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Police were investigating on Friday after they found weapons and ammunition in a Nicosia warehouse. Officers from the Nicosia CID carried out a search at the warehouse following a tip-off ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Thursday announced that it recorded a profit after tax of €21 million during the first quarter of 2022, €13 million higher than the corresponding period of 2021. Moreover, it ...

The Price Index of Construction Materials reached a historically high level in April 2022, with the prices of construction materials rising by 24.54 per cent year-on-year, according to a report by the ...

The primary school door-to-door bus system is being billed as a way to tackle chronic traffic jams while offering a service to the public which is owed by the state. ...

Reactions and reservations were heard Thursday at the House audit committee regarding the under-construction football stadium in Limassol and the procedure relating to the choice of the new managing entity ...

By Elias Hazou and Nick Theodoulou Nicosia on Thursday strongly condemned the clearing of a new stretch of the beachfront at Varosha – the fenced-off part of Famagusta – vowing to alert ...

Cyprus and Jordan on Thursday committed to further enhancing bilateral relations on all levels, 60 years after the two states initiated diplomatic ties. President Nicos Anastasiades received at the palace the ...

Tempers flared during a debate at the House health committee on Thursday in response to proposed changes to the national health service, Gesy, put forward by Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos. ...

Civil wedding ceremonies hosted at archaeological sites in Cyprus were the focus of discussions by lawmakers during the House transport committee meeting on Thursday. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos posed the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday thanked Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Mitsotakis for the latter’s highlighting of the Cyprus issue during his recent working visit to the United States. The ...

Lawmakers on Thursday voiced reservations over a government bill that aims to fast-track so-called ‘strategic developments’, pointing out that the legislation itself omits to spell out which investments are deemed ...

The European Commission has sent four reasoned opinions to Cyprus, one step before the case could be referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union. In its infringement ...

Following the rise in prices that has been at the centre of disputes and protests all over Cyprus in recent weeks, potato farmers said on Thursday they will also take ...

Cyprus does not meet the terms and conditions to apply for Nato membership and will not apply for the moment, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Thursday on the sidelines ...

Two of the suspects charged in relation to the violent incidents at Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in Larnaca last month will appear in court on June 3. The incidents that took place ...

As part of the efforts carried out by the health ministry to better inform people on what to do should they test positive to Covid-19 or become close contacts, a ...

A fire that broke out at the local church in Pedoulas has been brought under control by firefighters on Thursday afternoon. “The fire is under control. It was put out ...

The fire department on Thursday wrapped up two days of drills in cooperation with the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC), and with police in Larnaca. The drills were part of ...

Two artificial nest boxes for barn owls have been placed near the storm water retention ponds of Limassol-Amathus sewage board in Kato Polemidia to reduce rodents in the area in ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday said he would not tolerate any violation of the provisions regarding the halloumi PDO, as three men were arrested following a protest on the issue ...

Turkey’s fourth drilling rig arrived at the port of Mersin on Wednesday. The drilling rig joined the rest of the fleet, namely the Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni drilling rigs. ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos will perform the duties of Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou who is being treated abroad after suffering cerebral aneurism, the government announced on Thursday. In a brief ...

The chairman of the board of directors at the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) Antonis Stylianou said last week’s security exercise at the port area of Vasilikos was a huge ...

Contracts have been signed to renovate four more churches and three mosques across the divided island, the bicommunal technical cultural heritage committee announced on Thursday. The works are due to ...