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Two men, aged 26, were arrested on Friday for knife possession and driving under the influence of drugs in Paphos. The arrest came as traffic officers who were carrying out checks ...

A teenager driving under the influence of drugs crashed against a police car, resulting to the injury of three officers during a car chase in Nicosia early on Friday. He ...

Paphos police on Friday said they confiscated over 100 firecrackers in Pyla and Polis Chrysochous. Some 80 firecrackers were found during a search in the car of a 19-year-old man who was ...

Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos on Thursday met with the Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry to discuss a number of issues, including digitisation, entrepreneurship, ...

In today’s episode, Hellenic Bank will submit a restructuring plan to the Labour Ministry that will include up to 350 compulsory redundancies this year, its CEO Oliver Gatzke has said, ...

Cyprus is amongst the worst offenders in Europe for prison overcrowding as it ranks the fourth highest, while a report release on Thursday called on states with chronic overcrowding to ...

Police are advising the public to be aware of swindlers who, pretending to be doctors, contact people and demand money in exchange for services. In a statement, the police said ...

A Limassol court on Thursday sentenced a man to three-and-a-half years in prison, having found him guilty on the charges of trafficking persons and living off the proceeds of prostitution. ...

A court has ruled that the state has no responsibility for the bail-in imposed on depositors of Cyprus Popular Bank (CPB) in 2013, when the lender was wound down as part ...

A box of self-tests containing five Covid tests have been price capped at €6, the health ministry said, adding that the measure take effect from Friday. The ministry had previously made ...

The 2021 US Department of State report on human rights in Cyprus shows significant improvements compared with previous years, the government said Thursday, notwithstanding references on Ill-treatment of migrants among other ...

More than 3,700 former national guardsmen who have failed to sign up as reservists have been tracked down in the past few months as a result of closer cooperation between the ...

Hellenic Bank will submit a restructuring plan to the labour ministry that will include up to 350 compulsory redundancies this year, its CEO Oliver Gatzke said on Thursday, a move likely ...

The case of former Volunteerism Commissioner Yiannis Yiannaki who faces 18 charges relating to the alleged forgery of his high school and university diplomas will be referred to the legal service ...

Hellenic Bank on Thursday posted its financial results for the previous year, showing a loss of €11.7 million for 2021. This primarily reflects impairment losses related to the completion of Project Starlight, ...

Serious drug cases are on the rise in Cyprus, according to drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos – who was also asked about the potential legalisation of cannabis. In a wide-ranging interview ...

There will be no water supply in Aradippou on Wednesday, April 27, the Larnaca water board said on Thursday. It said supply will be interrupted for 24 hours for all of Aradippou ...

Police booked 48 drivers for speeding during a 12-hour road safety campaign in the Paphos district. They were among 336 total offences reported from 6.00 am to 6.00 pm on Wednesday at well-known blackspots ...

President of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou discussed the initiatives of national parliaments to protect women and children from Ukraine escaping the war. The discussion was held at a ...

A bird protection NGO has hailed the €9,200 fine imposed on a trapper near Paralimni who was caught “red handed” by the game and fauna fund. The committee against bird slaughter (...

In today’s episode, we hear of the latest loosening of Covid-19 restrictions, a further four Cyprus passports being revoked, and yet another scam involving luxury cars. There’s also ...

Cabinet has approved an additional €25,000 for an annual cat neutering programme, bringing this year’s budget to a total of €100,000, the press and information office said on Thursday. The cat ...

Police said on Thursday that have made a second arrest as part of investigations into the illegal distribution of drugs in Limassol. The man, aged 29, had been sought by police ...

Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat) director Tzeni Papacharalambous on Wednesday met with Hellenic Bank head of retail banking Andreas Assiotis, discussing a range of issues. Points of discussion ...