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By Sara Mariza Vryonidi For one week in September, Limassol is being asked to do something that does not always come naturally to a fast-growing city: slow down, look around ...

Police on Thursday apprehended a 44-year-old man who earlier had hijacked a car at Paphos airport and crashed with at least one other vehicle. The incident reportedly took place early ...

The need to ensure safety at every stage of care and make it a constant priority across the health system was highlighted by the Cyprus patients’ federation (Osak) on World ...

Cypriot authorities participated in a VAT fraud investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Eppo) across a number of European countries, it became known on Thursday. In Cyprus, ...

Waste treatment in Cyprus is a ‘ticking time bomb’, MPs heard on Thursday as officials admitted that the system in place can barely cope. Officials from the Environment Department described ...

MPs on Thursday demanded that the state pay up front for travel and accommodation expenses incurred by families where a person receives medical treatment abroad. The matter of overseas patient ...

Cyprus intends to submit a bill to parliament in December setting a minimum age of 15 for access to social media, Deputy Research Minister Nicodemos Damianou confirmed on Thursday. The bill ...

The fiscal cost of the planned overhaul of the pension system will tally at “considerably more” than €50 million a year, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said on Thursday, while insisting that ...

The medical practice of plasmapheresis will be discussed by the House health committee in October following the recent public debate that had emerged in the past week. Head of the ...

Persistent technical problems and delays on the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road were at the centre of a meeting of the House transport committee on Thursday. Following the meeting, MPs said the ...

A Norwegian and an Irishman charged over an alleged murder for hire plot will remain in custody until their trial, the Famagusta criminal court confirmed on Thursday. The 33-year-old Norwegian ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said on Thursday that conditions for a new 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus problem have not yet been met. Speaking after talks with President Nikos Christodoulides, ...

The health ministry on Thursday began mapping medical centres performing high-risk treatments, as instructed by Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides earlier this week. The ministry said the scope of the mapping ...

Two Nicosia municipalities called on Thursday for the immediate revocation of the government’s decision to locate the new central prisons in Ayios Sozomenos, arguing the site was chosen without ...

A school bus route serving villages in the Larnaca district was suspended on Thursday after incidents of vandalism and disorder left seats broken and damaged, the transport ministry confirmed. Public ...

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved two financial support schemes worth €1.5 million for farmers facing higher production costs as a result of the crisis in the Middle East, particularly ...

Areas of Nicosia and Larnaca were left without electricity on Thursday after cables were severed in separate incidents the electricity authority (EAC) confirmed. Crews from the authority were dispatched to ...

One person has died and 14 cases of West Nile virus have been recorded in Cyprus so far this year, as Nicosia municipality continues daily mosquito-control operations across the capital. According ...

The new paediatric surgery department at Makarios hospital has been completed, according to the state health services (Okypy) on Thursday. Ongoing works include improvements to the neonatal intensive care unit, ...

The anti-corruption authority is reportedly preparing to launch a renewed investigation into the black surveillance van case, examining aspects of the affair not covered by the original criminal inquiry. Approached ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that new proposals put forward by the Greek Cypriot side during his latest meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman could lead to “positive ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) expects economic growth to slow this year as the Middle East conflict weighs on tourism and investment, while inflation is projected to rise sharply, ...

Christodoulides ‘fully prepared’ for expanded Cyprus talks By James Morphakis President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman met on Thursday, holding what the UN called “a good discussion ...

Homeowners will be able to construct an additional floor or extension to their existing property to house children or grandchildren under a new government scheme, the interior ministry confirmed on ...