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Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Friday insisted that the smart bus stops being installed across Cyprus are not the wrong way round after Akel MP Costas Costa said their designs ...

A 47-year-old man was arrested on Thursday evening in Nicosia after police found a collection of jewellery, suspected stolen goods, burglary tools, and untaxed tobacco products in his possession. Authorities ...

A garden worker was seriously injured on Thursday afternoon while working for a company that carries out earth and construction works in a labour accident in the Coral Bay area. ...

The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation and bαhçές histories of Cyprus, inspired by the Cyprus Insula exhibition, invites families to participate in an interactive journey exploring historic photos and ...

Lane closures are expected on a section of the Nicosia-Limassol highway on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday due to maintenance works, the department of public works announced on Friday. The works ...

A case of car arson overnight is being investigated by Limassol police on Friday. The fire in a car belonging to a 49-year-old broke out at around 3am while the ...

Friday will be cloudy with temperatures at 15C inland and on the coast, and 5C in the higher mountains. Winds will be north-westerly to north-easterly, later southerly to south-westerly, weak ...

Six per cent of staff in state hospitals are on long-term leave due to sickness, pregnancy and parental leave, the nursing staff branch of trade union Pasydy said on Thursday. ...

No municipality employee will remain unpaid at the end of the month, despite the delayed submission of municipality budgets, a senior government official said on Thursday. Elikkos Elia, permanent secretary ...

A budget of €8.5 million will be allocated to combat future cyberattacks, Deputy Minister of Research Nicodemos Damianou told the House audit committee on Thursday. “For the first time, we have ...

Cyprus has set itself the “ambitious” target of having a third of energy consumption derive from renewable sources by the year 2030, the energy minister said on Thursday, while also announcing ...

Four people were remanded over illegal employment and residency in Paphos on Thursday morning. The migrants now face deportation. Police said that while their residency permits had expired, the four ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday briefed European leaders on this week’s Cyprus talks held in Geneva, reiterating that the Cyprus settlement issue remains one of his priorities. ...

A bill which would allow women to voluntarily enlist in the National Guard will go to a vote at a plenary parliament session in the next two weeks, Defence Minister ...

A framework for regulating breastfeeding rooms in workplaces and public spaces was discussed by the House health committee on Thursday. “It is with great satisfaction that we finally have before ...

The energy regulators of Cyprus and Greece reaffirmed on Thursday their ongoing commitment to the Great Sea Interconnector – the proposed subsea electricity cable connecting the two countries. In a statement, ...

Plans to change the north’s voting system for its legislative elections will go to a vote in ‘parliament’ after being passed through its legal committee on Thursday. The plans ...

Four cases of measles have been reported in infants attending the same nursery, with all currently receiving treatment in the hospital. The infants, aged 17, 16, 14, and 13 months, had not been vaccinated ...

An ice age-based theme park in Larnaca’s central Zuhuri Square opened its doors for the first time on Thursday. The Larnaca municipality said the theme park will be in ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Thursday attacked claims made by United Nations High Commission for Refugees (Unhcr) spokeswoman Emilia Strovolidou over alleged pushbacks of migrant boats in Cypriot territorial waters, ...

Greek Cypriots would have ‘no problem’ with Holguin No specific names were mentioned during official discussions regarding the appointment of a new United Nations envoy to Cyprus during this week’...

A bill to exempt casinos from the restriction limiting cash transactions to €10,000 has been the subject of heated debate while opponents on Thursday lambasted the proposal as a last ditch “...

The lack of steps taken towards a resumption of negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem at the enlarged meeting in Geneva earlier this week is “particularly worrying for the Turkish ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday stressed the importance of “what was avoided” at the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which took place in Geneva earlier in the week. In ...