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The atmosphere around the waste centre in Pentacomo had cleared on Sunday, community leader of nearby Kalavasos Lefteris Foka said after a large fire in the area on Friday. “Today ...

Once the hotel of kings, the Berengaria now has a new lease of life Berengaria, the imposing abandoned mountain hotel with a haunted reputation will be restored to its former ...

A yellow weather warning for “extremely high temperatures” on Sunday night has been issued by the Met Office. The warning concerns the period from 9pm on Sunday to 6am on ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus have reached 75 per cent of levels seen in 2019, deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdios said on Sunday, describing the figure as “not bad”. Speaking after a ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Sunday launched a complaint that a priest in a Paphos village refused to name a teenager killed in 1973 during a memorial service. “Disgrace and shame. ...

The 7th International Tattoo Convention will be held in Limassol this week. ELENI PHILIPPOU gets an inkling of what will happen Time to get inked? The International Tattoo Convention taking ...

If other measures are needed against the spread of Covid they will be taken, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Sunday. Our priority is that schools stay open and students ...

A week long police campaign will begin on Monday to check buses and trucks on the roads. Taking place as part of the European campaign Roadpol, members of the police ...

The problems faced by health centres in the mountains are on the way to being solved, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Saturday visiting the Troodos hospital in Kyperounta. Speaking ...

The number of patients seeking care at state hospitals has gone down By Elias Hazou While not ditching the general health system (Gesy) per se, people are getting increasingly fed ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Saturday said that Cypriot hospitals are ready to deal with an increased number of cases that might stemming from the rise of the Centaurus variant ...

After facing heavy criticism over the last few days for his appointment to the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) board, head of the Cyprus Medical Association Dr Petros Agathangelou on Saturday ...

The transport ministry on Saturday hailed the recent approval of the amendment to the legislation on bicycles and other personal mobility vehicles, including e-scooters. The ministry noted that although the ...

A masterclass on the verbal communication of creative, research and educational projects in the field of dance and the body is arriving this autumn at Dance House Lefkosia and an ...

The nine communities in the Vasiliko area on Saturday called for the resignation of Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis for failing to resolve the issue of repeated fires in the area. ...

Paphos hoteliers association Thanos Michaelides on Saturday said the hotel occupancy rate in the district will reach approximately 80 per cent in July, an improvement over June’s 70 per cent. However, ...

The community leader of Doros village in the Limassol district said on Saturday that irrigation water is being stolen from his village and the adjacent one of Lania meaning they ...

A case of conspiracy to commit a crime and rob against an electric scooter driver is being investigated by Limassol CID against two men on a quad bike. According to ...

A 47-year-old man remained intubated at Nicosia general hospital on Saturday after he was apparently attacked by unknown people during a concert the previous evening at the Mouttayiaka amphitheatre. According ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested on Friday night for the illegal possession of ammunition. Police were tipped off that the person may have had military-grade ammunition at their house, resulting ...

Picture this. You are somewhere in the valleys of Paphos, away from city noise and lights, Mongolian-style yurts on one side, a stretch of land on the other and a ...

The Fengaros Festival returns to Kato Drys later this month although organisers promise some surprises This summer season is rather unique. Not simply because cultural life has returned from its ...

Cyprus’ non-performing loan (NPL) ratio rose to 11.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report released this week by the Central Bank of Cyprus. The NPL ratio ...

By Ioannis Tirkides The economic debate on the minimum wage, either its introduction on a national scale or its raise to a higher level, is no longer as controversial as ...