla runs the ...

Cyprus to send rescue team after Turkey accepts By Nikolaos Prakas and Jonathan Shkurko Two of the teachers with the dozens of Turkish Cypriot children were found dead on Wednesday ...

Four people arrested in relation to a case of attempted robbery against a 72-year-old woman were immediately referred for a trial at the Famagusta district court, police said on Wednesday. ...

The met office has issued an orange weather warning from 10pm on Wednesday to 7am on Thursday, warning of extremely low temperatures on the mountains. The minimum temperature in the ...

Disy’s parliamentary leader and long-standing MP Nicos Tornaritis has come out in support of Nikos Christodoulides ahead of the second round of the presidential election. Other big names to ...

The Archbishop of Cyprus Georgios on Wednesday announced every person was free to vote for whoever they wished for the presidential elections. Speaking to reporters after a liturgy, he said “...

Horse trading over the presidential elections was in full swing on Wednesday, with social media awash with public announcements over who would support whom. George Colocasides, who ran for president ...

Due to the severe accumulation of snow, police closed the mountain roads of Troodos and Machaira and limited the traffic on the mountain roads of Limassol and Paphos to four-wheel-drive ...

The fire service on Wednesday said it responded to 14 calls for help in the past 24 hours, five of which were for fires, eight for special services and one false call. ...

In a proud but troubled Cypriot poet and bookworm, THEO PANAYIDES finds someone for whom books themselves have stories, and not just the ones inside them The book is at ...