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The government’s commitment to facilitating affordable housing is demonstrated by concrete results, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday as he laid the foundation stone for the Adonis III project ...

The Larnaca district government (EOA) on Tuesday announced a water outage in parts of Pano Lefkara between 7am and 3pm on Wednesday due to improvement works on the water supply ...

Questions over the responsibility of a senior social services official in the handling of the case of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou dominated proceedings before the Nicosia district court on Tuesday, as ...

The fire brigade on Tuesday afternoon responded to two fires in the area of Dali and Paleometocho in the Nicosia district. “We responded and are operating with four staffed fire ...

The Limassol criminal court on Tuesday sentenced a 24-year-old man to life in prison for the murder of two men in Limassol in 2024. The man was found guilty of committing ...

Friends of the Earth Cyprus will host Climate Justice Week from Wednesday to Monday, featuring free workshops, discussions, forums and cultural events to promote environmental democracy and social participation. The ...

The trial of the theft of documents from the central prisons got another adjournment on Tuesday, as it emerged that the prosecution had not submitted to the court all the ...

The European Commission said on Tuesday it was examining reports of interference with aircraft carrying European defence ministers to Cyprus, while remaining in contact with the government. Speaking during the ...

A 59-year-old man lost €90,000 after falling victim to an online car sale scam, police said on Tuesday. The man recently spotted a vehicle advertised for sale on an online buying ...

The council of ministers on Tuesday approved the allocation of an additional 3.5 million cubic metres of water for irrigation, with 2 million cubic metres allocated for the wider Paphos region and ...

Police are searching for a 54-year-old man after the reported theft of jewellery worth nearly €10 million, according to a complaint filed with the Limassol police on Tuesday. The owner of ...

A 23-year-old man was found with abdominal injuries in an open area in Kato Polemidia, Limassol, shortly before 2.30pm, police said on Tuesday. The man’s injuries had possibly been ...

The deputy migration ministry on Tuesday presented a new plan to assist the voluntary return of Syrian families to their homeland including financial incentives of up to €2,000 per person. “Those ...

Parliamentary parties agreed on Tuesday to the composition of the selection committee that will oversee the allocation of parliamentary committee chairmanships, ahead of its election by the House plenum this ...

A Cypriot ceramic vase nearly 4,000 years old was returned to Cyprus from Canada on Tuesday, after it had been listed for sale at an online auction. The Department of Antiquities ...

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An investigation was opened into the tourism ministry’s permanent secretary, Neophytos Papadopoulos, after the cabinet approved a request by Deputy Minister, Kostas Koumis, to place him on temporary leave. ...

Authorities in Cyprus and Greece are investigating what they believe is an alleged Hamas-linked network operating across the eastern Mediterranean, following the arrest of a 37-year-old Palestinian man in Crete ...

Parliament advanced plans on Tuesday to allocate around €640,000 in state funding and provide police escorts to the newly established parliamentary parties Alma and Direct Democracy. Under the current framework, each ...

DNA analysis will be used to identify the body of an elderly woman found in an advanced state of decomposition in a Larnaca apartment, the police announced on Tuesday. The ...

Cyprus is establishing itself as a key player in the European gaming regulation, the Cyprus Gaming and Casino Supervision Commission (CGCA) said on Tuesday, launching national awareness campaign “Take Control” ...

The technical chamber (Etek) has proposed transforming the Venetian moat and surrounding perimeter of old Nicosia into a continuous linear park from Paphos Gate to Famagusta Gate, as part of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides intervened directly in a dispute over a planned electricity authority (EAC) pylon in Pano Polemidia on Tuesday, assuring residents that the project’s design would be altered ...

Costas Cleanthous, businessman and Phileleftheros publisher, raised the issue of the limits of freedom of expression, saying that democratic free speech cannot be used as justification for defamation. He also ...