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A premature baby has been described as a “little warrior” as it was born during an emergency phone call to report that a woman was haemorrhaging heavily, the service said ...

The road to the Baths of Aphrodite–Fontana Amorosa in the Akamas national forest park will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday because of maintenance works, the forestry department said ...

About 230,000 doses of narcotics have been “withdrawn from society” after Thursday’s massive haul, with the two arrested not considered to be the masterminds, head of Ykan Christos Andreou said ...

The House plenary this week received a series of bills tightening the framework governing foreclosures and strengthening protections for loan guarantors, as political pressure mounts over the handling of non-performing ...

Former football association president Giorgos Koumas will make his first appearance before the Nicosia district court next Thursday, to face 25 charges  in a criminal case centred on alleged conflicts of ...

A growing number of primary residences valued below €350,000 are being pushed to auction, according to confidential data from the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) submitted to parliament. According to figures ...

Cyprus’ film festival dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller and cult classics from the Mediterranean and beyond is making its comeback. Its first edition was held in 2018, and now, ...

What if everyone in Cyprus stood single file from Akamas to Apostolos Andreas according to age? Who would be right there, bang in the middle? 42. It’s not only the ...

Peyia residents will remain without water for a third day on Friday, due to a fault in the Akamas municipality water supply network. According to a press release, the water ...

The police have arrested the 37-year-old driver who ran over 70-year-old Savvas Ioannou on Thursday night on a stretch of the Nicosia-Limassol motorway, near Moni. Head of Limassol’s traffic ...

Ten people were arrested overnight for various offences, including burglaries and theft, in the framework of daily police operations to crack down on crime. The police pulled over 305 vehicles and ...

Friday is overcast, with temperatures reaching 20C inland and along the coast, and 11C over the highest mountains, where snow on Troodos’ peak was 4cm in the morning. Friday night ...

The government is continuing its audit of the use of abandoned Turkish Cypriot properties in territories controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday. He ...

A 70-year-old man died on Thursday after getting run over on a stretch of the Nicosia-Limassol highway. The accident happened around 7.30pm. Police identified the deceased as Savvas Ioannou, from ...

Cyprus submitted a set of ‘targeted proposals’ regarding reconstruction and security in Gaza ahead of its participation in the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace taking place on Thursday ...

MPs on Thursday squabbled over the state of the energy sector, even dredging up the 2011 deadly explosion at Mari naval base which took the nearby power station offline. The row ...

The government’s plans to introduce a new landfill tax have cast a spotlight on Cyprus’ troubled waste management system, with Ecologists Movement MP Charalambos Theopemptou describing the situation as “...

New projects for 2026 at the archaeological site of Nea Paphos have been announced, focusing on mosaic conservation and upgrades to the Tombs of the Kings, during Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki ...

MPs on Thursday passed the 2026 budget for the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) but still grumbled about the state of public healthcare. The HIO is the agency administering Gesy – the national, ...

Officials on Thursday poured cold water on an MP’s proposal to install flashing beacons on private mobile camera vans, as the move would entail extra cost for the government. ...

Officials said on Thursday they’re working on legislation giving authorities the discretion to bar the registration of companies for reasons of national security where such entities are controlled by ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday promised to not “engage in blame games” following the latest statement made in his direction by President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday night. “Mr ...

Works to assess the damage caused to the Paphos coastal front will begin soon so that necessary repairs can be carried out, Paphos’ interim mayor Angelos Onisiforou said on Thursday. “...

A new solar farm, built atop the Nicosia general hospital’s western car park, was unveiled on Thursday, with Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides in attendance. The solar farm has a ...