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Limassol police have charged two people who were drunk and causing a nuisance just before the Aris-Apoel football match at the Tsirio stadium on Sunday. The two, a 37-year-old man ...

Police on Monday said they arrested an illegal migrant who was a passenger of a car that was involved in a traffic collision in Nicosia. The driver of the car ...

Four businesses were fined a total of €5,000 in the last 24 hours for violating coronavirus measures, police said early on Monday. The fines concerned a Famagusta-based business which was booked for €3,000 ...

‘Certain traditional religious beliefs and vested interests are interfering with progress’ By Bejay Browne It’s been five years since cremation was made legal in Cyprus after a long battle ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced 89 new Covid-19 cases, out of 38,139 PCR and rapid tests, with a positivity rate of 0.23 per cent. No deaths were recorded. There are 63 patients in ...

Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos on Sunday chastised the socialist party’s members who refused to attend an extraordinary congress held in Nicosia accusing them of trying to undermine Edek’s ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Monday in all districts, 21 in total. People need to present their ID, or passport or driver’s licence for identification purposes. District ...

A weekly show by Alpha TV called on President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday to help so that the two children of a bicommunal couple can get IDs since authorities have ...

By Evie Andreou An animal shelter in the Nicosia district is racing against time to find the funds for a new site to rehome its dogs, cats and three donkeys ...

Police on Sunday said they returned to their owners three cars reported as stolen after the vehicles were found in various locations in Limassol during patrols. The three vehicles, reported ...

A push for more bicycles and smart traffic systems By Jonathan Shkurko An improved bus system is the obvious solution to congested city centres, but running parallel to that the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is to visit Thessaloniki, Greece to address on Monday an event for Cyprus’ participation in the Greek War of Independence, organised by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. ...

Police on Sunday morning said they issued more than 1,000 fines within 48 hours during traffic checks in all districts. The checks were carried out between 6 am Friday and 6 am Sunday. In ...

A 30-year-old man suspected of people smuggling was arrested after a boat with irregular migrants arrived in Paralimni in the early hours of Sunday, police said. The boat was spotted ...

To increase the three per cent using public transport we need expanded routes and park and ride schemes, better connectivity and more bus lanes By Antigoni Pitta Urban mobility in ...

One death and 97 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Saturday, the health ministry announced. The death concerns an 83-year-old woman. The number of deaths so far is 568: 361 men and 207 women ...

The health ministry announces the testing sites for Sunday in all districts, 47 in total. People need to present their ID, or passport or driver’s licence for identification purposes. District ...

Famagusta mayor Simos Ioannou visited on Saturday the fenced area of Varosha along with members of the municipal council to see first-hand the scale of the interventions carried out by ...

Ruling Disy took a swipe at main opposition Akel on Saturday for planning a demo to protest the ‘loss of Cyprus’ credibility’ in the wake of the Pandora Papers, by ...

The long queues at the Larnaca airport’s departures terminal on Saturday were down to a problem at the immigration and security checks, the airport’s managing company Hermes said. ...

Two men, aged 25 and 32, were remanded for eight days on Saturday in connection with the earlier arrest of a 38-year-old Azeri man, suspected of arriving in Cyprus to carry out ...

Police on Saturday, in cooperation with CMP Insurance, held a special exhibition at the Larnaca Metropolis mall of crashed cars in a bid to raise road safety awareness. Visitors were ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has sent another letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reporting Turkey’s latest illegal actions in and around Cyprus but also calling for the immediate appointment of ...

Police are investigating an armed robbery which took place at a kiosk in the Famagusta district on Friday night. Police said that at around 8pm on Friday a hooded man ...