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President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday attended a performance by the prisoners’ theatre group, saying he was proud of all the progress made at the Nicosia Central Prisons in the past ...

A man was fatally stabbed late Monday night following an altercation in Engomi, police confirmed. Local media reported that the incident took place around 10pm, in front of a kiosk ...

The European Commission’s VAT committee has approved the government’s proposal to cut VAT on household electricity bills, the finance ministry announced on Monday. A statement said that the ...

Cyprus will use the means at its disposal – diplomatic and legal – to put pressure on Turkey over its actions on the high seas and in the fenced-off town of Varosha – ...

Police on Monday announced the reinstatement of the 12 police officers suspended in connection with the unauthorised departure of a boat with 61 migrants that was being held at the Kato Paphos ...

New coronavirus infections jumped to 491 on Monday out of 83,155 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.59 per cent. No deaths were reported. There are 106 patients in hospital with the ...

The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the increasing numbers of unaccompanied minors arriving in Cyprus from warzones, and measures that should be done to protect them from exploitation ...

Officials on Monday deliberated on a list of suggested further measures that will be brought before the Council of Ministers on Wednesday as the use of the CovScan app became ...

Former first lady Mimi Kyprianou, widow of the late president Spyros Kyprianou, died on Monday. She was 89. Born in Veria Greece, she studied English literature in London where she met ...

Unvaccinated people in the north will not be allowed to enter venues such as bars and restaurants from Monday according to the latest measures against the spread of coronavirus. The ...

Major infrastructure projects will go ahead as planned in the next year, including the Paphos-Polis highway and the installation of charging stations for electric cars, the transport minister said Monday. ...

Ahead of Black Friday, the Cyprus Consumers Association on Monday urged the public to do their research before venturing out on a shopping spree. Launched in the US in the 1960...

An 11-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl was rushed to Makarios children’s hospital from the north after her heart stopped following an accident, reports said on Monday. The hospital’s paediatrics ...

A total of 20 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

France has been downgraded from the orange to the red category as per the latest announcement on the country categories for travellers that will apply from Thursday. According to the ...

Three men were released from custody on Monday in the latest twist in a bizarre case in which it was alleged that two brothers plotted to dress up as Father ...

Police on Monday released the CCTV photographs of three men sought in relation to a case of attempted murder after a professional basketball player was critically injured during a fight ...

Around 50 cases of oral cancer are diagnosed each year in Cyprus with men presenting double chances of getting it than women, the health ministry said on Monday announcing the annual ...

A group of experts on Monday decried the “complete lack of progress” from government and parliament alike in bringing forward new legislation to overhaul the current system – deemed ineffectual – of ...

Running, leaping, and vaulting across a landscape, parkour is a high impact sport but it is all about the training ALIX NORMAN learns Paris Hadjisoteriou is a traceur. He flies ...

A 20-year-old has been arrested following a brazen attempt to steal a car in Limassol, which led to two police officers being injured in the process. The young man sought ...

CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks at attempts to bring anime to life, that don’t always work Anime, the animation art form originating from Japan, has a massive following all over the ...

Nicosia taxi drivers have announced that on Tuesday they will launch weekly protests until they are no longer targeted by authorities for crossing to the north, a move which could ...

Conservationists will hold a protest rally in Nicosia on Saturday to push for the protection of the Akamas peninsula against the interests of big landowners and the “catastrophic development plans” ...