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EU agency tasked with border control has high praise for Cyprus’ rate of returning failed asylum seekers While Cyprus has been criticised for its treatment of migrants, it has been ...

Limassol bishop Athanasios has returned to his duties after recovering from Covid, it was announced on Saturday. The bishop, attended a charity event organised by the youth in Limassol, after ...

A large number of interventions by the Ombudswoman’s office this year concerned the “inalienable” right of children with disabilities to equal and non-discriminatory or inclusive access to education, Ombudswoman ...

High-rank officials of six member states of the inter-Balkan, Regional Aeronautical Search and Rescue Advisory Committee (RASARAC) were in Cyprus this week to take part in an exercise coordinated by ...

Shopkeepers on Makarios Avenue in Nicosia staged a protest on Saturday, calling for an accessible and sustainable shopping area. Demonstrators blocked the road and held placards saying ‘We demand the ...

The European Union should be more actively involved in the efforts to bring about a settlement to the Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades told the European People’s Party leaders Summit ...

A bus involved in a traffic accident finally ended up lodged in the display of a store, police said on Saturday. Shortly after 6pm on Friday in Nicosia’s Solomou ...

In collaboration with the deputy ministry for culture and the Cyprus Handicrafts Centre, Larnaca and Paphos airports are celebrating Christmas with handmade ornaments inspired by Cypriot folk art and tradition. ...

Independent MP Andreas Themistocleous committed a criminal offence with the homophobic and racists rhetoric he spewed during parliament’s plenum, Akel said on Saturday. The party said it will submit ...

Two men in Paphos were caught driving under the influence of drugs after they tested positive for a narcotest, police said on Saturday. The first, aged 21, was pulled over on ...

December cocktails? Yes, please. The Cyprus Cocktail Festival is back this month after cancelling its October event due to heavy rainfall. On December 14 it will take over the downstairs section ...

A 36-year-old man in Limassol was arrested after he was caught trying to steal a car, police said on Saturday. The man was trying to steal a car parked outside ...

Disabled protesters gathered outside the presidential palace on Friday to to decry violations of their rights Full story here

Getting all the benefits of nature even when we are stuck inside is driving the way we think about our homes and offices finds Alix Norman Covid changed our interiors. ...

Cyprus’ general government posted a surplus of €556.4 million for the period between January and October 2022, according to the preliminary financial results published this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

Interest rates on deposits in Cyprus have experienced a slight increase, while interest rates for housing and consumer loans have decreased, according to a report published on Friday by the ...

Up to 300 Paphos swimming athletes are in limbo as the city’s main pool remains closed over a seemingly bureaucratic row, with the mayor and deputy mayor at odds over ...

Ayia Napa Mayor Christos Zannettos visited the artists at work during the 8th International Sculpture Symposium on Friday and said the city’s sculpture park upgrades Cyprus as a cultural ...

Bishop Isaias of Tamasos and Orenis said he considers any process that interrupts human development after conception, “unacceptable,” saying that in this matter he agrees with the position of the ...

The Cyprus Cancer Research Institute (CCRI) is “a jewel for our country,” said EU Health Commissioner, Stella Kyriakides, on Friday. Kyriakides toured the site of the soon-to-be completed CCRI’s ...

Inflation is a significant challenge for Cyprus’ Recovery and Resilience programme, as it leads to price hikes in construction projects, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Friday. Nonetheless, Cyprus received ...

The Limassol Volunteers’ Coordinating Council celebrated International Volunteer Day (officially on December 5) on Friday. In a statement, the city’s mayor, Nikos Nicolaides, said that the event has strong symbolic ...

The EU Commission on Friday approved the strategic plans of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for Cyprus and Italy, worth €373 million and €26.61 billion respectively. Of the total EU budget for ...

The interior ministry on Friday sought to demonstrate to EU partners how the UN buffer zone is the source of the problem where migration flows are concerned. Permanent secretary of ...