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Burglars broke into a villa at the sea caves in Peyia and made off with valuables and cash the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. It said that a complaint ...

Police on Thursday warned the public over a telephone scam following reports concerning phone calls from fake Cypriot numbers. “Scammers use fictitious Cypriot numbers and claim to be Microsoft operatives ...

Four business owners were among the 65 people who were fined for breaching coronavirus measures in the last 24 hours, police said on Thursday. The violations resulted from 3,326 checks across the island, ...

“The global tax scene is changing: international tax developments include areas such as multinational corporations, green growth and the environment, the fight against aggressive tax planning, as well as technology ...

Greece’s largest retail electrical company, Kotsovolos is opening two shops in Cyprus nest week, promising a “unique shopping experience”. The company announced that its two state-of-the-art shops, in Nicosia ...

The Turkish Cypriot leadership is not thinking of closing the crossing points despite the surge in coronavirus cases in the south of the island, but they are contemplating limiting the ...

The health ministry on Wednesday said there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 but that a record 952 people tested positive from 44,045 tests, a positivity rate of 2.16 per cent. There ...

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said the EU stood with the people affected by last weekend’s fires, and announced that part of Cyprus’ ...

Police on Wednesday seized around 200 counterfeit euro notes and arrested a 33-year-old man who allegedly had them sent by mail from Turkey. The suspect was arrested after appearing at the ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Evie Andreou The labour ministry has announced it will financially compensate the families of the four Egyptian seasonal workers who lost their lives on Saturday in ...

Test locations for Thursday District Testing Locations Hours Limassol (19 points) Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. TEPAK, Tassos Papadopoulos building, Ayia Zoni 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. – ...

Fire-stricken villagers will receive help amounting to €6 million while an additional set of measures will aim at helping affected farmers, the Cabinet decided on Wednesday. The decisions were presented by ...

The Independent Authority for the Investigation of Allegations and Complaints Against the Police (IACAP) on Wednesday said it will be taking disciplinary action against the police officers whose apparent failure ...

The Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) revealed on Wednesday that, by the end of this week, mobile vaccination units would be deployed at over 80 hotels in Cyprus to vaccinate staff. According ...

The government on Wednesday placed restrictions in hospitality venues and other places where people gathered in large numbers in a bid to stem the spread of Covid infections, which have ...

An investigation into a fatal road accident which involved a moped and a motorbike that led to one death will have further results pending a DNA test on Thursday. The ...

Lidl Cyprus has won the honorary distinction of Brand of the Year, winning a total of 7 awards at this year’s Cyprus Digital Marketing Awards. Although 2020 was a strange and ...

The European Commission has raised its forecast for Cyprus’ economic growth in 2021 to 4.3 per cent from 3..8 per cent in its previous forecast. This brings Cyprus closer into line with the ...

Police investigators on Wednesday retraced the route taken by four men who died later in a large forest fire, which also destroyed everything inside an area of 55 square kilometres. The ...

The supreme court rejected an appeal to return over 600,000 Covid rapid tests seized as part of an investigation into bogus kits. The appeal had been filed by the importer, which ...

A two-state solution in Cyprus is a non-starter, European Council President, Charles Michel, said on Wednesday, speaking before the European Parliament plenary. In a debate with MEPs about the outcome ...

Lordos plastics donated €1,300 to the University of Cyprus to aid their sea cleaning campaign at a ceremony on Wednesday. More than 150kg of disposable plastics have been removed at a 10...

The drug squad said Wednesday they arrested three people and seized 27 kilos of cannabis at Larnaca airport the previous day. Police said two of the three men, aged 32 and 41, had ...

Akel MP Irene Charalambidou was elected as one of the vice presidents of the organization for security and co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Charalambidou is the first Cypriot MP to hold ...