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A yellow weather warning has been issued for expected thunderstorms on Tuesday afternoon, the met office said. The warning will be in effect between 1pm and 6pm, with the storms ...

Tuesday is set to begin with clear skies across most of the island, though clouds are expected to gather inland and in the mountains after midday and produce rain and ...

Larnaca’s upgraded Pattichio Municipal Park has opened to the public after an eight-month delay, with new walking and cycling paths, viewing points, a playground and a botanical garden. The ...

Head of the Cyprus blood bank Androula Panayiotou warned of a shortage of blood reserves with current needs falling critically short as needs tripled available supply on Monday. Panayiotou said ...

Assertions that photovoltaic/solar systems are loss-making are misleading and only serve to discourage investment in ‘clean energy’, the energy minister said in a letter made public on Monday. Michalis ...

Young people in Cyprus live with their parents until the age of 27 on average, a new Eurostat survey showed. By comparison, young adults across the European Union leave their parents’ ...

The former migrant detention centre in Menoyia will serve as a temporary detention centre for people in police custody as part of measures to address overcrowding in police detention centres, ...

Heavy rains on Monday saw the fire service in Nicosia respond to several incidents including flooded basements, blocked stormwater drains and people trapped on flooded roads. The fire service said ...

The fine for operating a jet ski or similar vessel without the required licence is set to increase from €85.43 to €1,500 under new legislation. A competent official told the Cyprus News ...

Emerging security architecture in the Middle East risks leaving Cyprus with less control over its own security as regional powers are pushed towards competing alignments, area studies analyst and research ...

Paphos Mayor Angelos Onisiforou on Monday called for immediate action over work being carried out between Anavargos and Armos, claiming the hillside was being “demolished” without the required planning permission. ...

Torrential rain is causing limited visibility on the Nicosia-Limassol highway, particularly around Kornos and Kofinou, police said on Monday afternoon. Drivers were urged to exercise particular caution, reduce their speed ...

A fire broke out in a car owned by a 36-year-old woman in the Aglandjia are of Nicosia on Monday. According to police, the fire occurred at around 12.30pm Members ...

Police have sought the opinion of the legal service on whether journalist Makarios Drousiotis can collect money raised through his crowdfunding appeal to cover his legal costs. The request was ...

Rainfall in the free areas of Cyprus has reached 41 per cent of the average amount for August, the meteorology department reported on Monday. The average rainfall recorded from August 1 to 9...

Pilots have reported unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs) over Cyprus, including a sighting involving six crew members on a flight south of the island. As reported by Euronews, the Cyprus incident ...

The appeals court on Monday ordered the extradition of a Russian national to Russia to face trial over alleged fraud involving a state funded space programme worth more than €160 million. ...

The Greek Cypriot side is seeking a “substantive discussion” when President Nikos Christodoulides meets Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman next week, competent sources said on Monday. The two leaders are ...

A 19-year-old woman was arrested in Ayia Napa on Sunday evening after she reportedly shouted at and insulted officers carrying out traffic duties, police said on Monday. The incident happened ...

Investigations into Saturday’s jet ski collision in the Famagusta district are examining the circumstances under which a 17-year-old was operating the vessel when it collided with a towable inflatable ...

A newborn kitten was rescued by a Nicosia district emergency response team during heavy rainfall in Dali on Sunday, authorities said on Monday. According to alphanews.live, three teams were ...

Police have launched an investigation into the causes of two fires that broke out in Lysos on Saturday, following concerns from the forestry department that the incidents may have been ...

Five people received organ transplants following the donation from a young Cypriot woman who died in a traffic accident, as Cyprus worked with transplant teams in Greece and Israel. Dr ...

Two restoration projects are under way on Nicosia’s medieval walls, with work on the Podocataro Bastion expected to be completed by November, the Department of Antiquities told the Cyprus ...