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The Tseri firing range is set to close, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday, although he did not specify when operations would cease. Speaking to CyBC, Palmas said the “...

Journalist and author Makarios Drousiotis was questioned by police on Thursday as part of an investigation concerning his book Mafia State and a possible violation of personal data laws. Police ...

The European Commission has declined to pass comment on the matter of the cancellation of a children’s football camp organised in the occupied north under licence by Spanish footballing ...

Increasing the productivity of sheep and goats and developing dedicated animal fattening units away from existing livestock farms should be among the priorities for rebuilding Cyprus’ livestock sector, head of ...

For five days, the 21st Cyprus International Film Festival brings a world of stories to Nicosia. The Melina Merkouri Cultural Hall will fill with filmmakers, artists, actors, photographers, cultural professionals ...

The right-hand lane of the Nicosia-Larnaca motorway was temporarily closed on Friday morning for road cleaning works, police said. The lane closed at 9.30am and reopened at 11.30am in the ...

Eight people were arrested across Cyprus overnight for various offences as part of targeted preventive police operations, while 240 traffic violations were reported. Police said on Friday that officers maintained an ...

The police are investigating a new case of cryptocurrency investment fraud following a complaint from a 53-year-old in Nicosia, the authorities announced on Friday. The man filed a complaint with ...

A car parked in an open garage, outside the house of the 75-year-old owner, in Peristerona, Nicosia, caught fire at 3.15am on Friday. The 75-year-old woman put the fire out ...

Customs agents seized quantities of untaxed tobacco products in three separate cases at the Ledra Street and Ayios Dhometios crossing points between August 23 and 27, imposing out-of-court fines totalling €5,090. According to ...

Friday starts off mainly clear, with clouds in the afternoon bringing scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms with possible hailstones, mainly in the mountains, inland and to the east. Winds will ...

Paphos is launching a coordinated effort to install surveillance cameras in public spaces to deter vandalism, protect public property and make residents feel safer. The decision was taken at a ...

Students in Cyprus lag behind their European peers in basic, civic and digital skills, with a recent European Union report pointing to a “general problem related to the quality of ...

Authorities have begun work on updating legislation governing driving permits, bringing it in line with a new EU directive, media reported on Thursday. The updated EU Driving Licence Directive introduces ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Thursday offered criticism for the efforts made in Greek Cypriot political and sporting circles in recent days to force the cancellation of a ...

Additional measures to strengthen inspections and improve the response to marine pollution were agreed on Thursday following a broad meeting in Limassol, as Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis insisted Cyprus’ ...

Sixty per cent of planned pension increases could be implemented within the first two years of the government’s pension reform, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said in an interview published ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will next meet next Wednesday, with the meeting marking the first of the weekly comings together to which the pair had ...

The health insurance organisation on Thursday moved to defend itself from criticism after a four-year-old boy died of meningitis, with his family claiming that he had not been diagnosed in ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday announced that an extra €106 million had been allocated to increase state benefits for disabled people between this year and 2028. “Simply put, more support, without ...

The Electricity Authority (EAC) on Thursday hit back at reports that it’s blocking the operation of a key infrastructure of a private power station located near its own Vasiliko ...

The ten members of the steering committee of the civil society consultative body were named on Thursday, after President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman agreed to do ...

E-scooters could be impounded for up to 90 days for offences including speeding, underage use and riding in prohibited areas under a new draft decree announced by the public works department ...

China has donated €6,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP), bringing its total financial contribution to the committee since 2019 to €26,000. The CMP on Thursday thanked China for the ...