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Independent candidate for the 2023 presidential elections Achilleas Demetriades put fighting corruption and the need for more transparency at the top of his agenda as he set out his key proposals ...

From Cape Town to Namibia there is hardly a Greek or Cypriot home that has not tuned in hears PAUL LAMBIS Saturday, July 1, 1995. At precisely 5:20pm, the only Greek radio ...

House President Annita Demetriou discussed bilateral relations with her Japanese counterpart Hiroyuki Hosoda on Tuesday in Tokyo during a meeting on the sidelines of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ...

A 34-year-old man arrested after escaping from Paphos police station months ago was on Wednesday ordered to stay in jail until October 12, when his trial will begin. The man has ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Wednesday received the second booster dose – against Covid-19. Health ministry permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki administered Hadjipantela’s fourth jab at Nicosia’s State Fair. “Vaccination ...

A giant piano fountain, bingo, great food, a wedding, and dozens of African migrants daily chanting ‘Anna Queen of the Prison’ prompted filmmaker Raphael Rowe of Netflix’s Inside the ...

Revisions to a law on buildings and road maintenance are being drawn up as a number of deteriorating structures pose a danger to the public, permanent secretary of the ministry ...

Several high profile cases involving foreigners have hit the headlines recently. And in the foreground is an international organisation making sure their rights are respected, but Cyprus courts are not ...

A 29-year-old asylum seeker of African origin was arrested at Paphos airport on Tuesday night for impersonation after he attempted to travel to France with another person’s ID card. ...

Autumn’s cultural agenda is art filled. Dozens of artists come together and collaborate with local art galleries to present group and solo art exhibitions this month. In Nicosia, Cypriot ...

Four Limassol hotels have shown interest in housing students from the University of Technology (Tepak), offering a total of 162 beds for specific periods of time, it was reported on Wednesday. ...

In today’s episode, we hear that all signs are pointing towards a return to normality within the tourism industry – according to experts in the sector. Elsewhere, an app has ...

Police are to carry out a risk assessment on security issues to his person, raised by state medical examiner Panicos Stavrianos in connection with the death of national guardsman Thanasis ...

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out an arson attack on his brother’s car in Ayios Athanasios, Limassol. He is due in court later on ...

One in ten Cypriot businesses said that they consider the government’s support measures to have helped, while two in ten businesses consider that they have helped to an adequate ...

There was a net increase of €173.7 million in total deposits and a net decrease of €100 million in total loans in August 2022, according to a report released on Tuesday by the ...

Demonstrators gathered anew on Tuesday outside the Iranian embassy to protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died after being taken into custody by Iran’s ...

The four independent presidential candidates will get together again on Wednesday for more talks on forging a possible alliance that might garner enough support to push them into the second ...

A 42-year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to 14 years in prison for multiple sexual abuse charges after a trial held behind closed doors at Paphos district court. According to a ...

The government said on Tuesday it would cease talks with the Hermes consortium over expansion works at the two airports due to the toxic climate in the country caused by ...

Somewhere in Nicosia’s old quarters and forests, a group of locals are planning to host a series of events to bring the communities of the two sides of the ...

The last day to register to vote in the 2023 presidential elections is December 27, the interior ministry announced on Tuesday. For the elections on February 5, 2023, all individuals who will be over ...

All signs are pointing towards a return to normality within the tourism industry, president of the Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe), Haris Loizides said on Tuesday, marked internationally as World Tourism ...

Cyprus’ relationship with Russia has changed but hopefully not forever, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides told Bloomberg – adding that that the island has aligned itself fully with the West. Kasoulides was ...