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Suspended sentence for public employee found guilty in bribery case A former ministry of interior engineer has avoided jail for the second time after the Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed ...

The two rivals in Britain’s leadership race to replace Boris Johnson, foreign secretary Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak have both pledged support for Cyprus in separate ...

Allegations of animal abuse must be investigated immediately, Attorney-general (AG) Giorgos Savvides said on Wednesday night in a tweet regarding the death of Berton the Savannah cat. “Respect and care ...

Turkey had to wait until 1974 to invade Cyprus because it did not have enough equipment and ships but had wanted to invade the island for ten years, the Speaker of ...

Limassol police on Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old man after he allegedly tried to travel to Greece on the new ferry using forged travel documents. According to police, the man arrived ...

Deputy Attorney-general Savvas Angelides on Wednesday denied accusations of an alleged cover-up in the 2019 ‘black van’ spyware scandal which returned to the news after the spyware affair in Greece. The ...

Cyprus issued a total of 22,190 new residence permits in 2021, the largest number of which went to Russians, according to Eurostat figures released on Wednesday. Some 3,432 of the permits went to ...

Paphos restaurants took the top spot for customer traffic in 2022, as the island’s restaurants saw an increase of customers of between 10 and 15 per cent compared to 2021, but warned that ...

All processes followed were in line with the Republic’s laws and regulations said the forestry department on Wednesday responding to allegations of irregular dealings in the hiring of two ...

Limassol criminal court on Wednesday sentenced a 33-year-old man to two years in prison for starting a fire on the edges of a state forest last June. He was also ...

There will be music for all at cultural venue Technopolis 20 as it continues to welcome musicians for intimate performances in its garden. This month, local artists will bring Latin, retro ...

The ministry of energy has published a list of recommendations aimed at saving energy at home in the wake of ongoing price hikes. There is advice on how to use ...

National Federation of Cypriots in the UK is a thriving organisation keeping the links to Cyprus alive It is seen as a symbol of unity for the community, working with ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) has announced a competition aimed at finding a mascot for the institution. Tepak said the winning proposal will be awarded €1,500. The deadline to submit ...

The Proodeftiki student movement has demanded that legislation was amended to allow the state to impose ceilings on rents, which would make them affordable for students. In an announcement issued ...

A dead fox was found hanging over a signpost at a road leading to the Ayios Ioannis chapel in Pentakomo, Limassol. The Animal Party in an announcement condemning the incident, ...

More than 2,000 sea turtle nests were located in Cyprus in 2021, Simos Demetropoulos, a biologist-environmentalist, told CNA. Demetropoulos and Italian Angela Mastrogiacomo, the biologists of the Mediterranean Turtle Research and Conservation ...

The Limassol Bishopric’s centre for environmental research and education (Kypkee) on Wednesday expressed its concern over the Akrotiri wetlands as a result of it not being drained and dry ...

Patients were experiencing serious delays in visits to outpatient clinics, the pharmacy and laboratories at Nicosia general hospital on Wednesday due to a technical problem with the telephone lines, which ...

Justice Minister Stephie Drakou on Wednesday hit back at allegations by a Cypriot MEP about surveillance at the Nicosia central prisons, calling them “misinterpretations” and saying the claims were unsubstantiated. ...

THEO PANAYIDES hears about the mixed blessings of growing old from a straight-speaking Limassol-based woman looking back on a life ranging from corporate wife in America to ground breaking reiki ...

The two people diagnosed with monkeypox in Cyprus last week are in good condition and remain in isolation, while the first case detected the week before has already been discharged ...

If world-renowned lace, tasty ttavas dishes and picturesque streets were not reason enough to visit Lefkara village, a six-day event might do the trick. Preparations are underway by the Lefkara ...

The water development department on Wednesday urged consumers to conserve water as there is increased pressure on the system in some areas and it may cause problems. It said that ...