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In view of the coming elections the cabinet has announced a series of measures regulating visits by presidential candidates and their entourages to government organisations. According to an official announcement, ...

As the season changes a new programme of activities begins at AG Leventis Gallery to bring young and old closer to art. On September 21, a new round of tours titled ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has accepted “with regret” Thomas Antoniou’s resignation as chairman of the health insurance organisation (HIO). The development on Wednesday finally came weeks after Antoniou had offered ...

Cyprus and Israel are strengthening their cooperation in the fields of health and medicine with the signing in Tel Aviv on Wednesday of a plan based on existing agreements. The ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the health ministry’s recommendation to proceed with the new ‘bivalent’ Covid vaccines as booster doses for those aged 12 and above. The booster (third dose) ...

Calling for an appropriate solution regarding issues plaguing the Housing Finance Corporation (HFC), Sek trade union on Wednesday said the government should be doubly worried that the organisation remains “dangerously ...

In the framework of the annual military cooperation programme between Cyprus and Israel, the exercise ‘Iason – 2022’ was held this week, the defence ministry said. The exercise took place within the ...

Discussing ways to open the checkpoint at Kokkina on the north-west coast, community leaders of Tylliria area met with Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou on Tuesday at the latter’s ...

The report into the explosive central prisons row between its director and the now suspended head of Ykan (drug squad) is due on Thursday. Independent criminal investigator appointed to the ...

Playing the game has seen a leader in his field stick firmly on the right side of the fine line between accounting and creative accounting. THEO PANAYIDES meets a modest ...

Paphos police are investigating a case of assault, causing damage and actual bodily harm to two men aged 26 and 29. Two men aged 22 and 29 are wanted in connection with the attack. ...

On Wednesday the weather will be mostly clear but increased clouds will gradually develop and expected to give way to isolated rains, with the chance of storm not being ruled ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the source of a bad smell that has been troubling Nicosia residents in the areas of Aglandjia, Pallouriotissa and Kaimakli for the last ...

Continuing to present local and international cultural productions, Kypria International Festival will until mid-October take artists and art lovers around the island. Coming up next are performances from Cyprus, Germany ...

A 34-year-old from Limassol fell victim to an internet scam resulting in the loss of $4,628 €4,641) according to police. The victim had complained to police that he had made an online ...

Police on Wednesday stopped a 19-year-old driving 180km/ an hour in a 50km zone. According to Paphos police spokesman and CID chief Michalis Nicolaou, at around 2.25am police were carrying ...

Paphos tourism board (Etap) managing director Nasos Hadjigeorgiou on Tuesday said that despite the fact that certain hotels and tourist accommodation units will close during the winter, the district will ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Constantinos Herodotou on Tuesday delivered a speech at an event organised by the London Business School Alumni Cyprus Club, touching on a number of ...

Hellenic Bank on Tuesday announced its decision to terminate negative interest rates on non-household Euro accounts, with effect from October 3, 2022. From the aforementioned date, the interest rate on all non-household ...

Television is the dominant force in Cypriot news media while younger audiences opt for social media, a study by the Cyprus Union of Journalists revealed on Tuesday. The study showed ...

The agreement reached on milk percentages in halloumi does not represent the entire farming world and might cause longterm issues in the farming industry, deputies from the House agriculture committee ...

The foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed “deep concern” over the escalation of tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In a written statement, the ministry condemned the attack launched by Azerbaijan against ...

The Cyprus Confederation of Organisations of the Disabled (Kysoa) said on Tuesday that a roadmap for establishing fundamental rights for people with disabilities in Cyprus is being implemented. The content ...

Reaching the end of his ten-year term, President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday said that Cyprus Tomorrow, the government’s recovery and resilience plan constitutes his legacy. “I consider it an ...