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Police on Monday are investigating a brawl in Limassol that happened around 1am.
Police said they had arrested six people involved.
The men are aged between 20 and 40 and were taken ...
Monday will start off clear after morning clouds dissipate. In the afternoon, local rains and isolated thunderstorms, with a chance of hail, are expected in the mountains, the interior, and ...
This week saw the Electricity Authority of Cyprus and private energy producers trading barbs over who is gouging consumers and who’s responsible for the high electricity prices. So what’...
A 17-year-old boy was found bleeding from his mouth after he was beaten by a group of people in Paralimni, police said on Sunday.
He was found at around 2am ...
A year into the pilot bus service offering free on-demand rides to and from work, school and medical institutions for people with disabilities in Nicosia has proved to be a “...
The reference point for the Cyprus problem is now the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, said in an interview published on Sunday in Kathimerini newspaper, noting ...
The Green party on Sunday said it had written to Auditor General Odysseas Michealides to investigate a property accused of breaching environmental regulations.
This is because the private residence is ...
A 10-year-old British girl who was found unconscious in a Paralimni hotel swimming pool is in critical condition, police said on Sunday.
The young girl was staying at the hotel ...
The energy ministry expressed satisfaction on Saturday on the response of its ’photovoltaics for all’ scheme, which gathered 6,000 applications by July.
The applications were budgeted for the first phase of ...
Figures from the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) show that the number of patients taking antidepressant drugs almost doubled in Cyprus in the past five years: from 33,470 in 2019 to 64,611 in 2023.
On ...
Four in five British Turkish Cypriots travelling to Cyprus are choosing to fly to Larnaca or Paphos airport rather than the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport, Turkish Cypriot opposition party ...
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Saturday fired back at the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli over the latter’s remarks that Greek Cypriots who use Turkish Cypriot-owned property vacated ...
The Limassol district government on Saturday said it would decree that work stop on an “illegal house” being built near the Kryos river near Platres and examine whether conditions set ...
The government “is investing in villages’ development”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said.
Speaking at the annual dance party in the Limassol district village of Dora on Friday night, he said ...
A 16-year-old girl was remanded in custody for five days on Saturday, accused of having robbed a 64-year-old man who had invited her to his hotel room.
Her remand comes ...
A police officer was reportedly handed a promotion on the strength of his proficiency in playing the clarinet.
According to daily Phileleftheros, the man was made a sergeant as his ...
Preparations are underway in the Paphos district village of Lysos for the drying and production of the area’s cured figs, commonly known as ‘maxilles’, which are on the island’...
Cyprus’ reservoirs are only a third full, data released on Saturday shows.
The figure was revealed after the latest reading of the dams on Wednesday, which showed that there are 95.9 ...
The proportion of Cyprus’ government expenditure spent on fire protection services was slightly below the European Union average in 2022, according to data released by the EU’s statistical service Eurostat.
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A 26-year-old man from Paphos was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning after being found to be driving while under the influence of illegal drugs.
He was pulled ...
It could happen to anybody. Although those with a family history of Parkinson Disease (PD) are at a higher risk, a risk that is quite substantial as its prevalence has ...
A 34-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Friday evening six weeks after he had been declared a wanted man after being seen parking a car and then getting out ...
The first ever meeting of the “Cyprus problem political group” saw a “fruitful exchange of views”, according to reports.
The Cyprus News Agency (CNA) said that the meeting, chaired by ...
Saturday’s weather is set to be largely sunny across the island, though sporadic intervals of increased cloud cover are set to be in play throughout the day.
This, in ...