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President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that the veterinary services had deemed a second round of tests for foot and mouth (FMD) unnecessary, calling on all parties to cooperate in ...

The met office on Wednesday issued a yellow weather warning for heavy isolated thunderstorms set to hit the island on Thursday. According to the warning, unstable weather conditions will prevail ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said that his meeting with United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin next week will not be the first to have taken place since UN Secretary-General ...

The road transport department on Wednesday said that it has immobilised 664 vehicles due potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata. “If the airbag is deployed, there is a risk ...

Eleven fast-charging points for electric vehicles were installed at a cost of €918,000 in an effort to enhance the local charging network, the transport ministry said on Wednesday. “The transition to ...

Last week, Aglandjia residents witnessed an extraordinary sight, as a Nicosia municipality crew drove round neighbourhoods slinging both the purple rubbish bags with household waste with other bags containing recyclables, ...

Europe’s future in space will depend not only on satellites and infrastructure, but also on whether it can build the workforce needed to sustain the sector’s rapid transformation, ...

Discussion over Volt’s electoral defeat and the party’s future direction began on Wednesday following meetings of its collective bodies, with former MP Alexandra Attalides saying the new House ...

Elam leader Christos Christou said on Wednesday that Elam will seek to chair the parliamentary committees on education and environment in the new House of Representatives, following the party’s ...

Negotiations over the allocation of parliamentary committee chairmanships intensified on Wednesday as parties manoeuvred for influence following Sunday’s parliamentary elections. At the centre of the discussions is the distribution ...

The Ecologists’ Movement on Wednesday said that there is now an “immediate need” to reduce its spending after losing all its seats at Sunday’s parliamentary election. Sunday’s election ...

Health and scientific bodies in Cyprus are working on a joint proposal for a national lung cancer screening programme under the European SOLACE Plus initiative it was announced on Wednesday. ...

Responsibility for dangerous buildings lies solely with their owners, the Larnaca district local government organisation (EOA) said on Wednesday, stressing that public safety is “not up for negotiation”. In a ...

Three foreign nationals were injured on Wednesday during an immigration raid in Larnaca after they jumped from the balconies of an apartment complex to avoid arrest, with one man now ...

An appeal lodged by radio station Kiss FM against a fine imposed for playing adverts unsuitable when driving, was thrown out on Tuesday by the supreme constitutional court. In the ...

The Cyprus branch office of Turkish opposition political party the CHP has sided with Ozgur Ozel, with the party and Turkish politics at large now engulfed by a crisis after ...

Proceedings in the trial over the killing of Limassol businessman Stavros Demosthenous were adjourned on Wednesday after defence raised objections concerning the charges and disclosure of evidence in the case. ...

The Federation of Parents’ Associations of Larnaca Primary Schools will try to set a Guinness World Record for the longest line of AA batteries at an environmental event in Larnaca ...

Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Tuesday held his cards close to his chest over the prospect of him standing for House president when the new parliament convenes for the first ...

The association “Voice of Livestock Farmers” has branded the controversy over sampling procedures a “major fiasco” with a protest expected to take place outside the presidential palace on Friday morning. ...

Police are investigating a case involving the assault of two men and the theft of a motorcycle in Limassol during the early hours of Wednesday. Two 30-year-olds said they were ...

Turkish Cypriots and other Muslims across Cyprus celebrated the beginning of Eid al-Adha, one of the two main festivals on the Muslim calendar, on Wednesday. The festival is celebrated during ...

The trial of monks Nektarios and Porfyrios of the Osiou Avakoum monastery, who face 24 charges related to alleged financial irregularities, will begin next month, with the case adjourned until then ...

The Paphos diocese is entering a new era following the election of its new bishop, Archbishop Georgios said on Wednesday. Archimandrite Gregorios Ioannides was on Tuesday selected as the new ...