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Increased passenger arrivals continued in May, airports operator Hermes said on Wednesday as flights from Larnaca and Paphos June are expected to increase further in June. There are currently 645 flights ...

Changes in the way GPs are paid prompted a new row between personal doctors and the health insurance organisation on Wednesday as the new form of payment was implemented. Abuses ...

Hundreds and eventually thousands of shops are expected to sign on to the cashback programme which Cyprus Banking Association spokesman Andreas Kostouris on Wednesday said will become widespread across all ...

The proposals for confidence building measures (CBMs) drawn up by President Nicos Anastasiades are beneficial to both sides, government spokesperson Marios Pelekanos said on Wednesday after Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

The Akamas development plan is set for discussion at a joint meeting of the house environment and interior committees on June 8, following last week’s report that the plan could ...

Employees of the Paphos Bus Company Osypa on Wednesday called off a scheduled strike after they were informed the transport ministry had paid their salaries for May. Osypa workers held ...

Recycling of household waste could become a legal requirement if a proposal before the House Environment Committee on Wednesday is given the go-ahead. Committee chairman and president of the Greens ...

Bills that will see reform of the island’s justice system are due for a vote at the House plenum on June 30 with chairman of the House legal committee Fotini ...

Most students in Cyprus said they were unhappy when schools were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic leading them to an increased internet use, a survey by the health ministry’...

A total of 12 people were convicted for human trafficking offences in the past year, police said on Wednesday, while a further 33 cases are currently before the courts. Since last July ...

A 22-year-old man accused of raping three tourists in Ayia Napa is due to appear before Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on June 29. The man appears to have confessed to the crimes ...

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Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said that any cheese that does not meet the specifications set by the protected designation of origin (PDO) cannot be called halloumi. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

A 33-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a bank robbery in Kiti earlier in the day. According to police, at around 10.40am a person wearing a medical ...

The new director of the government press and information office (PIO), Aliki Stylianou took up her duties on Wednesday, introduced by interior ministry permanent secretary Costas Constantinou. The position had ...

In the owner and creative force of a local foodie institution THEO PANAYIDES finds a hard-working man in total control of his kitchen who is passionate about cooking for people ...

“Provocative actions” by the Greek Cypriot side will not go unanswered, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has said following a meeting in Ankara with Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel. ...

The number of people that have used the health service Gesy are indicative of its success, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Wednesday to mark three years since the introduction ...

In today’s episode, some 11,000 traffic violations recorded by traffic cameras were deemed invalid, with the company operating them asking that they be rescinded. Elsewhere, the proportion of tourists holidaying ...

The Limassol-based Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) is organising a summer school for PhD students this summer. The programme targets students from the eight universities participating in the European University ...

This year’s World Children’s Day is overshadowed by 35 million children around the world who are forcibly displaced from their homes, instead of being able to grow up safely ...

The PV Technology Laboratory of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy of the University of Cyprus, is participating in a transnational network ...

The current above-average temperatures are expected to remain over the next three days, the met office said. On Wednesday, the temperature will rise to around 37C inland, around 25C on ...

As of today, coronavirus-related entry requirements and the use of masks indoors in most areas has been scrapped. All travellers, irrespective of their country of origin, will from Wednesday no ...