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Poed’s decision to reject the teacher evaluation scheme strengthens our position that the issue was never lack of dialogue, but resistance to change, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou told Rik ...

Since Cyprus launched its competitive electricity market on October 1, early activity shows households are beginning to explore new pricing options, the electricity market association said on Friday. Officials stated that ...

A detention order for a 30-year-old convict has been renewed for another six days in connection with the premeditated murder of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous, police confirmed on Friday. The ...

A 55-year-old man pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges in Amargeti, Paphos, during a court hearing on Friday. He is accused of attempting to kill a 41-year-old man from ...

The new legislation on rehabilitation, passed by the House plenum on Thursday, does not meet patient needs and fails to require service providers to undergo proper evaluation and inspection, federation ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Berlin on November 14 for a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, deputy government spokesman Sebastian Hille announced on Friday. The meeting is scheduled for 1...

A bill proposing an €85 fine for a total of 22 unusual offences was submitted to parliament on Thursday, the legislature announced on Friday. Drafted by the justice ministry following a recommendation ...

Cyprus’ Amalthea corridor for sending humanitarian aid to Gaza has been tried and tested in harsh conditions and remains a secure way to get the necessary help those in need, ...

Greek Cypriots found not guilty By Tom Cleaver The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were on Friday found not guilty of the charges they ...

Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to energy security and regional stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, head of the president’s press office Victor Papadopoulos ...

Were you born in a wet year? Or a dry year? According to the data, Cyprus was seriously soggy in 1951, 1966 and 1968 – if you were born over one of those winters, ...

What has been described as “a joyful addition” has arrived at Pafos Zoo as one of its Vietnamese pot-bellied sows has given birth to a litter of four piglets. After ...

A total of 11 buses have been immobilised in Paphos to undergo inspections after a fire broke out in the engine of an electric bus on Thursday, the director of Paphos ...

The Paphos Colts took part in a fantastic youth rugby tournament hosted by Akrotiri Rugby at Happy Valley recently, where teams came together for a morning full of rugby, learning, ...

Over 10,000 boxes of duty-free cigarettes were seized by the customs department on Thursday in two separate vehicle inspections in Athienou and Pyla, authorities said on Friday. A search of a ...

A more than 50 per cent reduction in theft has been recorded since the beginning of June in the Dhekelia area, the Sovereign Base Areas police said on Friday. The significant ...

During a routine inspection of a vehicle at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point on Thursday, authorities seized around 200kg of fresh meat and bones, the customs department said on Friday. ...

A 51-year-old motorcyclist died after being seriously injured in a collision with a van, driven by a 41-year-old who was driving twice over the alcohol limit in Limassol on Thursday ...

The daughter of Tasos Isaac has won an appeal against the Paralimni municipality, which failed to return the unused land from an expropriated plot belonging to her father, who had ...

A man was on Thursday found dead in a house in Nicosia, authorities said. According to police, the man’s body was discovered around 2.30pm in his home in the ...

Multilingualism remains a key pillar of our education policy, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday, expressing the ministry’s full support for the newly introduced annual German Language Weeks. ...

Parliament on Thursday passed a law tightening up the rules on owning certain types of firearms, giving the chief of police total discretion on the granting of gun permits. The ...

Holders of prepaid mobile phone numbers will get a month’s reprieve to register, under a law passed by the House on Thursday. The bill was fast-tracked through parliament, as ...

Government officials on Thursday promised that a series of measures are on the way to correct distortions in the awarding of public contracts, after a recent report revealed a disproportionate ...