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Former Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides announced his candidacy for the February 2023 presidential elections on Thursday morning in a wide-ranging address to the public from social media. His much-anticipated official bid ...

A 27-year-old non-commissioned female officer lost her life on Thursday following an accident at an army camp in Kornos. The National Guard has launched an internal investigation to determine the ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Thursday defended the government’s actions to deal with the recent rise in consumer prices, saying that the measures that have been taken so far ...

Works are underway for the creation of a love lock destination on the coastal pathway of Kissonerga in one-of-a-kind project for the Paphos district. Visitors will be able to “lock ...

Six people were arrested in the north during simultaneous protests by the union of livestock farmers and breeders outside the ‘presidential palace’ and the dairy industry company on Thursday. CNA ...

An online platform for Cypriots of the diaspora is being created to bring them closer to their roots, the office of the commissioner for the presidency announced on Thursday. According ...

Without clear and significant progress in EU-related reforms, the European Parliament cannot envisage resuming accession negotiations with Turkey, MEPs warned in a report adopted on Thursday. The report was adopted ...

The 25-year-old Briton allegedly involved in the fatal hit and run of a 46-year-old woman in Ayia Napa has been remanded until May 19 and is facing eight charges. Police on ...

Low-income pensioners can apply for free three-night stays in mountain resorts as of next week, the labour ministry announced on Thursday. The state-subsidised holiday scheme for low-income pensioners concerns hotels ...

The occupancy rate of hotels in Paphos for the month of May will be 55 per cent, according to the president of the Paphos Hoteliers Association Thanos Michaelides. Speaking to the ...

Police in Paphos have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a robbery committed at 4.30am on Sunday at a bakery in Yeroskippou. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, ...

Nikos Christodoulides’ bid for the presidency drew swift reaction from Disy’s candidate Averof Neophytou who described the former as “a candidate of the opposition” who is seeking to alter ...

By Yiannis Seitanides A significant gap remains as to the way a reduction in staff can be achieved at Hellenic Bank, despite an agreement among stakeholders, including the bank’s ...

It is a matter of concern that nearly half of young Cypriot teenage students disguise being LGBTI at school, the European commissioner for equality Helena Dalli said on Thursday as ...

Thirty children from Ukraine have arrived in Cyprus with the Bishop of Tamassos and Orini, Metropolitan Isaias, at their side Fifty-five Ukrainian refugees arrived in Cyprus on Wednesday night from ...

By Sarah Coyne I am not sure if everyone is the same at this time of year, but with the warmer weather, large-sized meals, especially at lunchtime, do not have ...

A 29-year-old man wanted for the attempted murder of another man, aged 44, has surrendered himself to the Limassol authorities, police said Thursday. The suspect presented himself at the Limassol CID ...

A teenager was injured after a violent incident at Pournara reception camp for asylum seekers and migrants, police said on Thursday. Minors were involved in a fight around 9pm on ...

Seven children are being treated in the paediatric department of Famagusta general hospital that reopened this week two years after its operation was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, Health ...

In today’s episode, business leaders have called on President Nicos Anastasiades to urgently boost the island’s self-sufficiency in terms of the food supply, warning that based on current ...

Paphos police caught a man driving under the influence of drugs late on Wednesday. The driver tested positive in a narcotest carried out by traffic police who stopped his car ...

Police on Thursday said they have confiscated a number of firearms and ammunition found in an outdoor space in Larnaca. Following tip off, police found an automatic firearm, a loaded ...

A 28-year-old man has been arrested in Paphos in connection with a kiosk robbery, burglary and theft, police said Thursday. According to Paphos CID chief and spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, evidence ...

Nicosia police on Thursday said they have arrested two men, aged 52 and 25, as well as a 47-year-old woman as part of investigations into cases where scammers posing as doctors extorted ...