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The state Legal Service said on Friday it has filed the first case relating to Cyprus’ controversial citizenship by investment programme to at Larnaca district court. The case involves five ...

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Farmers are set to receive €2m in financial aid to compensate them for problems caused by bad weather, the council of ministers decided on Friday. Agriculture minister Costas Kadis reasoned ...

The supreme court has cancelled three arrest warrants and a search warrant relating to a police investigation into the operation of a van with covert surveillance capabilities, arguing that the ...

Nicosia police are investigating after unknown persons threw a hand-grenade at the house of a 40-year-old man. According to the police, the grenade was thrown at around 2.15am in Lakatamia. ...

More than 100 members of the national guard have tested positive for coronavirus, while more are in self-isolation as close contacts, the defence ministry said on Friday. Some 135 people tested positive ...

Friday was the first day on the job for the new Kokos pelican at the Pelican Restaurant in Paphos, having trained alongside his late colleague – Kokos. Last month, the veteran ...

Eight thematic cycling routes in Larnaca have been revised and digitalised to encourage people to use them, the Larnaca tourism board said on Friday. Using the slogan ‘Life is a ...

The environment department has approved the construction of a four-lane highway from Akaki to Astromeritis, after suspending a project regarding another highway from Astromeritis to Evrychou. The Akaki-Astromeritis highway will ...

A SafePass will no longer be required for outdoor activities, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced on Friday as part of further relaxations of coronavirus measures. The relaxations, announced after a ...

The number of hospitalised coronavirus patients has been cut by 45 per cent, falling from highs of about 300 to 167 currently, health officials said on Friday. The good news is in line ...

Almost 60 per cent of vaccination appointments available for 22 to 24-year-olds were booked within two hours of the opening of the portal on Friday without any interruptions due to technical issues, ...

Cyprus’ positivity rate has dramatically reduced from about 1.2 per cent to 0.2 per cent, the weekly national report showed on Friday, and according to the health ministry that is due to ...

The Union of Municipalities has called on the next parliament, which is to be voted in at the end of the month, to review the long-standing issue of local government ...

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The ministry of health on Friday reminded that the largest number of people allowed to gather according to coronavirus restrictions is 10, whether inside or out. This includes parks, beaches, dams, ...

A 51-year-old man wanted by the Russian authorities was arrested on Thursday night by police in Paphos. According to the police, the Russian authorities had issued an arrest warrant against ...

Police handed out fines to 27 people for violating measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the 24 hours up to 6am on Friday. A police spokesperson told CNA ...

The majority of Cypriot businesses will keep the same number of employees during the following year a study by CMRC Cypronetwork LTD has revealed. This is certainly due, at least ...

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The attorney-general on Thursday sought to downplay the implications of a court case, where the state stayed the prosecution against a man facing charges of incitement to assembly and protest ...

The transport minister visited a number of sites in Paphos on Thursday where upgrading work is currently underway. Paphos mayor, Phedonas Phedonos, briefed the minister Yiannis Karousos and the ministry’...

The proposal for a forty-metre statue in the north, dubbed the Noble Peasant, which drew international attention has been criticised by the Kyrenia municipality in the Republic. Earlier this month, ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced one more death from Covid-19 and 213 new positives from island-wide testing. The new cases came from 74,926 PCR and rapid tests, for a positivity rate of 0.28 ...