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Construction of a new water tank in the Nicosia suburb of Lakatamia has been completed. The tank is a “glass-lined steel tank”, meaning that it was constructed from steel panels ...

The water development department on Friday moved to defend itself after receiving criticism from MPs during Thursday’s session of the House audit committee. It said it has undertaken a “...

It is “inconceivable” that workers and employers are yet to reach an agreement over the future of the cost-of-living allowance, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday. Asked whether he ...

The prosecutor in the case of the five Greek Cypriots in the north accused of privacy violations, trespassing and breaching the peace at a civilian court in Trikomo on Friday ...

A 35-year-old man was arrested in Limassol late on Thursday after police seized nearly one kilogram of cocaine, along with MDMA and cannabis, during a targeted drug trafficking operation. Shortly ...

Students at Polis Chrysochous gymnasium and Kykkos A lyceum in Nicosia on Friday staged a walkout over broken fans and air conditioning units in the school’s classrooms, saying that ...

An Indian naval warship will arrive in Cyprus on Sunday as part of efforts to strengthen defence ties between the two countries, the Indian High Commission said on Friday. The ...

Women who complete voluntary service in the National Guard will pay half price for their university tuition if they subsequently enrol at a private university in Cyprus, Defence Minister Vasilis ...

Nine people were remanded for eight days after they helped 16 irregular migrants into the country in the Peristerona area of Nicosia, police said on Friday. At around 9.30pm on Thursday, ...

Having cemented its place in the island’s cultural and cinematic landscape, Queer Wave returns to Nicosia for its 6th edition. Unfolding at NiMAC throughout this week until Sunday, the ...

Seven people were arrested overnight in connection with a mass brawl which broke out in the Limassol suburb of Mesa Yitonia, the police said on Friday. The arrestees were six ...

Friday’s weather will see clear skies throughout most of the day, with the possibility of increased cloud cover in parts. Temperatures will be cooler than they have been for ...

The civil defence will assume an “upgraded role” as part of the government’s reforms of its crisis management framework and the planned creation of a national civil protection mechanism, ...

Bringing young people to the forefront of public life constitutes a fundamental priority, the purpose of which is to promote their substantive participation in politics, society, the economy and diplomacy, ...

Four men at the Menoyia migrant reception centre began a hunger strike on Tuesday, with two more joining on Thursday, to protest what they call inadequate legal procedures and unjustified ...

Every day some 60,000 cubic metres of desalinated water has to be re-processed as it does not end up in the general water supply, MPs heard on Thursday. The reveal was ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman and former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci both accused the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel of misinformation on Thursday, after Ustel ...

Serious concerns were raised on Thursday during a session of the House transport committee about the enforcement of laws regulating personal mobility devices, particularly electric scooters. The committee heard that ...

Auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou on Thursday continued pushing back at government legislation which has the stated aim of introducing reforms to the Audit Office, saying the proposals would end up “paralysing” ...

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Osce) has delivered a damning report on a law passed in Cyprus this summer regulating public gatherings and parades, calling many of ...

Former Edek leader and sitting MP Marinos Sizopoulos said on Thursday that he “fears nothing,” saying that he had been refused access to a report pointing to possible criminal offences ...

A moving car caught fire on the Achelia-Ayia Varvara road in Paphos on Thursday morning, police said.  The blaze broke out around 9.45am, completely destroying the vehicle. Two passengers, a 75...

The Mavrokolympos reservoir, which was entirely drained in January to fix a corroded vent, has now reopened and is receiving water, the water development department’s deputy director-general Elena Finikaridou ...

Cyprus’ Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek) has evaluated 689 of the 714 reports on properties damaged and lost in the July 23 wildfire in Limassol, and 111 owners have already been called to sign ...