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A fire destroyed dry grass and vegetation in a Nicosia rural area, fireservice spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Saturday. The fire broke out at around 2.45pm between Ayioi Trimithias and ...

A total of 85 sites providing free coronavirus rapid tests will operate nationwide on Sunday, the health ministry said. The sites aim to assist the mandatory testing of 50 per cent of ...

Main opposition Akel on Saturday accused President Nicos Anastasides of acting like Disy’s party leader and being involved in “pre-election conflict” after he publicly responded to the party’s ...

The animal party will hold a protest march with dogs on the Oroklini coastal road on Sunday against the decision of the community council to ban dogs from the area ...

Police on Saturday arrested two more people, 38 and 36, on suspicion of assisting two third-country nationals enter the country illegally. Two men, aged 52 and 45, are already in police custody for the ...

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi on Saturday expressed his country’s support for a solution to the Cyprus problem during a meeting in Cairo with Foreign Minister Nikos ...

Support for local businesses affected by the pandemic will continue to prevent a rise in unemployment despite the gradual restart of the economy following the improvement of the country’s ...

A 14th century gravestone found in a field by a resident has been handed over to cultural activist known for her work in combatting art trafficking Tasoula Hadjitofi, it emerged ...

A 48-year-old man who is suspected of stealing €200,000 worth of car parts was arrested late on Friday in Larnaca. During investigations into recent thefts of catalytic converters from cars in ...

Paphos district court on Saturday remanded a 32-year-old man for five days for attacking another man with a knife late on Friday. The incident was reported to the police by ...

As road safety week continued police on Friday night arrested two people, aged 42 and 51, for traffic violations. Limassol traffic police arrested a 42-year-old man speeding at twice the maximum speed ...

Cyprus has administered more than half a million coronavirus jab doses, with 20 per cent of the eligible population having completed their vaccination, the health ministry announced on Saturday. The ministry ...

The latest developments in the Middle East and the Cyprus problem will be among the issues Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides will discuss on Saturday with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry ...

Police fined 24 people, including one business owner, for violating coronavirus measures after 4,757 checks across the island in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Saturday. The majority of checks concerned ...

Set in the Cyprus of the 1950s, GOLDIE and the Power of Love is written in both English and Greek Cypriot. Alix Norman finds out more about a favourite goat, ...

Corruption remained the number one problem for people whose majority also believe that an acceptable and viable solution of the Cyprus problem was out of reach, according to a survey ...

Cyprus’ improved epidemiological picture might help put the country on Britain’s green list within one or two weeks, a tourist industry professional said on Friday. The significant drop in ...

A man, 40 and his wife, 42, will be prosecuted for manslaughter in connection with the murder of Lyubisha Ristoski, 36, who was found dead last Sunday in the couple’s apartment in ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos with Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Friday briefed the mayors of Dherynia and Sotira on a tender announcement for improvement works on the road connecting the ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 135 new cases of Covid-29 on Friday from 79,545 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.17 per cent. The deaths concerned two men ...

The European Commission on Friday welcomed the provisional political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the Regulation governing the EU Digital COVID Certificate. This means that the ...

The Cyprus Museum in Nicosia and the Paphos and Larnaca castles were illuminated in blue and purple on Friday to raise awareness of Huntington’s disease. May is Huntington’s ...

The bicommunal technical committee on health, which held a video conference on Friday, failed to agree on a mechanism to reopen the crossings, prompting a backlash at the stance being ...

A British Cypriot who was drunk and tried opening the emergency door on a flight from Cyprus has been jailed for 11 months in the UK. Alexandros Christou, 21, admitted in Bristol ...