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The deadline to declare an interest to vote at polling stations abroad has been extended to April 23, the interior ministry said on Monday as it urged registered voters wishing to ...

An eight-car pile up caused a huge traffic jam on the Limassol-Paphos motorway, in the direction of Limassol on Monday morning. According to head of Limassol traffic police Michalis Michael ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to express on Monday during a meeting in Nicosia with the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy on Cyprus Jane Holl Lute his determination to attend ...

Police fined 199 individuals and two business owners for breaching coronavirus protocols in 24 hours from Sunday until Monday morning. Most were booked for not wearing protective masks and leaving their homes ...

Article by Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides on progress made in the mainstreaming of the gender dimension in the foreign policy of the Republic of Cyprus, on the occasion of the ...

Cheap and easy lockdown exercise: pandemic sees more people interested in cycling and shops can’t cope with the demand By Annette Chrysostomou Most agree the surge in cycling brought ...

One death and 303 new coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday. The death concerns an 89-year-old man with underlying health conditions. The total number of people who died from Covid-19 is ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Monday, 57 in total. The testing sites are available for the wider population, workers and the self-employed but also pupils aged 12 and ...

Scores of people gathered outside the district administration office in Limassol on Sunday afternoon to protest against the measures against the spread of coronavirus but also the obligatory testing in ...

A week-long campaign will start on Monday for the use of seat belts and booster seats, police said on Sunday. According to a police announcement, more than half (55,5 per cent) ...

The Learning Refuge in Paphos is moving to a new house to operate from, which includes a stunning, contemporary chapel, which they will care for. “We have been fortunate to ...

A series of steps that currently lead to nowhere have excited the imagination of people living nearby although treasure of legend has not been found there. But what has been ...

Women held 33 per cent of seats in national parliaments in the EU in 2020, according to data released on Sunday by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU. Cyprus, at 22 per ...

A convoy of around 70 cars drove on Sunday in the streets of Limassol in an unusual carnival parade aimed at spreading cheer to the people. The idea was to hold ...

Guilty officers have forced resignations rescinded By George Psyllides Few cases have highlighted the flaws in the legal system more than the fight for justice by two students severely beaten ...

The Greens on Sunday planted 85 trees at the Academia Park in Nicosia, to mark 25 years since the party’s establishment. Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis was also present at the event. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to express on Monday during a meeting with the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy, Jane Holl Lute, his determination to attend the 5+1 informal meeting on ...

A car with its owner ended up in the sea, in Peyia on Sunday morning after the driver forgot to pull the handbrake. The driver, a permanent Paphos resident, was ...

A Limassol coffee shop owner who was caught serving drinks to people inside his shop was among the people booked during the past 24 hours for violations against the spread of ...

There’s much to look forward to as days get longer When I was at primary school I well remember writing in my exercise book “March brings breezes loud and ...

Massive fee hike cuts educational umbilical cord to Britain By Karim Arnous The number of Greek Cypriot students applying to a UK university has plummeted by nearly 50 per cent, as ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced 298 new coronavirus cases, 131 of them in Limassol. The new cases were among 45,369 tests, with a positivity rate of 0.66 per cent. Hospitalisations have increased to 126, ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 66 in total. The testing sites are available for the wider population, workers and the self-employed but also pupils aged 12 and ...

But with deep divisions remaining Egypt is treating Turkey’s overtures cautiously This has been a bewildering week for Cypriot diplomacy – and a tough one, too, for its much-vaunted new ...