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Akel on Saturday accused both the Anastasiades and incumbent Christodoulides governments for failing to tackle energy poverty during a protest over the increased cost of living and green taxes. Hundreds ...

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Thirteen individuals arrested in connection with violent clash in Limassol’s Ayia Fyla area on Friday night will remain in custody until Sunday night, the Limassol district court ruled on ...

A 54-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Friday after police discovered cannabis in his home and business premises. According to the drug squad (YKAN), officers searching the suspect’s ...

Hotels in Cyprus can obtain permits for small-scale desalination units within a week and install them before the peak tourist season, the Water Development Department (WDD) said on Friday, responding ...

The health ministry supports couples with fertility issues through a special scheme that has increased the amount of funding available and the age limit for eligibility, Health Minister Michalis Damianos ...

Sixty development projects in the Larnaca district with a budget exceeding €180 million were outlined by President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday at a broad meeting with city stakeholders in Oroklini. During ...

A delivery driver was hopitalised on Saturday after he was stabbed and robbed in Limassol. Shortly after midnight, police received a call for an injured person, who was transferred to ...

An upcoming meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is expected to yield results, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, adding that within a week there will be announcements from ...

A driver who was almost eight times over the limit was found in a stationary vehicle in the middle of an intersection in Limassol, police said on Saturday. The 48-year-old ...

President Nikos Christodoulides defended the government’s fiscal policy on Saturday, saying it was the responsible policy that allowed it to spend more than €700 million to address issues faced by ...

A Larnaca kiosk was robbed early on Saturday morning, after three hooded individuals walked in and stole €1,000. Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulous Konsolos said there was one employee working at 3:50am ...

Clocks will go forward by one hour in the early hours of Sunday.  In particular, daylight saving time comes into effect on March 30th at 03:00 local time. Clocks should move ...

Four football clubs are racing against time to pay off their social insurance debts to the state, but Monday’s deadline is proving difficult to meet. The clubs collectively owe ...

Minister of Justice Marios Hartsiotis, on Friday expressed strong confidence in the upcoming contributions of the newly formed national coordinating body for the prevention and combating of violence against women. ...

Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou hosted Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos in a live podcast discussion titled How to Change the System? on Friday. The event, held at the old EAC building ...

A total of 767 asylum applications were submitted to the Asylum Service of the Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection from January 1 until March 28 2025, while there were 3,660 departures during the ...

Starting May 1, electronic invoicing will be introduced for business-to-business (B2B) transactions within the municipality of Nicosia, mayor Charalambos Prountzos announced on Friday. The digital invoicing system will be available ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) has marked today as a milestone as major upgrade works commence at Archbishop Makarios III hospital, in Nicosia. The project aims to enhance healthcare ...

In a pivotal meeting held in Paris on Friday, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides highlighted significant diplomatic progress made between Cyprus, France, Greece, Lebanon, and the interim government of Syria. The ...

The principal of a high school in the north was hospitalised after fainting during a tense dispute over a female student wearing a hijab who was denied entry to the ...

Two individuals, a 48-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman, were referred on Friday for trial before the Larnaca criminal court, which will convene on May 5, as suspects in a case ...

In a significant step to combat the illegal trafficking of cultural heritage items, the Cyprus customs department on Friday handed over two ancient coins to the department of antiquities. The ...

With just days left before the payment deadline, only 24 per cent of traffic fines recorded by Cyprus’ photolabelling system have been settled. Authorities warn that offenders who fail to pay ...