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A 44-year-old man was found with 22 cannabis plants and more than 12 kilos of cannabis in his Limassol home after he was stopped for a traffic check, police said on Thursday. ...

Two forklift operators in Paphos were injured when their vehicle fell into a four-metre ravine, police said on Thursday. According to police, the accident took place on Wednesday in the ...

Political stalwart, former foreign and commerce minister Nicos Rolandis has died at age 86, it was announced on Thursday. His long political career helped shape the politics of Cyprus domestically and ...

The night-time curfew will be pushed to 1am from Saturday and will be scrapped completely from June 10, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting. Expressing the ...

Cryptocurrencies slipped on Thursday, though without falling through recent lows, as traders clung to hopes that a nascent recovery from last week’s plunge can regain its momentum. Bitcoin has ...

Police fined nine people and one business owner for failing to abide by coronavirus protocols after 4,396 checks nationwide. Between 6am on Wednesday and 6am on Thursday, officers carried out 549 checks ...

Flights between Larnaca and Minsk are continuing because the EU leaders’ decision to ban Belarusian airlines from using EU airspace or airports has not kicked in yet, sources said on ...

The creation of a long-anticipated marina to serve Paphos has been held up again, following a complaint raised by one of the parties, the Paphos Chamber of Commerce, EVE, informed ...

Police on Wednesday arrested an 18-year-old man after being reported by an underage girl of hacking into her social media accounts and sending her photos to others. He is being ...

Positive cases of the coronavirus dropped to 69 on Wednesday while no deaths from the virus were reported. The positivity rate was 0.17 per cent out of 41,776 PCR and rapid tests. Ninety-five ...

A 44-year-old was arrested on Wednesday afternoon during a police raid on a cannabis nursery in Limassol. Police said so far 10 kilos of cannabis have been seized while investigations continue. ...

By Evie Andreou and Antigoni Pitta The health ministry announced on Wednesday it has adopted the suggestion of the epidemiology experts and will not recommend the AstraZeneca vaccine for those ...

The death of 32-year-old National Guard officer Xanthos Kyriacou from Limassol who fell on Tuesday from a 40-metre height during training was due to severe head injuries and multiple injuries ...

The health ministry announced a total of 66 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Facebook has announced that it will be working with the French news agency Agence France Presse (AFP) as an independent fact checker for Greek-speaking Cyprus and Greece. The social media ...

Two drivers were caught speeding on the Limassol-Nicosia highway on Tuesday night, with the first found to be driving under the influence of alcohol and the second testing positive for ...

The transport ministry is inviting tenders for the construction of wave breakers and other work to protect Chlorakas coast between the St George and Laura hotels. The €3.73 million project includes ...

A list of hotels and other tourist complexes participating in a special scheme to boost domestic tourism is available online, the deputy ministry of tourism said on Wednesday. Open to ...

A company that allegedly forged documents for a tender involving 1.2 million rapid tests is under investigation after being reported by the health ministry, police said on Wednesday. This is the ...

The Supreme Court has set aside a two-year suspended jail sentence for forgery and money laundering as inadequate and ordered the defendant be jailed for four years, the Cyprus News ...

Decisions about the AstraZeneca vaccine will be made by Wednesday evening after epidemiologists submitted their suggestions, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said. No new AstraZeneca appointments will be allowed “until the ...

Nightclub owners protested outside the presidential palace on Wednesday to press for state aid to mitigate 60 weeks of compulsory closure because of the pandemic. Scores gathered at the GSP stadium ...

Dherynia Municipality is asking the agriculture ministry to allow beekeepers to use land near the buffer zone. This would generate business and help clean up an area that is being ...

Over €74 million from the €1.2 billion allocated to Cyprus from the Cyprus Recovery and Resilience Plan will go to strengthening the health system over the next five years, Health Minister Constantinos ...