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A week-long campaign will start on Monday for the use of seat belts and booster seats, police said on Sunday. According to a police announcement, more than half (55,5 per cent) ...

The Learning Refuge in Paphos is moving to a new house to operate from, which includes a stunning, contemporary chapel, which they will care for. “We have been fortunate to ...

A series of steps that currently lead to nowhere have excited the imagination of people living nearby although treasure of legend has not been found there. But what has been ...

Women held 33 per cent of seats in national parliaments in the EU in 2020, according to data released on Sunday by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU. Cyprus, at 22 per ...

A convoy of around 70 cars drove on Sunday in the streets of Limassol in an unusual carnival parade aimed at spreading cheer to the people. The idea was to hold ...

Guilty officers have forced resignations rescinded By George Psyllides Few cases have highlighted the flaws in the legal system more than the fight for justice by two students severely beaten ...

The Greens on Sunday planted 85 trees at the Academia Park in Nicosia, to mark 25 years since the party’s establishment. Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis was also present at the event. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to express on Monday during a meeting with the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy, Jane Holl Lute, his determination to attend the 5+1 informal meeting on ...

A car with its owner ended up in the sea, in Peyia on Sunday morning after the driver forgot to pull the handbrake. The driver, a permanent Paphos resident, was ...

A Limassol coffee shop owner who was caught serving drinks to people inside his shop was among the people booked during the past 24 hours for violations against the spread of ...

There’s much to look forward to as days get longer When I was at primary school I well remember writing in my exercise book “March brings breezes loud and ...

Massive fee hike cuts educational umbilical cord to Britain By Karim Arnous The number of Greek Cypriot students applying to a UK university has plummeted by nearly 50 per cent, as ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced 298 new coronavirus cases, 131 of them in Limassol. The new cases were among 45,369 tests, with a positivity rate of 0.66 per cent. Hospitalisations have increased to 126, ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 66 in total. The testing sites are available for the wider population, workers and the self-employed but also pupils aged 12 and ...

But with deep divisions remaining Egypt is treating Turkey’s overtures cautiously This has been a bewildering week for Cypriot diplomacy – and a tough one, too, for its much-vaunted new ...

The energy ministry is set to announce next week a €30 million project to upgrade energy efficiency in homes, minister Natasa Pilides said on Saturday. According to Pilides, this project, to ...

Hundreds of women marched to the Presidential Place on Saturday demanding equality at home and work. The rally was organised by Akel affiliated, Women’s Movement Pogo and Peo trade ...

Scores of protesters gathered on Saturday outside state broadcaster CyBC calling for the withdrawal from the Eurovision song contest of Cyprus’ entry, El Diablo, which they described as “a hymn ...

A 32-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Friday evening after crashing his car into a parked vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, attacking officers and refusing to be ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced that the vaccination of people who are not Gesy beneficiaries has started, while also marking the 100,000 vaccinations administered so far. According to the ministry, ...

Cyprus’ decision to allow vaccinated Britons’ entry to the country ahead of the rest of the EU was spurred by the bloc’s reluctance to take a decisive stance on ...

Three businesses and 213 people were booked during the last 24 hours for violations of measures against the spread of coronavirus police said on Saturday. Between 6am Friday and 6am Saturday, 12,754 checks ...

Alix Norman speaks to Cyprus’ Canine Clinical Massage therapist about how to help your dog lead a happier, healthier life Athena can rehabilitate injuries, release sore muscles, speed up post-operative ...

21CY01 Technical Support for capacity building and methodological support for the effective preparation and implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan 130,000 21CY06 Preparation and implementation of green taxation reform in ...