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President Nicos Anastasiades met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday, telling reporters afterwards that it was a very fruitful meeting. The president detailed that he is thankful for the ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Monday defended the 2023 state budget as being a “responsible” one, with substantially augmented spending on social assistance as well as growth-oriented projects. He was speaking ...

The education ministry announced on Monday that free afternoon Greek language courses will be made available to Turkish Cypriots that hold a valid ID card of the Republic of Cyprus. ...

The deputy tourism ministry said on Monday that renters operating on platforms such as Airbnb have registered about 2,000 units with the government, ahead of the February deadline to do so. ...

Rainfall so far this month is already almost three times the average for October – 282 per cent – the met office said on Monday. Preliminary data from the department showed that the ...

Labour union Peo is holding a march to demand for the right for every employee to return home able-bodied and healthy. The event will take place on Wednesday at 5pm ...

Abuse and neglect of the elderly at home is a bigger problem than at care homes, spokesman for the Third Age Obervatory Dimos Antoniou said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC ...

A new subvariant of Omicron Covid virus is expected to arrive in Cyprus and precautions must be taken, epidemiologist Michalis Voniatis said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Voniatis said ...

The end of October always has something to look forward to with a public holiday, which this year falls on a long-weekend, and Halloween celebrations in every town. Parties, crafty ...

In today’s episode, President Nicos Anastasiades will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican today as part of his third official visit there during his ten-year term. In other news, ...

Police caught a 41-year-old suspect in a car theft case on Sunday. According to police statement, on Saturday morning they received a complaint from a 60-year-old used car salesman, who ...

Limassol traffic police on Sunday carried out a coordinated operation to tackle juvenile delinquency, noise pollution and the nuisance caused by motorcycles that have been mechanically altered. Police announced that ...

On Monday the weather will be mostly clear. Winds will be mainly north-westerly to north-easterly, light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort. The sea will be a bit rough. Temperatures will ...

Two children were taken to the Makarios hospital after being injured in a traffic accident in the Paphos district on Sunday. According to the police, the accident happened on the ...

During the last ten days the island was privileged to host two senior officials key to the energy future of Cyprus: European energy commissioner Kadri Simson, and Director, frontier exploration, ...

Now home to a busy theatre and university buildings, Heroes square was previously a multicultural red light district Now home to a bustling, vibrant student life, Limassol’s Heroes Square ...

Cyprus has coped well with the two shocks of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, taking advantage of the reforms implemented and its strong fiscal position, head of the ...

Workers suffering as Nicosia buses fail to stick to their schedules Despite municipalities and the government pushing people to ditch their cars and make use of public transport, bus users ...

No candidate for president will be given the backing of the Cyprus Green Party it decided on Sunday. During a meeting of the party’s Electoral Conference on Sunday no ...

The amount of water that has poured into the island’s dams so far this month has broken previous records according to weather portal KitasWeather. Total inflow in October, up ...

Presidential candidate Nikos Christdoulides said on Sunday he would form a government of national unity that would also include people who had not supported him if he is successful in ...

Three day festival on animated films will be held in Limassol says ELENI PHILIPPOU It is almost time to celebrate animated films as the annual international film festival The Animattikon ...

Leader of the Edek party Marinos Sizopoulos on Sunday called on President Nicos Anastasiades to request from the UN that it recall its special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart. He ...

Hunters on Sunday called on the government to take action to reduce the number of dogs on the island that are poisoned. The Cypriot Hunters and Active Citizens Association said ...