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Words have been turned into action as far as the Paphos-Polis Chrysohous highway is concerned, Minister of Transport Yiannis Karousos said on Friday as diggers broke ground on the project, ...

A 32-year-old bank robber who pleaded guilty to stealing from a branch earlier this month was sentenced to eight months imprisonment by Larnaca district court on Friday. He was found ...

The family of the 27-year-old special forces soldier who died on Wednesday has asked for his organs to be donated to those in need, the health ministry announced on Friday. ...

Friday will be mainly fine, but increased cloud after midday may lead to isolated showers, mainly in the mountains, the met office said. Temperatures are set to rise to 37C ...

In the past week three people in Cyprus have died from Covid while 10,879 new cases of the virus were identified, the ministry of health said on Friday. The three deaths ...

In today’s episode, the state health services organisation (OKYPY) on Thursday suggested that the June 2024 target for public hospitals to attain financial autonomy may have to be pushed back, ...

Three people, a 45-year-old man and two women, aged 32 and 35, were remanded in police custody for seven days on Friday by the Larnaca District court following their arrest for alleged ...

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The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

A 34-year-old man who was being sought by Interpol and the Romanian authorities was arrested at Larnaca airport on Thursday afternoon after his flight, arriving from another European country, landed ...

The amount of total deposits in the Cypriot banking system decreased in May, but still represented nearly double the amount of loans, according to a report released by the Central ...

The average gross monthly earnings of employees during the first quarter of 2022, amounted to €2,019 compared to €1,891 during the first quarter of 2021, according to a report released this week by the ...

The land and surveys department on Thursday published its new evaluations for January 1, 2021, covering a total of 1,660,048 properties — 25,102 or 1.5 per cent more than the 2018 survey. The total value of the ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday it was doing “everything humanly possible” for mental health patients, less than a week after Athalassa psychiatric hospital staff protested understaffing ...

Parliament on Thursday passed the government’s second supplementary budget for fiscal year 2022, with the debate on the House floor devolving into a spat over a €43,000 allocation to a foundation ...

Members of the Theofilos Kurdistan cultural centre marched on Thursday to protest after the Kurdish Workers’ Party PKK was referred to as a terrorist organisation during the Nato summit in ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Thursday suggested that the June 2024 target for public hospitals to attain financial autonomy may have to be pushed back, but critics countered that ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Thursday announced he would meet with secondary education headteachers to discuss the “worrying” number of incidents in schools. Following several complaints, including a recent sexual ...

A bill regulating scooters – including a requirement that users be aged over 14 and wear a helmet — will go before the House plenary on July 14, House transport committee president Marinos Moushouttas ...

The defence ministry pledged on Thursday that if anyone were found responsible for the National Guard accident that led to the fatal injury of a 27-year-old commando, they would be ...

What’s better than a classic 1971 VW Beetle? Well, the students at the first technical school of Nicosia have proved that it may be an electric Beetle. The teenagers have ...

Five presidential candidates issued a joint statement on Thursday to press for televised debates and are urging remaining candidates to join their initiative. The statement was issued by Averof Neophytou, ...

A 69-year-old man was on Thursday charged with the attempted premeditated murder of his son in the village of Pyrga in the Larnaca district in May, the Cyprus News Agency ...

Asylum seekers held an anti-racism protest on Thursday in Nicosia, to demand the immediate examination of their applications. A group of asylum seekers gathered near Paphos gate in the capital ...