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The union of municipalities warned on Thursday that the effort to reform local government sector was leading to failure, as more and more communities declare their opposition using various excuses, ...

MPs will debate the beleaguered state budget for 2021 on Thursday, January 21, instead of on Monday January 18 as originally planned, it was announced on Thursday. The change follows a decision taken ...

A major upgrade to Rigenis street, one of the busiest roads in old Nicosia that runs from Ledra street to Solomos square is currently underway and will last for three ...

Once again, grocery shopping remains the most popular category for which people ask permission to leave their homes, according to the latest data. In total 315,586 messages were sent on Wednesday ...

Eight persons arrested in connection with the clashes between migrants at the Pournara reception centre on Monday have been remanded for eight days, police said on Thursday. The clashes on ...

Police are investigating a robbery which happened in Nicosia on Wednesday afternoon. An 85-year-old shop owner told police that while he was in his shop at around 6pm, two men ...

A meeting of the National Council, the country`s top advisory body, takes place on Thursday at 11am at the Presidential Palace, to discuss developments on the Cyprus issue, following ...

Temperatures are forecast to be the lowest so far this year on Thursday, reaching 16C inland, 18C in coastal areas and 6C in the higher mountains. The first snow of ...

Police booked 62 individuals and two businesses from 6am on Wednesday until 6am on Thursday in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus. For the first time after a ...

The House education committee plans to propose to the government to introduce sanctions on colleges whose third-country students abandon them as a compromise to a visa clampdown imposed a few ...

Six people, including a 28-year-old woman with underlying problems, died from Covid-19 and 227 new cases have been detected from 13,298 tests, a positivity rate of 1.71 per cent, the health ministry said ...

The health ministry announced the antigen testing locations for Thursday. Limassol: Gregoris Afxentiou Square, administration building, 8.30am to 4.30pm, Ypsonas town hall, south entrance, 8.30am-5pm, Sklavenitis parking lot, Ayios ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said that unless the coronavirus vaccines reserved for his community are delivered directly via the EU and not through the Greek Cypriot side, ...

The mayor of Limassol Nicos Nicolaides announced on Wednesday that, by the end of 2021, he will announce tenders for the construction of 150 apartments in the neighbourhood of Ayios Nikolaos, as ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Evie Andreou The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called on Wednesday for the Pournara migrant reception centre to be decongested after a 600-person brawl ...

Two men, a Turkish national and a Turkish Cypriot, were remanded on Wednesday for eight days on suspicion of illegally assisting a group of 19 Syrian migrants arrive in Cyprus by ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Wednesday unveiled the government’s plans to absorb €968 million in EU structural funds in the period of 2021-2027 with emphasis on the green economy, tackling ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday discussed developments on the Cyprus problem and the latest UN reports on Unficyp and the Good Offices mission in Cyprus with the UN’s special ...

The cabinet on Wednesday rubberstamped rent relief measures for businesses stricken by the Covid crisis, which include a 70 per cent temporary discount for two months if the landlords are private ...

Paphos has reacted with anger after original wall art painted by a world-renowned Italian street artist, which was part of the town’s Capital of Culture 2017 events, has been destroyed ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) and the Pancyprian Footballers Association (PASP) released a joint statement on Wednesday calling on the government to allow minor football leagues across the island to ...

The first batch of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 arrived on Tuesday evening in Cyprus, according to the Ministry of Health. It includes 1,200 doses of the Μoderna vaccine. In the ...

A drug-drone has stirred the public’s imagination and caught the drug squad Ykan off guard with concerns that new drug smuggling methods are being used. Speaking to CyBC TV ...

The tourism strategy for Cyprus in 2021 will mainly focus on digital advertising, the Deputy Minister of Toursim Savvas Perdios said on Wednesday. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, he said that ...