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An 85-year-old man who had been hospitalised since a violent robbery in December died on Saturday, with police confirming the case is now being treated as murder. Charalambos Kounnapis had ...

Deportations have reached 535 since the start of the year, the justice ministry said on Saturday, alongside 2,052 voluntary departures. According to official figures, 578 arrests and 529 irregular arrivals were also recorded between ...

Police said on Saturday they have identified two individuals in connection with a video showing the beating of a minor. The individuals in question are believed to be “the perpetrator ...

Weather conditions across Cyprus will remain slightly unsettled into the weekend, with dust in the air, increasing cloud and a chance of isolated showers from Saturday afternoon. In its announcement, ...

Cyprus has demonstrated its ability to influence developments beyond its size, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, following the informal European Council meeting held on the island on Friday. In ...

The global governance landscape in 2026 is increasingly defined by a “rule of law recession,” forcing a severe institutional reckoning within the Republic of Cyprus as well. While Cyprus maintains the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has expressed the hope that the informal meeting of EU and regional leaders that took place in Cyprus on Thursday and Friday will be the beginning of ...

Seven people were arrested for various offences over Friday night, including carrying knives, assault and causing concern, as part of the police’s targeted preventive operations, which were carried out ...

A 21-year-old man is in critical condition, after being injured in a traffic accident on Friday night in Limassol. Police said that around 9pm, while a 23-year-old man was riding ...

Local comedians are gearing up for the latest Laughter Festival on May 15-17. Relocating to the Latsia Municipal Theatre, it is set to offer three days of laughter to audiences ...

Restoration work has begun on the roof of the Apostolos Varnavas church in the Famagusta district village of Engomi, technical committee on cultural heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Friday. ...

The compensation for animals culled amid the ongoing measures to combat the foot and mouth disease are set to ‘significantly increase’ following a meeting at the agriculture ministry, agricultural organisations ...

EU leaders meeting in Cyprus called for stronger European defence cooperation, faster energy independence and closer engagement with the Middle East, as instability in the region continues to affect Europe’...

Electric vehicle charging points across Nicosia will be out of service for one week as part of an upgrade linked to a new management agreement. According to the municipality, all ...

Cyprus and Egypt have signed a joint declaration on a strategic partnership, marking a significant political upgrade in relations between the two countries on the sidelines of the Informal EU ...

President Nikos Christodoulides during a press conference at the Informal EU Heads of State summit in Nicosia on Friday, urged restraint and diplomacy amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, ...

Women facing domestic violence or other forms of abuse can now access the new ‘Pharos’ website, which provides support and information, the Mediterranean Institute for Gender Studies announced. “The platform ...

The leaders of the European Union’s 27 member states on Friday resolved to demand the creation of a defence “playbook” at the day’s European Council summit in Nicosia, though ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday promised that he had “initiated the necessary steps” to resolve the matter of Cypriot art professor Senih Cavusoglu being refused entry to Turkey. “...

Cooperation between Cyprus and the United States in energy, trade and investment is increasingly becoming a strategic necessity for regional stability and transatlantic energy security, Energy Minister Michael Damianos said ...

The Paphos court ordered the renewal of detention for a further eight days for a 41-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man on Friday, who are under investigation for conspiracy to ...

A case of alleged animal abuse is under police investigation after a dog was found shot and seriously injured in the Nicosia district. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday in ...

In the aftermath of the collapse of a building in Limassol, which killed two people, the Real Estate Development Association has called for the administration framework for co-owned buildings to ...

Baby milk and medical supplies are set to be sent to Cuba in the coming days, after being handed over on Tuesday by PEO to the country’s ambassador in ...