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Mental health departments are operating at the limits of their capacity, with an overcrowding rate of 140 per cent and an urgent need for more staff, the mental health nursing branch ...

The severe traffic congestion that paralysed Nicosia on Wednesday is the result of “a state failure to create an effective public transport system,” Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos told the Cyprus ...

Cyprus’ Joint Rescue and Coordination Centre (JRCC) is a hub of cooperation and a model for other countries in the region seeking to develop similar facilities, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas ...

Cyprus has joined a European pilot project to develop a secure and interoperable system for verifying users’ age online, Deputy Innovation Minister Nicodemos Damianou announced on Friday. The initiative, led ...

A total of 4.37 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine were under temporary protection status by the end of August, with Cyprus recording the third-highest ratio of Ukrainians within the EU — 25 ...

Talk of slander and mounting political tension surrounded the Alma movement on Friday, as its leader – the former auditor-general – Odysseas Michaelides and former University of Cyprus rector Constantinos Christofides lashed ...

The deputy ministry of culture of Cyprus announced on Friday that the Youth Culture Card can now also be used to purchase books. “We support young people by opening the ...

The Nicosia criminal court on Friday rejected the prosecution’s request to cross-examine lawyer Andreas Pittadjis as part of the trial of two former MPs facing criminal charges over a ...

The law passed in August to abolish the practice of paying multiple pensions to government officials “is an improvement but does not correct all distortions”, accountant-general Andreas Antoniades said on ...

Larnaca’s green point will be reconstructed with a budget of €950,000, covered entirely by the EU Recovery and Resilience Plan, with the aim of encouraging more people to recycle and ...

Cyprus’ energy regulatory authority (Cera) on Friday formally handed over two permits related to the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector to Greece’s independent transmission system operator Admie. The ...

Employers’ organisations Oev and Keve remained in close contact on Friday as they awaited an invitation from the labour and finance ministers for a meeting aimed at breaking the deadlock ...

The new A&E departments at state hospitals demonstrate the government’s commitment to upgrading public healthcare, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Friday. He added that the introduction ...

German car manufacturer Audi’s authorised dealer in the north, the Debreli group, on Friday announced that it would replace potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata for free. ...

Artificial intelligence is “not a competitor, but a power multiplier for the media”, the European Commission’s director-general for translation Christos Ellinides said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

The heat has eased, the skies have cleared, and Cyprus is basking in that golden mid-October glow – the kind that makes everyone want to be outside again. After the mid-week ‘...

The installation of smart water meters in the Larnaca district began on Friday, the Larnaca district government said. The first meters were installed in the borough of Livadia, with the ...

A fire broke out in the kitchen of a fourth-floor apartment in Nicosia, the fire brigade said on Friday. It said that from the evidence gathered so far, the fire ...

An explosion which occurred outside an office building in Paphos was caused by a hand grenade, Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday. He said the ...

Cyprus is “proof of the vital importance of respect for international law”, the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations Maria Michael said. Addressing the UN general assembly’s ...

Just a few days remain until the 10th edition of the beloved Nicosia Book Festival at Acropolis Park and the organisers have shared a glimpse of the agenda. Two days ...

The appeal hearing of deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos against his dismissal is expected to take place at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on October 17, according to reports on Friday. The ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Thursday night made his third visit to Cyprus since the start of August and reiterated his and his government’s demand for a two-state ...

The police fired warning shots as they attempted to arrest a 19-year-old male over the alleged possession of illegal drugs, according to an announcement released on Friday. The incident occurred ...