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Growing demand as the world economy recovers after the pandemic, combined with pressure on energy resources ahead of a heavy winter after a very hot summer, are creating a ‘perfect ...

The Nicosia to Limassol motorway closed to traffic near Moutayiaka for more than three hours on Tuesday afternoon, due to a 10-car pileup but has now reopened. The accident occurred ...

The government plans to extend by a further four months a scheme allowing people the opportunity to pay their arrears in social insurance contributions in instalments. Speaking in parliament on ...

A total of 24 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis and Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday met the community leaders of mountainous areas in Limassol and Larnaca that were devastated by fires in July. The ...

Cabinet will decide on Wednesday on the naturalisation of the two children of a bicommunal couple who have so far been refused Cypriot citizenship even after their Turkish Cypriot father ...

Saying that the use of ethylene oxide in coronavirus rapid tests was monitored by “strict checks”, the health ministry on Tuesday said it was ready to investigate whether any laws ...

Saying she had received a number of queries on the issue, personal data commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou on Tuesday issued clarifications about the use of CCTV in private properties and ...

Two men, 61 and 62, were remanded for eight days on Tuesday in connection with the discovery of a cannabis production site in Limassol. A 60-year-old woman, who was also arrested related ...

The promotion of cycling aims to improve the traffic problem, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Tuesday as he announced that applications for the government’s bicycle purchase subsidy scheme ...

A 32-year-old motorcyclist has been hospitalised in critical condition after the motorbike he was riding was involved in a collision with a car driven by a teenage driver in Limassol. ...

The forestry department led an expedition last week to study Roudias river in the southern part of the Paphos forest, with Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis among the 22 participants. In a ...

Police arrested a 17-year-old youth driving under the influence of drugs late on Monday in Paphos. The boy was riding an electric scooter on Thalassinon Spilion avenue in Peyia around 8...

The Cyprus radio television authority (CRTA) said on Tuesday said that it has issued fines of €91,000 in fines to various local media for 30 cases of violations of regulations governing the ...

A 30-year-old man was remanded for eight days on suspicion of people smuggling. The man was arrested after a boat with irregular migrants that he was in, arrived in Paralimni ...

In today’s episode, the health ministry has announced that the Delta Plus sub-variant has now officially arrived in Cyprus. In other news, the pilot operation of eight traffic cameras ...

Police on Tuesday said they issued 15 fines after 2,985 checks for the implementation of coronavirus protocols in the last 24 hours. Most checks, 1,243 were carried out in Nicosia where three people were ...

Approximately one in five (21 per cent) people in Britain have a foreign holiday booked at the moment, easyJet’s ‘Taking The Temperature’ report has revealed. Moreover, roughly a quarter of ...

The government of Egypt has confirmed the double tax treaty with the Republic of Cyprus. The confirmation came through Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi who ratified the agreement. The double ...

A union representing the rights of public-sector workers has called for the suspension of rapid tests for the coronavirus, after media reports showed a swab contained multiple times the permissible ...

A cannabis production site was busted on Monday by the drug squad Ykan, with pictures and a video posted on social media showing findings of the raid. The site, seemingly ...

Paphos hoteliers on Monday asked for improvements in the volume, coverage and frequency of flights to Cyprus for the winter months. An increase in winter flights can create impetus for ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has turned up the heat on the Health Insurance Organisation, reporting the entity to the attorney-general for its alleged failure to provide information he requested. In a ...

The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19, men aged 49 and 82, along with 189 new positives on Monday. There are 59 Covid-19 patients in hospital, 20 of whom are in serious condition. Of ...