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A 59-year-old man lost €90,000 after falling victim to an online car sale scam, police said on Tuesday. The man recently spotted a vehicle advertised for sale on an online buying ...

The council of ministers on Tuesday approved the allocation of an additional 3.5 million cubic metres of water for irrigation, with 2 million cubic metres allocated for the wider Paphos region and ...

Police are searching for a 54-year-old man after the reported theft of jewellery worth nearly €10 million, according to a complaint filed with the Limassol police on Tuesday. The owner of ...

A 23-year-old man was found with abdominal injuries in an open area in Kato Polemidia, Limassol, shortly before 2.30pm, police said on Tuesday. The man’s injuries had possibly been ...

The deputy migration ministry on Tuesday presented a new plan to assist the voluntary return of Syrian families to their homeland including financial incentives of up to €2,000 per person. “Those ...

Parliamentary parties agreed on Tuesday to the composition of the selection committee that will oversee the allocation of parliamentary committee chairmanships, ahead of its election by the House plenum this ...

A Cypriot ceramic vase nearly 4,000 years old was returned to Cyprus from Canada on Tuesday, after it had been listed for sale at an online auction. The Department of Antiquities ...

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An investigation was opened into the tourism ministry’s permanent secretary, Neophytos Papadopoulos, after the cabinet approved a request by Deputy Minister, Kostas Koumis, to place him on temporary leave. ...

Authorities in Cyprus and Greece are investigating what they believe is an alleged Hamas-linked network operating across the eastern Mediterranean, following the arrest of a 37-year-old Palestinian man in Crete ...

Parliament advanced plans on Tuesday to allocate around €640,000 in state funding and provide police escorts to the newly established parliamentary parties Alma and Direct Democracy. Under the current framework, each ...

DNA analysis will be used to identify the body of an elderly woman found in an advanced state of decomposition in a Larnaca apartment, the police announced on Tuesday. The ...

Cyprus is establishing itself as a key player in the European gaming regulation, the Cyprus Gaming and Casino Supervision Commission (CGCA) said on Tuesday, launching national awareness campaign “Take Control” ...

The technical chamber (Etek) has proposed transforming the Venetian moat and surrounding perimeter of old Nicosia into a continuous linear park from Paphos Gate to Famagusta Gate, as part of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides intervened directly in a dispute over a planned electricity authority (EAC) pylon in Pano Polemidia on Tuesday, assuring residents that the project’s design would be altered ...

Costas Cleanthous, businessman and Phileleftheros publisher, raised the issue of the limits of freedom of expression, saying that democratic free speech cannot be used as justification for defamation. He also ...

Police confirmed on Tuesday that electronic devices linked to the Sandy investigation were never sent to Europol for forensic examination, clarifying that the European agency reviewed files and findings produced ...

The defence ministry is seeking to attract more applicants to the National Guard’s contract soldier (Syop) scheme through improved salaries and expanded career opportunities, as the latest recruitment process ...

Seven individuals arrested in Cyprus for an alleged €700 million international investment fraud have been extradited to Belgium and France after all legal proceedings were completed, authorities announced on Tuesday. The ...

No new cases of foot and mouth disease (FMD) have been detected so far, veterinary association chairman Demetris Epaminondas said on Tuesday. “So far, we haven’t had any positive ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has called for the objectives and content of a possible expanded 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus issue to be clearly defined in advance, saying the process ...

A total of 3.23 kilogrammes of cocaine were seized from the home of a 36-year-old man during a police operation on Tuesday. “The large quantity of cocaine was carefully concealed and ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday annulled the search warrant executed against lawyer Nikos Clerides in connection with the ‘Sandy case’, ruling that the warrant covering his home, office and vehicles ...

Gird your loins Cyprus! Every four years, we become a much, much noisier island. And the moment is almost upon us… No it’s not the panayiri to end all ...