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Students with a migrant background scored higher than their Cypriot peers across reading, mathematics and science in the latest PISA survey, according to results presented by the education ministry on ...

Legal tools for evacuating dangerous buildings are “time consuming and ineffective”, Limassol EOA chairman Yiannis Tsouloftas stressed on Friday, following the collapse of a balcony on Thursday that promoted the ...

There are no bodies remaining in the wreckage of the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia last month, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Friday, with 13 ...

The labour inspection service will carry out checks across the construction industry next month, targeting undeclared workers. The inspection service said the campaign was intended to raise awareness among employers ...

Students, tourism representatives, officials and visitors took part in a beach clean-up at Finikoudes in Larnaca on Friday as part of activities marking World Tourism Day. The environmental initiative, titled “...

The request that Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci not be referred to as a mayor at the Cyprus Forum came directly from “Republic of Cyprus officials”, the forum’s ...

There are certain advantages to reviewing restaurants. Occasionally, somebody even invites you to one. And so, for once, there was no reservation to make, no bill to anticipate and, rather ...

Cyprus will not accept a partial solution to the Cyprus problem, Disy leader Annita Demetriou said on Friday. Speaking during a Kyrenia district council meeting discussing the ongoing consequences of ...

The Fiscal Council has warned that Cyprus’s public wage bill remains one of the clearest strains on the state budget, even as it described the economy as broadly resilient. ...

A man from Somalia saw his conviction increased from two to three years for a domestic violence case after the court of appeal found the initial penalty was “clearly insufficient” ...

Turkish Cypriot authorities were not informed about a crack on the left side of a ferry which went on to sink off the coast of Kyrenia, the Turkish Cypriot Kyrenia ...

Diesel prices reached a historic high on Friday, with the average pump price climbing to €1.997 a litre, prompting fuel industry groups to renew calls for a cut in VAT. Figures ...

Authorities continued investigations on Friday into the circumstances under which a fifth-floor balcony in Limassol collapsed onto the one underneath, prompting Civil Defence to evacuate all 56 apartments in the block ...

Cyprus has unveiled WHO I CAN BE by 13-year-old Harry Georgiou as it entry in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Malta on October 24. The song was presented on Thursday ...

Contract soldiers are now able to remain in the National Guard until they are 57 years old, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas explained on Thursday, as he addressed a swearing-in ceremony for ...

A 40-year-old woman was arrested in Paphos after a 45-year-old teacher reported being assaulted outside the primary school where she works, police said Friday. According to the complaint, the teacher ...

Eleven people were arrested during nationwide checks overnight, while officers recorded 337 traffic complaints, police said on Friday. The arrests were for offences including burglary, illegal possession of property, assault, illegal ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested at a Limassol jewellery store after police found him inside with items believed to have been stolen, police said on Friday. Police received information shortly ...

An evening of artistry, captivating ballet performance and the iconic tale of Don Quixote will soon arrive at the open-air stage by the walls of Paphos Medieval Castle. This Saturday, ...

Turkish presidential communications director Burhanettin Duran lambasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations general assembly, after Netanyahu had described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as “...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed plans for another tripartite summit with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides when they met on the sidelines of the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told his Iranian counterpart Seyyed Abbas Araghchi of the “importance of comprehensive dialogue and effective diplomacy in pursuit of lasting regional de-escalation” when the pair met ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York to discuss the Cyprus problem, among other ...

Nicosia mayors Mehmet Harmanci and Charalambos Prountzos led a mass withdrawal from next week’s planned Cyprus Forum, with would-be attendees pulling out after the forum’s organisers ceased referring ...