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Parliament on Monday took a first look at a batch of bills aiming to rationalise and speed up hiring in the civil service, with MPs objecting to some of the ...

The health ministry’s pharmaceutical services on Monday warned of “serious risks” associated with the supply and use of unauthorised or illegally traded medication, stressing these could bear significant health ...

The House finance committee on Monday approved the government’s request that €590,000 be allocated for the purchase of a new armoured presidential limousine, according to reports. Both newspaper Phileleftheros and ...

Trade union SEK announced a 24-hour strike for September 17, following Monday’s joint labour committee meeting that discussed the renewal of the collective agreement for government hourly workers covering the ...

A 61-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her 71-year-old ex-husband in the village of Ayios Georgios, near Trikomo, on Monday morning. The woman, named as Saliha Ozkol, was, according ...

Antiquities from Cyprus will be exhibited for the first time outside of the country in the autumn exhibition at the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum’s The Making of ...

Stylianos Constantinou, the 15-year-old boy who ended his life by suicide in 2019, had told his first-grade teacher that his father “beats everyone, and my mother, and the sheep, and me”, ...

The European Court of Human Rights has sent a list of questions to the parties involved in the dismissal of former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides in the context of his appeal ...

Customs officials seized 59 cartons of cigarettes at the Ayios Dometios and Deryneia crossing points over the last two days, the customs department said on Monday. Officers stopped a taxi at ...

The National Guard will on Tuesday commemorate armed forces day with a series of events in Nicosia. “Armed forces day is a day of honour for the personnel serving today, ...

The case of the kidnapping of two men from the village of Strongylos in August 1974, over which the Supreme Court last week awarded the surviving family of the missing men €100,000, “...

Pension reforms aimed to come into effect on January 1, 2027, should include safety valves to ride out crises, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday, following a labour advisory body meeting, ...

Popi Christoforou, the mother of twins Miltos and Christos Christoforou who were killed in the deadly Mari explosion in 2011, died on Sunday after battling cancer. Christoforou became one of the ...

Three incidents involving fires in bins and tyres were reported at schools in the Nicosia district overnight, as police stepped up patrols ahead of the start of the new school ...

A forest fire in Argaka in Paphos was brought under control within 20 minutes on Monday after burning a small area of dry grass. The fire broke out at around 9.30am ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is scheduled to meet Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Cyprus on Thursday, with talks focusing on “deepening cooperation” between the two countries, Israeli media reported on Monday. ...

Fuel prices are likely to rise further unless current trends change, consumer protection service director Constantinos Karagiorgis warned on Monday. “There is a possibility, if nothing changes, that the next ...

Parents of children up to the age of five can apply from Monday for subsidies covering nursery school fees and meals for the 2026-2027 school year, the deputy welfare ministry ...

Three people were arrested during overnight police operations across Cyprus on Sunday for offences including illegal possession of drugs and suspected stolen property, police said on Monday. Police said 568 vehicles ...

The path to learning is not an easy one and requires effort, discipline and consistency, Archbishop Georgios of Cyprus said in a message marking the start of the new school ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday he hopes to hold another two or three meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman before travelling to New York later this month for ...

The Cyprus issue, bilateral relations and regional developments were at the centre of a telephone conversation between President Nikos Christodoulides and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Monday morning. The ...

Police arrested 41 third-country nationals found to be staying illegally in the Republic during a coordinated operation in the Nicosia district, authorities said on Monday. Of those arrested, 16 have already been ...

The 2026 Cyprus Cricket 40-over Cup, presented by HurryCurry, got off to an exciting start with the first match at Happy Valley, where Limassol Warriors snatched victory from the jaws of ...