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Reaching five per cent in 2026, undeclared work has dropped by 10 per cent since 2016, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said on Tuesday. “The issue remains a complex challenge that undermines workers’ rights, ...

“Limited but meaningful” progress has been recorded in recent months on the Cyprus issue, the UNSG’s special representative in Cyprus Khassim Diagne, said on Tuesday. Speaking at an EU ...

Cyprus recorded an increase in returns of third-country nationals in 2025, according to Eurostat data released on Tuesday. Figures show Cyprus carried out 10,630 returns in 2025, up from 8,910 in 2024. The number of ...

Greece is “our most steadfast support”, Disy leader Annita Demetriou said after meeting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday. She said that she and Mitsotakis had “discussed developments in ...

The autopsy on the body of 79-year-old Achilleas Michael, who was found dead in Paphos on Monday, has been completed, police said on Tuesday. Samples were taken for further scientific ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides on Tuesday hailed a deal reached by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament regarding a new regulation aimed at securing stocks and ...

The redevelopment of Trozena village is under investigation by the environment department following reports of possible environmental and planning violations, with inspections already carried out on site. According to reports ...

Temperatures are rising, the sun is out, and a buzzing energy is in the air. Is it the quiet hint of summer’s arrival? Is it a growing events agenda? ...

The total cost of the upcoming parliamentary elections will reach €6 million, including remunerations of €617 for presiding officers and €316 for assistant officers at polling stations, assistant chief returning officer Menelaos Vasiliou ...

Two post boxes in northern Nicosia’s old town have been repainted in their original red colour, with the Turkish Cypriot Nicosia municipality on Tuesday saying that it plans to ...

Stephanos Christodoulou did not crawl out of a cave or emerge from the sea. He just wants to see his children have better opportunities and this is why he is ...

The blanket ban on the use of personal drones on the British bases has been lifted, the bases’ authorities said on Tuesday, while the ban on drones near the north’...

The transfer of dead animals to a burial site designated by the veterinary services in the Palaiometocho area was completed on Monday despite protests by livestock farmers, police sources told ...

A 31-year-old Greek national and a 23-year-old Greek Cypriot were remanded before Larnaca district court on Monday in connection with an incident in which a 65-year-old man was allegedly left ...

Cyprus’ Animal Party will be staging a demonstration on Saturday at 11am outside parliament – currently dissolved pending the May 24 elections – to protest recent amendments to the law on dogs which ...

Disy is beginning to pull out a lead ahead of Akel, according to the latest poll ahead of the forthcoming parliamentary elections, with both parties vying to be the largest ...

The rescue of a man injured by a handheld tractor and the extinguishing of a fire in a large pile of rubbish were among the most serious incidents handled by ...

Coffee culture in Cyprus is about far more than caffeine. Across the island, coffee acts as a daily ritual, a social connector and an expression of hospitality. Whether in a ...

The Edit Gallery is currently hosting The Greatest Nation Ever, the first solo exhibition at the space by multidisciplinary artist Yeti, presenting a body of work that navigates imagined worlds ...

Police on Monday arrested a 39-year-old man in Limassol after a quantity of cannabis was discovered at his residence. According to a police statement, members of the Drug Law Enforcement ...

Police arrested seven individuals overnight for a range of offences including theft, drug possession, failure to appear in court, impersonation and outstanding fine warrants, as part of coordinated patrols in ...

Affordable, sustainable and social housing, along with emerging trends in the housing market, are at the centre of an informal meeting of EU housing ministers taking place on Tuesday in ...

A weak low-pressure system is affecting the area, with dust observed in the atmosphere at intervals. Temperatures are expected to reach around 33°C inland, about 28°C along the southern and ...

Copper slag dating to the Late Roman period has been discovered in the Aliki area of Larnaca during archaeological work carried out in 2025, the department of antiquities said on Monday. ...