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A 56-year-old man who was involved in a traffic accident while drink driving was fined €1,550 and had his driving license suspended for 50 days. Nicosia district court also imposed ten penalty ...

Limassol municipality, with the aim to become climate neutral within the next eight years, signed a cooperation agreement with the Cyprus university of technology (Tepak) last week. After the signing ...

Paphos district court has issued an order to suspend operations in an establishment where people have been caught gambling over two months ago. Paphos CID chief and police spokesman Michalis ...

No border change using military force and no act of secession can be acceptable, said the President of the House of Representatives, Annita Demetriou, who participated on Tuesday in the ...

A 32-year-old man is wanted on suspicion of stealing a credit card from the car of a 26-year-old woman in Paphos, police said on Wednesday. The alleged perpetrator used the ...

The proposed regulation on controlling the rise of energy prices must be thoroughly studied to ensure that it is in line with wider EU policies, Energy, Commerce and Industry Minister, ...

Cypriot mining company Venus Minerals on Tuesday released a statement explaining that Cyprus can help the European Union achieve its raw material strategic objectives by providing it with copper. “The ...

It is a call to action, not an ‘all is lost’ message. Nonetheless, it is sobering. Very sobering The latest State of the World’s Birds report, just out from ...

The European Commission on Tuesday endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Cyprus’ payment request for €85 million in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), while Cyprus lost €90 million in ...

Early diagnosis and prevention are the most important tools in treating breast cancer, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday, urging women and men to regularly check their breasts. ...

Part of a balcony in Latsia, Nicosia collapsed, the municipality said on Tuesday, a week after two similar incidents in Limassol. The Latsia municipality warned that older and abandoned buildings ...

Children of marriages between Turkish Cypriots and Turkish nationals and their supporters will demonstrate on November 19 in front of the interior ministry over delays and denials to grant them Republic ...

Young actor Amit Rahav, who gained international fame by starring in Netflix’s Unorthodox series, is travelling to Cyprus this week to take part in a theatrical performance that will ...

The agriculture ministry said on Tuesday it was shocked by a letter from the Cypriot hunters’ movement (Kekk) calling for minister Costas Kadis’ suspension, following the suspension of the veterinary ...

Authorities should implement a strict timeframe to evaluate applications for the single-parent benefit, and should not penalise beneficiaries if they are found to cohabit with another adult, the ombudswoman has ...

A 28-year-old man was jailed for 12 months on Tuesday after he was found guilty of assisting the illegal entry of third country nationals into the Republic. Famagusta district court sentenced ...

Sek trade union warned on Tuesday that if the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) fails to be fully reinstated they will mobilise their workers. “Reinstating the cost-of-living allowance is not negotiable,” secretary ...

A 26-year-old man, who was found guilty of raping a 65-year-old man with mobility problems, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail. The crime was reported to the police on ...

Cypriot courts did not violate the right to a fair trial of three people sentenced to life in prison for the 2010 murder of the Dias publishing group CEO Andis Hadjicostis, ...

The University of Cyprus has ranked among the 401-500 best in the THE World University Rankings. According to the University of Cyprus, this is the eighth consecutive year that the ...

Tensions are rising in and around the buffer zone after a Greek Cypriot farmer on Tuesday was approached by Turkish military personnel near Denia, Nicosia. Denia community leader Christakis Panayiotou ...

With the academic year now underway, the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre (AEEC) team has developed an array of educational programmes for children from all over the island. With Covid-19 restrictions ...

Five fines of €7,000 each were issued after labour inspection officers identified five undeclared workers during targeted inspections in September, the office announced on Tuesday. The inspection service of the labour ...

The island has a rich history and those tales, and scents, are now the inspiration for a range of perfumes. ELENI PHILIPPOU tracks down the story behind the fragrances Cyprus’ ...