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Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela announced a new neonatal intensive care unit will be built in Cyprus following a meeting on Monday with the NGO ‘Mora Thavmata’ and the state health ...

The fallout on Cyprus’ maritime shipping industry from EU sanctions has been ‘manageable’, the deputy minister for shipping said on Monday. Vasilis Demetriades made the remarks in parliament while presenting ...

Cyprus received on Monday 10 million Swiss francs (10.092m euros) as a donation to deal with the migration crisis at a ceremony in Bern, Switzerland attended by Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides warned on Monday that “tectonic shifts are underway” as he warned that the days of cheap energy and cheap money are over. Petrides made the comments ...

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political party representatives agreed on Monday that tensions need to de-escalate as soon as possible and both sides need to return to negotiations on the ...

The Health Insurance Organisation – the agency running the national health system or Gesy – was on Monday expected to receive instructions to give a three-day grace period to those doctors who ...

Six people involved in a fracas at the Paphos immigration service last week were released on conditions on Monday by Paphos district court. Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou told the ...

The prison system in Cyprus has seen substantial progress, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday while speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of the Prison Parole Board. This is confirmed by ...

Celebrating life, wellness and healthy living is the annual Mind, Body & Spirit Festival which this November returns for its 20th edition. A whole two decades ago, the festival began ...

The federation of environmental NGOs (Opok) on Monday criticised the Limassol district administration for its failure to act over illegal constructions within the protected coastal area in Ayios Georgios Alamanou. ...

ALIX NORMAN meets the modern-day witch, the earthy enchantress and the Cyprus Queen of Halloween Halloween has never really taken off on the island. But these three residents all have ...

Police cannot be everywhere, head of the police branch of Isotita union Nicos Loizides said on Monday after Friday’s incidents at the Pournara migrant reception centre, which have so ...

Ten people working at the prison have been suspended after a Turkish Cypriot inmate at the Nicosia central prisons was beaten to death, the justice ministry announced on Monday. Justice ...

The Greens party on Monday slammed the findings of an animal police investigation into the death of a cat after it was found dismembered, which the party suspects was carried ...

Negotiations between Cyprus and Lebanon over delineating their maritime border are progressing well and there is optimism it will be resolved, the foreign ministry said on Monday. Teams from the ...

The 14th European Small Federation Games of Bridge will take place at the Sun Hall hotel in Larnaca from Tuesday until Thursday. Sixteen national teams will participate in the games (...

Following developments in Russia and Ukraine, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Monday assured that Cyprus would not face a wheat shortage in the foreseeable future. Kadis’ comments came in response ...

In today’s episode, the leader of the People’s Party in the north, Kudret Ozersay, accused the United States of putting its own national interests ahead of regional stability ...

Get on your bike and ride around Nicosia! A new series of workshops coming to the capital invites women to do just that. The aim of these workshops, however, is ...

Police are seeking a 58-year-old man from Paphos in a case of theft and money extortion by false representation. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, on October 27, a 29-year-old woman ...

On Monday the weather will be partly cloudy to overcast in some locations. Isolated light rain is expected mainly in the north and east, while in the afternoon light rains ...

Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou on Monday did not rule out the possibility of banning fans from football games following fights that broke out before, during and after a match between ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris will on Monday sign an agreement in Switzerland, with the latter providing a financial contribution of €10 million to Cyprus for the management of migration flows. The ...

Cyprus is among the first countries to adopt the “right to be forgotten” for cancer survivors, according to the Health Minister, Michalis Hadjiantelas. His comments were made in a written ...