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A fire that broke out on Thursday at the edge of the Kelia state forest is believed to have been intentional.
The Forestry Department reported on Friday that the fire ...
“Damage is inevitable” to Cyprus’ electricity grid with the related power cuts a foreseeable consequence during times of heightened consumption, transmission system operator (TSO) spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said on Friday.
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Cyprus was in no way pressured to greenlight Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s participation in the upcoming informal EU Council foreign ministers meeting, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...
A little more than a week remains until the closing of the Priority List for purchasing tickets for the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 matches that will take place in Cyprus next summer. ...
The latest series of British reality television show The Only Way Is Essex has been filmed in Cyprus.
The series, a mammoth 34th in total, which is set to hit ...
Two men were arrested on Thursday after starting a fire in a forest area near the Trooditissa picnic site close to Platres.
The pair, aged 22 and 21, were found by police ...
A pilgrimage to the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque in Larnaca will take place ahead of Mawlid, the birthday of the prophet Mohamed, on September 12.
Mawlid will be celebrated on September 15 ...
Police in Kyrenia arrested two would-be hitmen on Wednesday night, with the pair having allegedly travelled to the north to kill a “businessman”.
Police officer Cemal Sanlier explained in court ...
The Greek Cypriot man who was arrested on suspicion of having stolen two caravans in the north was admitted to intensive care after falling ill, it was revealed on Thursday.
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Ahmet Tugcu, the leader of the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s employees’ trade union El-Sen, was arrested on Thursday night as chaos ensued over late-night attempts to fix faulty ...
There have been almost 1,400 applications for the north’s “migration amnesty” so far, the north’s ‘labour minister’ Sadik Gardiyanoglu said on Thursday.
Speaking to Gunes Web TV, he said ...
Another scorcher is in store for Friday, with temperatures inland set to reach a maximum of 41 degrees Celsius.
Elsewhere, temperatures on the west and southwest coasts will reach 33 degrees Celsius, ...
Scores of delivery drivers are set to protest in Limassol’s city centre on Friday, amid increasing attacks against them and allegations of police inaction.
The protest will begin at 11:30 ...
Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos may meet with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Brussels at the end of the month, diplomatic sources have said.
Though news emerged on Wednesday ...
Traffic police were out in popular spots around Limassol, carrying out alcotests and narcotests as well as monitoring roads expected to be packed with people out enjoying their August 15 holiday.
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Turkish troops and guarantees must be part of a solution to the Cyprus problem, and this idea will not be abandoned, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said according to a ...
Members of the public flocked to the mountains to enjoy the August 15 holiday on Thursday, as the forestry department reported that plenty of camping sites were packed at full capacity.
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Fast fashion, fast food, fast turnover. Everything in modern life seems to be about quick fixes but not longevity. Yet with ongoing environmental threats, there is a shift to more ...
A Singapore court on Thursday charged two former bankers for helping a group of foreigners who were convicted of laundering $2.2 billion last year in the biggest such financial crime in ...
A 25-year-old Israeli national was remanded in court on Thursday over an ongoing investigation for misusing Greek Cypriot property in the north.
He was arrested a day earlier at Paphos ...
During a heatwave, there are only two things to do on a sweltering Sunday. You either head for the mountains or the beach. We went to Pissouri to cool down ...
A missile found in waters off Akamas and alarmed authorities was found to be old, rusty and unusable, police said on Thursday.
Divers had found the missile 100m from the ...
Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with his counterpart from Saudi Arabia during which he discussed regional developments in the Middle East.
Kombos and Prince ...
A state of disorganisation and poor military equipment marred Cyprus’ national guard in the second phase of Turkey’s invasion in 1974, and 50 years on, the importance of investing in defence ...