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The right lanes on the Limassol–Paphos motorway have been closed in both directions due to cleaning works on the central island, police said on Monday. The closure was implemented ...

A multinational civil-military cooperation exercise, Argonaut 2026, is taking place in Cyprus from May 11 to May 15, the defence ministry announced on Monday. According to the ministry, the exercise will test the ...

Alexandros Panayiotou was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on Monday, and spoke at his swearing-in ceremony of the difficult times ahead for the rule of law, both domestically ...

A total of 568,587 voters are registered for the parliamentary elections on May 24, the chief returning officer announced on Monday. The officer also confirmed that 1,217 polling stations will operate across Cyprus ...

Coming up soon is the On Bodies Festival 2026 celebrating dance and performance and in recent years it focuses on dance’s relation with today’s reality. Between May 15 and 17, Dance ...

Two food delivery drivers aged 22 and 21 told the police they had been assaulted by a group of masked people in Paphos. The police said on Monday the two drivers said ...

Four people arrested with over 1kg of cocaine were on Monday referred to the criminal court in Paphos and will remain in custody until their trial begins on June 15. The ...

The police have identified the driver who hit a 65-year-old on the motorway from Rizoelia to Kalo Chorio, in Larnaca, last week and drove a distance with the victim hanging ...

Three people were arrested on Sunday in connection with conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of an assault weapon and causing injury. The police said that at around 5am on ...

Cyprus’ association for nurses and midwives Pasynm called on Monday for targeted actions to improve staffing, working conditions, training and participation in decision making one day ahead of International Nurses ...

The police arrested nine individuals on Sunday night, including for assault, drugs and illegal residence. A total of 400 vehicles were pulled over and 516 drivers and passengers checked. The police filed 225 ...

A vehicle was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday evening in Nicosia. The police said the fire started at 9.20pm in a car belonging to a 30-year-old, which was parked ...

The week starts off sunny with fine dust in the atmosphere and passing clouds in the afternoon. Winds on Monday will be a variable gentle breeze of 3 Beaufort, and later ...

While much of the focus regarding polling ahead of the forthcoming parliamentary election has been centred on movements between the parties, one of the tallest blocks in any polling bar ...

Religious pilgrimages undertaken by Armenian Cypriots, Greek Cypriots, and Maronite Cypriots in northern Cyprus and by Turkish Cypriots in the island’s southern two thirds will be organised by the ...

A forest fire which broke out near the Limassol district village of Pyrgos was extinguished within half an hour of breaking out on Sunday, the forestry department said. The fire ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday denied that “chaos” is prevailing in the government’s handling of the ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease, during a visit to a memorial ...

Theatre productions come alive this May at the Rialto Theatre, alongside film, music and dance works and, towards its end, the 27th Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival begins. Here’s what ...

Pan-European party Volt have joined the pack of parties vying for fourth place in polling ahead of this month’s parliamentary election, according to a poll released on Sunday, with ...

On May 6, 753 people officially entered the election race hoping to secure one of the 56 seats in parliament for a five-year term. Of the contestants, 744 are running with 19 political parties and ...

Voters will be able to present the virtual version of their identity card on the government’s “digital citizen” mobile application as proof of identity when they go to cast ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Sunday expressed bemusement at plans to rename Paphos’ Kemal Ataturk Street, saying that the move “clearly reveals the true face of the Greek ...

An explosion was reported in a parked car in the Famagusta district village of Liopetri during the early hours of Sunday morning. According to the police, the explosion occurred at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday called on candidates standing in the forthcoming parliamentary elections to have “clear” positions, during a visit to a memorial service for Eoka fighters in the ...