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Maintenance work has begun on the Ayios Georgios church of Mezere in occupied Karavas, while the church of Ayia Irini will also be maintained under the same contract, officials said ...

A fire in the early hours of Sunday in a car belonging to a 30-year-old man in Aradippou was successfully put out by the fire service, it said on Sunday ...

Organised police patrols throughout the island overnight on Saturday and into Sunday morning saw the arrest of nine people. They were arrested for offences including illegal possession of explosives and ...

Fingers crossed: that’s how industry stakeholders see the fate of the tourism sector this year amid the war raging in the Persian Gulf. Prospective travelers, already spooked, are either ...

Jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Saturday evening moved to defend himself over accusations that he had erected a statue of the Republic of Cyprus’ founding president Archbishop Makarios III ...

A new regional firefighting hub is to be inaugurated in Cyprus this month, the government said on Saturday. It said the hub will be inaugurated by President Nikos Christodoulides and ...

A transit road through the Turkish Cypriot Kokkina exclave would “unimaginably” improve the lives of Greek Cypriots who live in the surrounding villages, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. “It ...

Bolstering Cyprus’ defence infrastructure is a “top priority” for the government, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, in advance of a visit to Paphos’ Andreas Papandreou airbase. “I am glad ...

The police have stepped up their crackdown on those intending to light Easter bonfires, known as “lambradjies”, with firewood being seized from various sites around the island. They announced that ...

Energy Minister Michalis Damianos outlined his ministry’s 2025 achievements and priorities for 2026, while acknowledging ongoing uncertainty surrounding the delayed Vasiliko natural gas project. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, ...

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of having broken into a house and stolen three bottles of beer from its fridge, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Saturday. ...

In July last year, 39-year-old Nikos Leontis boarded a ferry in Limassol on a Yamaha XMAX maxi-scooter, headed on a journey across Europe to continue all the way down south ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday highlighted the government’s investments in the remote Tillyria region, while speaking with representatives of local authorities and residents in the area. “At the moment, ...

Cyprus is doing all it can in its endeavours to bring about a de-escalation of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, President Nikos Christodoulides said during a visit to ...

Journalist Makarios Drousiotis “has not provided any documented evidence” to substantiate the claims he has made regarding a former supreme court judge whom he accuses of rape, among other things, ...

A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after berating the driver of a mobile traffic camera vehicle and damaging his property, the police said on Saturday. The ...

The motorway which connects Nicosia and Kyrenia will remain closed between the Kioneli roundabout and the new junction linking it to the northern Nicosia ring road until the end of ...

A café in Paphos suffered “material damage” as a result of a fire which broke out in the early hours of Saturday morning, the police said. The police said the ...

The level of dust in the air in Cyprus is expected to subside by Saturday evening, the met office said on Saturday morning. After a red weather warning was issued ...

Heightened levels of dust will remain in the air throughout Saturday, though dust levels are expected to gradually recede during the afternoon and evening. Meanwhile, snow may fall in the ...

The enchanting melodies and visuals of the world of the Japanese animator and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki will come to life next week in three concerts across Cyprus. The chamber orchestra ...

BirdLife Cyprus, Terra Cypria and Opok on Friday sharply criticised the agriculture ministry’s handling of environmental violations in Akamas, following a meeting with the ministry’s director-general for the ...

A total of 10,031 new voters had applied to be added to the electoral roll for the upcoming elections as of Thursday, head of the elections service Menelaos Vassiliou said on ...

Cyprus Post has decided to temporarily suspend sending parcels to the United States, due to problems in the handling of the parcels by customs. In a press release on Friday, ...