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The trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to ten years in prison for “insulting” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was postponed again on Friday.
Friday’s ...
A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the investigation of a mobile phone theft worth approximately €1,000 from an electronics store in Paralimni.
According to Famagusta police spokesman Steve ...
Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Friday highlighted the need for collaboration between ministries and district self-governance organisations (Eoa) to coordinate efforts in resolving various issues, for the benefit of the ...
A 61-year-old European citizen has been remanded for seven days, pending investigations into the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north.
Police spokesman Christos Andreou told the Cyprus News ...
The trial of Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut, who is accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, was adjourned ...
The Green Party has raised concerns about the government’s decision to eliminate relief measures, such as electricity subsidies and reduced VAT on essential goods, starting in October, amidst high ...
Pensioners are subject to “unbearable” car insurance premiums and face other discrimination based on their age, civil servants’ trade union Pasydy said on Friday.
As well as the issue of ...
Swiss national Pierre Gentile on Friday began his duties as the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP)’s third member.
Gentile succeeds his compatriot Paul-Henri Arni, who left the role at ...
The court case regarding the two monks who were found with €800,000 of unexplained cash and having allegedly engaged in sexual acts with one another at the Osiou Avakoum monastery was ...
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday held a tripartite meeting with his Greek and Jordanian counterparts Giorgos Gerapetritis and Ayman Safadi in New York.
The foreign ministry said that at ...
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday morning told the United Nations General Assembly that a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem “cannot happen and cannot be accepted”.
In his ...
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said President Nikos Christodoulides’ speech at the United Nations General Assembly “reflected his well-known primitive policies” on the Cyprus problem.
He said Christodoulides ...
The decision to run an alternative education pilot programme for students with severe socio-educational challenges from premises of the Pancyprian Gymnasium became a subject of debate and consternation on Friday.
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China has decided to abolish visa requirements for Cypriot nationals, it was reported on Friday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the move to President Nikos Christodoulides during a meeting ...
Police investigations are continuing intensively on Friday to locate 42-year-old convicted double-murderer Theodoros Theofanous.
According to police spokesman Christos Andreou, the possibility that Theofanous aimed to cross to the north, ...
President Nikos Christodoulides and Vice President of Chevron Frank Kasalo, reaffirmed their support for the development of the Aphrodite gas field in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone, it was reported on ...
Friday will be sunny with temperatures rising to 35C in the interior, 33C on the south and east coasts, 31C on the remaining coasts, and 26C in the higher mountains. ...
Western nations were weighing their options on how to safely get nationals out of Lebanon if a full-scale war breaks out, diplomats said, with Cyprus and possibly Turkey seen as ...
Gesy is kicking off its new awareness campaign on Thursday with TV spots aimed at making patients think twice before using the national health scheme if it is not absolutely ...
Municipalities will retain responsibility over dangerous buildings until the end of March 2025, under a last-minute law passed by parliament on Thursday.
The law passed is based on a legislative proposal ...
Lawmakers and the government on Thursday managed to find a sweet spot on two ways with which to soften the impact of steep traffic fines on motorists.
The two changes ...
Around 14 per cent of gainfully employed households in Cyprus were at risk of poverty in 2023, according to data published Thursday by the Statistical Service.
This 14 per cent corresponded to 127,236 persons, ...
Ercan (Tymbou) airport’s holding company T&T’s general manager Serhat Ozcelik on Thursday insisted that the airport had not made a 1 billion TL (€29.8 million) loss in 2023, after ...
A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an ongoing police investigation in Larnaca involving charges of carrying a weapon to incite fear, knife possession, assault causing actual bodily ...