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A 31-year-old man who had been arrested for the arson of a family home in Paphos was referred to the Paphos Criminal Court for trial, on Thursday. The trial is ...

The fire department responded to a vehicle fire in Engomi in the early hours on Thursday. In a post on X, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said the Nicosia department ...

Incidents were sparked overnight between minors on Makariou Avenue in Larnaca, it was reported on Thursday. The incidents took place between young third-country nationals, police said and patrol cars were ...

Police in Paphos district overnight carried out 50 car stops, 30 searches, and 25 pedestrian searches in a coordinated operation, spokesman for the force Michalis Nikolaou said on Thursday. During the operation police ...

Pensioners in Paphos have demanded an immediate meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides to discuss the serious issues they face, it was reported on Thursday. The pensioners’ association (Ekysy) said they ...

An autopsy on Thursday is expected to reveal the exact cause of death of two men whose bodies were found in an office space being used as a makeshift living ...

Thursday will see increased clouds and a chance of rains on the north coast and the mountains, while the weather will gradually turn to overcast in some areas. On the ...

The committee to exclude economic operators from public procurement procedures has been inactive since August, when two of its three members resigned, a former member told the House ethics committee ...

Police cautioned the public on Wednesday over scammers posing as Revolut representatives calling individuals and threatening to disconnect their accounts if they did not disclose their bank details during the ...

A new section on unfair commercial practices has been added to the Agriculture Department’s website, containing information on agricultural products and allowing interested parties to file a complaint. By ...

A bill allowing former drug users to be allowed to renew their professional driving licences was presented on Wednesday to the House legal committee by Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis, who ...

The Cyprus problem was the focus of a telephone conversation on Wednesday between the foreign ministers of Greece and Cyprus, Giorgos Gerapetritis and Constantinos Kombos respectively. Cyprus’ foreign ministry said ...

Marios Georgiou was pronounced Male Gymnast of the Year in a vote organised by European Gymnastics. President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated Georgiou in a written statement on Wednesday afternoon, saying “this ...

Conservation works have officially commenced at the historic mosque and cemetery in Tochni, the UNDP said in a post on X, hailing the project as “a crucial step in preserving ...

An increase in the volume of fresh water and the illegal dumping of rubbish has created conditions that may lead to the gradual loss of Akrotiri’s wetland, chairman of ...

The Nicosia district authority (EOA) issued a statement on Wednesday claiming to clarify details of the controversial high rise to be constructed near the city’s mediaeval structures without however ...

Greek and Turkish Cypriot parties have discussed the establishment of an institution for peacebuilding and conflict resolution in a meeting at Ledra Palace on Wednesday. The institution could be established ...

Lawyers and MPs expressed reservations on Wednesday over proposed legislation to restrict the right to protest, however the police and state bodies said it was a good idea, while masqueraded ...

MPs on Wednesday pointed to possible violations of the law regarding Opap grants, saying that Opap may be “filtering” the applications before sending them to the finance ministry. The House ...

The Supreme Court has overturned the Cyprus bar association (CBA) council’s decision, which had found a law firm guilty on multiple charges and imposed a financial penalty, it was ...

Union of municipalities has urged chief of police Themistos Arnaoutis to immediately withdraw the decision to charge Limassol municipality €43,000 for policing this year’s carnival parade on Sunday. The move ...

Omer Faruk Karaguzel, the lawyer of Turkey’s ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim, on Wednesday threatened to “use our legal rights against baseless news and slander” after Turkish ...

The employers and industrialists’ union (OEV) and the Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) have welcomed the tax reforms proposed by the government on Wednesday, saying they were a ...

Police carried out coordinated operations on Wednesday in Nicosia’s old town, inspecting three apartment buildings as part of ongoing efforts to improve public safety. The raids led to the ...