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The publication linked to Cyprus’ participation in the 19th International Architecture Biennale in Venice was withdrawn because the deputy culture ministry was referred to in the booklet without consent, Deputy ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Wednesday said there is “no way” that consumer electricity bills will go up by 9.5 per cent. Speaking after the day’s cabinet meeting, he described ...

Energy, Commerce and Industry Minister George Papanastasiou on Wednesday announced the official launch of the e-Kalathi electronic platform. The application is set to be accessible to the public by the ...

Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north and the construction of buildings on it without the original owners’ consent is “a legal weapon which can be used”, Green party leader Stavros ...

In my eagerness to explore the novel, the obscure, the ethnic I’d somehow overlooked the most obvious choice: the local taverna. You know, places that are meant to be ...

The cabinet decided on Wednesday to make legislation for the use of fireworks and explosives stricter, with fines reaching up to €50,000. It also decided to appoint explosives inspectors in an ...

The Cypriot government has reportedly rejected an Israeli request for Israeli EuroLeague basketball team Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv to play its home games on the island. According to Israeli sports ...

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a bill providing the first legal framework for palliative care in Cyprus. “This initiative fills a significant legislative gap and ensures that patients ...

The case against 22 Turkish Cypriot teachers who stand accused of “battering” police officers during a protest in 2022 was on Wednesday adjourned until October 1. Wednesday’s hearing was the 12th thus ...

Two members of a bizarre criminal group which made headlines earlier in the year after using forged state seals and impersonating officials are to appear in Nicosia criminal court next ...

A 32-year-old was caught driving with alcohol levels ten times the legal limit in Kato Paphos in the early hours of Wednesday. According to police, the woman was stopped at 2...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, who was removed from office by a Supreme Constitutional Court ruling last September, is to give a new statement to the police next week regarding an ...

The Nicosia district development licencing directorate broke its own rules when adding a new floor onto the top of its headquarters, according to a report released by the audit office ...

The Nicosia municipality has announced a new phase of roadworks as part of the major redevelopment project “Revitalisation of the Inner Perimeter of the Moat – Phase A”, with fresh closures ...

Staff at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre in Nicosia have announced a one-hour work stoppage in support of a long-time female colleague whose dismissal was described by unions as “...

The official withdrawal of a publication linked to the Cyprus’ participation in the 19th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, was not a matter of censorship due to politics but to ...

An estimated 150 protestors came together in Nicosia on Tuesday evening to protest the capture and deportation of activists aboard the Madleen, which was sailing to Gaza as part of the “...

Turkish Cypriot properties available for use by Greek Cypriot refugees will be made public every three months on the website of the service that manages them, the House refugee committee ...

Washington continues to advocate for a peaceful reunification of Cyprus and hopes that the UN “Secretary-General’s meeting in July will contribute to a clear path toward a peaceful and ...

Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, George Papanastasiou is expected to announce the official launch of the e-Kalathi electronic platform on Wednesday. But it won’t be online for the ...

Limassol police on Tuesday arrested, charged, fined and released a 44-year-old man caught with a large quantity of contraband cigarettes, tobacco and heets, they said. During a traffic stop in ...

Drug squad officers arrested a 46-year-old man in Nicosia on Tuesday night on suspicion of cocaine possession, they said. Around 7pm the suspect was stopped for a routine check in ...

An explosion occurred in the early hours of Wednesday at a cafe on Piraeus Street, in Nicosia, police said. No one was injured in the blast that police said was ...

Police and customs at Paphos airport seized almost 17 kilos of cannabis from an inbound passenger late Tuesday, they said. The 23-year-old man who flew in from another European country was ...