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The 27-year-old soldier who was critically injured during training exercise earlier this week has died, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. He has been named as Panayiotis Yiannios. The ministry ...

The House education committee on Wednesday discussed a bill drafted by the education ministry that would change legislation concerning the way students are assessed at state secondary schools. Education Minister ...

The Cyprus National Guard is set to be supplied with personal protective equipment from Israel, under an agreement signed in Nicosia on Wednesday. The same PPE is used by the ...

It is time to prove that public interest and the rule of law come first for the government, House legal affairs committee chair Nicos Tornaritis said on Wednesday as the ...

Some nine per cent of young people aged 14 to 18 use cannabis, and one in five of these do so daily, the House legal affairs committee heard on Wednesday. The figures ...

Rating Agency DBRS Morningstar on Wednesday slashed Cyprus’ baseline growth rate by 0.7 per cent for 2022, citing a deteriorating outlook following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In its updated sovereign baseline ...

Finance Minister Constandinos Petrides met with political party leaders on Wednesday to present the comprehensive and holistic framework for the management of non-performing loans as well as protection measures of ...

Three men, aged 21, and one, 22, were arrested on Wednesday after a safe was found with about half a kilogramme of cannabis in the home of one of the suspects, police ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides expressed concern on Wednesday over the details of Turkey’s agreement with Nato – namely its likely participation in Pesco, as part of Ankara granting approval for ...

A campaign to combat visual pollution will be held in the tourist areas of Larnaca to remove all illegal signage The campaign Broom will be held on July 4 and 5, by ...

The EU’s Fit-for-55 initiative to combat climate change approved by EU environment ministers is a balanced package that takes on board Cyprus’ concerns and will help it transition to ...

The education ministry on Wednesday launched an investigation and admitted racism is an issue in schools after a Larnaca secondary school graduation ceremony descended into chaos and was abruptly called ...

Although still reeling from the impact of the war in Ukraine, hoteliers in Famagusta are predicting a better July than June, president of their association Doros Takkas said on Wednesday. ...

A Cyprus settlement would have beneficial results as regards stability and security in the broader region, President Nicos Anastasiades will tell EU and NATO leaders in Madrid on Wednesday evening. ...

The finals of the Chinese language competition Cyprus Bridge were held recently online, the second consecutive year the competition has been held in Cyprus. It was held alongside the 2022 Chinese ...

The interior ministry has sought to reassure the public following a parliamentary committee heard that over 1,000 migrants at Pournara were diagnosed with transmissible illnesses, ranging from HIV/AIDS and hepatitis ...

There has been a persistent sequence of mild seismic events – also known as a seismic swarm ­ in the sea and land area of Limassol since Saturday, the geological survey department ...

The increase in levels of sexual abuse and exploitation of children in recent years is alarming, the deputy Attorney General Savvas Angelides said on Wednesday. He was speaking at a ...

Underwater work to better showcase the ancient harbour of Amathus will get underway on Thursday, the antiquities department said on Wednesday. The initiative is part of a trans-border EU project, ...

Fifteen third country nationals who were in Cyprus illegally have been repatriated in cooperation with Frontex, the EU’s border and coastguard agency, police said on Wednesday. The 15 were repatriated ...

Cyprus’ Central Bank on Tuesday hailed the adoption by the Cabinet of the report of an ad hoc committee on financial literacy, saying that this is a step forward for ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides travels to the UAE on Wednesday evening for a working visit. A press release by the MFA says that Kasoulides will meet on Thursday with his ...

There has been an increase in the number of children admitted to Makarios Hospital with Covid-19, the head of the hospital’s pediatric department Dr Avraam Elia told the Cyprus ...

In the calm and controlled woman in charge of the island’s rehabilitation programme THEO PANAYIDES finds someone driven by compassion fighting fiercely for the less fortunate and against the ...