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Parliament plans to pass a pay as you throw bill for rubbish management before the May 30 elections so that it can be put to force six months later by the ...

In the last 24 hours, police booked 111 individuals and seven business owners for violating Covid restrictions. Between 6am Wednesday and 6am Thursday, 11,175 checks were carried out. In Nicosia there were 29 people ...

Greece’s Aegean Airlines on Thursday launched a flight to trace the number ‘200’ in the sky above the Peloponnese to mark the 200th anniversary of the revolution, it said. The ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the the appointment of Major General Ingrid Gjerde of Norway as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp). Major ...

Without student parades, muted celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of Greek independence began in Cyprus on Thursday with church services in all districts. Bells rang out early it the ...

The wedding industry in Paphos is hanging in the balance this year, with professionals hoping that regular flights from the UK, the biggest market, will get underway in the coming ...

Police have announced that the roads from Troodos to Platres-Karvouna and Troodos-Prodromou are only open to 4X4s and vehicles with snow chains due to heavy frost. Also slippery are ...

As protests flare in the streets of Beirut every day, and the cost of living rises to levels that nearly half the population of the country cannot afford, experts and ...

By June, over 60 per cents of the adults in Cyprus who have expressed their wish to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will receive at least the first jab, the health ministry ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin held a meeting Wednesday in Athens during which Cyprus issue and bilateral relations were discussed. Anastasiades referred to the importance of ...

Cyprus is marking the 200 years since the Greek war for independence by lighting up landmark buildings and schools and by issuing commemorative stamps among other events, cultural and political, officials ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 293 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday from 37,486 PCR and rapid tests, yielding a positivity rate of 0.78 per cent. The deaths concerned two men, ...

Cyprus is bracing for strong winds as the met service issued a yellow weather warning Wednesday evening. The met service warned the public of debris that might be blown around, ...

The decision to keep gymnasium students at home was based on the epidemiological data despite experts having recommended the reopening of schools for psychological reasons, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday they had agreed that the joint conclusions of the European Council meeting this week should be in line ...

Cypriots need to be in one accord and make the structural reforms needed by the country to set robust foundations for the future, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Wednesday. “...

Police warned the public to be aware of Internet fraudsters after a Limassol resident paid close to €21,000 for an excavator he never received. Police said the man filed a complaint ...

Overnight rough seas damaged yachts and fishing boats at the Paphos harbour with locals complaining nothing had been done over the years to protect it. Owners and workers had to ...

Turkey’s foreign minister said the European Union needs to stop “playing for time” and should take concrete steps to improve positive momentum in ties, a day before an EU ...

The health ministry announced that 43 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and the obligatory weekly testing of employees. Self-employed ...

The European General Court (EGC) on Wednesday rejected the appeal made by the “Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi” against the EU Intellectual Property ...

Police made a public appeal for information on Wednesday in a bid to track down the driver of a hit and run in Paphos that saw two 14-year-olds hospitalised. Paphos ...

Parliament will decide during one of its next sessions, possibly next month, on whether to publish a list with the names of politically exposed persons (PEPs) with bad debts at ...

Cyprus in 2020 had by far the highest number of asylum applicants compared to its population, with 8,448 per one million inhabitants, more than double Greece’s 3,532. Cyprus’ chart-topping figures are almost ...