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Attendees at annual tech, business and future casting festival creating a lasting impact in Cyprus Cyprus has been through its share of challenges, as have many other countries throughout the ...

A commercial plane that departed from Cyprus on Saturday made an unscheduled landing at Graz airport when a passenger refused to come out of the toilet. The pilot of Edelweiss ...

In 2019, 4.7 per cent of people in Cyprus reported suffering chronic depression, while in the EU the percentage is much higher, at 7.2 per cent, according to the latest figures published by ...

Paphos traffic police issued 180 fines and confiscated one vehicle over the weekend, as part of a targeted campaign to prevent traffic accidents. Almost half of the fines, 89, concerned speeding, while ...

A 23-year-old man was on Sunday remanded in custody for three days for illegally entering and staying in the country, and identity fraud. The suspect was arrested at Paphos airport ...

A health official on Monday sounded the alarm concerning Covid cases in 24-hour facilities as more nuns tested positive for coronavirus in a Larnaca-based nunnery. Eleven out of the 12 nuns ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of trying to strangle his former girlfriend at her apartment in Nicosia on Friday. Police had launched a search for the ...

A 23-year-old man stopped by police in Nicosia on Sunday morning for being drunk and disorderly was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property after officers found two mobile ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou called on teachers and pupils to abide by the health protocols on Monday, the first day of the reopening of primary and nursery schools. A total ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is in Bahrain on an official visit during which an MoU on Financial and Technical Cooperation and a Visa Waiver Agreement for diplomatic, special, and official passports ...

A Larnaca-based supermarket was fined €8,000 for failing to check customers for a SafePass while an employee was found without a facemask, police said on Monday. The business was among six ...

The health ministry announced on Sunday that there had been no new deaths from Covid but that 100 people had tested positive from 43,478 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.23 ...

The health ministry announced on Sunday 27 sites where people can get a free rapid test on Monday. Those eligible for the free tests are people up until the age of 17 ...

Britain is discussing a largely decentralized federation when it comes to the Cyprus problem, which should come as no surprise, as it is an idea tabled by President Nicos Anastasiades ...

Two months after a deadly fire ripped through their communities, the people of the affected villages are slowly piecing their lives back together. Jonathan Shkurko speaks to some of the ...

Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades arrived Sunday afternoon in Bahrain’s capital Manama on an official visit, accompanied by members of the Cabinet. An announcement issued by the Presidency says that ...

Several programmes in Paphos are on the way to making life easier for those who either live there or are just visiting The municipality of Paphos has become the first ...

Three people were arrested in Limassol on Sunday in connection with stabbing a man outside the hospital. The three are aged 24, 27 and 28. According to police, they attacked a 24-year-old man ...

The House ethics committee will convene on Tuesday to discuss the incident which took place earlier in the week between parliamentary assistant for the Green Party Efi Xanthou and Elam ...

Vaccination coverage in adults across Cyprus with the first dose, has reached almost 80 per cent, the health ministry said on Sunday. Specifically, where people 18 and over are concerned, 79.8 per cent ...

Efforts are underway to improve existing legislation of services offered by nurseries, that can meet current challenges, such as integrating children from different backgrounds, disabilities and adopting new technologies, Labour ...

It is imperative that the UN create a climate that will contribute to constructive negotiations conducted in good faith, President of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou, said on Sunday. ...

An elderly couple in Tris Elies village, was stunned when they received their electricity bill amounting to almost €40,000. The bill specifies that the charges for their electricity consumption reached the ...

In a span of 24 hours, police booked 26 citizens and 9 businesses for violating coronavirus measures. Between 6am on Saturday and 6am on Sunday, there were a total of 3,256 inspections across the ...