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Police in Paphos on Tuesday said they were still looking for a third person in connection with a loaded pistol found in an “open area” in the district. The pistol ...

In 2025 the state will spend about €9 million on the salaries of clerics, based on an agreement between the government and the church dating to the early 1970s. The finance ministry ...

The possibility of creating a UN office in Cyprus, as an incentive for reaching a solution to the island’s national problem and to facilitate peace and security in the ...

Turkish Cypriot teachers’ trade union Ktoeos reacted with fury on Tuesday after a high school teacher was physically assaulted by a final-year pupil. The pupil reportedly had special educational needs, ...

Thousands of cars in Cyprus may have defective airbags, it was heard in parliament on Tuesday. The matter was raised during a discussion about recalls at the House commerce committee, ...

Women had a higher life expectancy compared to men in all EU regions in 2022, including Cyprus, according to data released by Eurostat on Tuesday. In 2022, life expectancy at birth in ...

Construction works are well underway for a multi-use heliport at the site of Mari naval base, reports said on Tuesday. Taking part in the earthworks and soil removal is the ...

The government’s Ktizo plan, which aims at improving living conditions in refugee estates, is progressing according to schedule, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday visiting a construction site ...

Decent living standards and the problems faced by pensioners in mountainous and other areas were the focus of discussions on Tuesday at a preparatory meeting for the 25th session of ...

Aiming to plant a total of 18,000 trees, environmental programme LIFEAgrOassis will launch its campaign on Friday in Pera Orinis. The goal of the project is to plant the trees and ...

United Arab Emirates energy giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Co has expressed interest in Cyprus’ emerging natural gas sector, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou has said. “They expressed interest in the ...

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Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Tuesday visited flood-affected banana plantations near the Paphos district village of Kissonerga. During her visit, she confirmed that the first estimations regarding the cost of ...

Local authority reform must succeed for the good of municipalities and their residents, Disy leader Annita Demetriou and Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos agreed on Tuesday. They discussed challenges surrounding local ...

Opposition ‘MPs’ are “illegally occupying” the north’s ‘parliament’, ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Ziya Ozturkler said on Tuesday, continuing to insist that he has been elected as ‘speaker’. Speaking ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Tuesday underlined the government’s commitment to producing high-quality products, reducing production costs and safeguarding public health and the environment. Highlighting the challenges facing the ...

Restoration work at the mosque in the Limassol district village of Avdimou has begun, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Ali Tuncay announced on Monday night. Avdimou was inhabited ...

Deok union expressed its fury on Tuesday over the spate of racist attacks against delivery drivers primarily in Limassol. These attacks “trample on human and labour rights”. The union specified ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Tuesday condemned the indefinite strike by workers in the concrete industry. The strike started ...

The woman who was arrested for pouring boiling water on her husband’s scrotum appeared in court in Trikomo on Monday, while her husband remains in hospital. In court, police ...

A 24-year-old man was robbed on Monday night in Limassol, with the perpetrators stealing his motorcycle. According to a complaint filed by the victim, an Indian student residing in Cyprus, ...

Police in Larnaca arrested a man on Monday as part of an investigation into a jewellery store burglary and theft According to a police statement, a 36-year-old man was taken ...

Investigations into the fire that broke out last Sunday morning at a polyurethane manufacturing plant in Dromolaxia will continue on Tuesday. The body of a 63-year-old electrician who died in ...

As part of an investigation into an alleged sham marriage case, police arrested a 25-year-old man on Monday. A police statement released on Tuesday said that the man was taken ...