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The legal service and the police are seeking legally sound mechanisms to obtain a formal statement from Ioanna Photiou, widely known on social media as Annie Alexui, over serious public ...

The patient who had missed their chance for a lung transplant abroad because there was no air transport remains on the waiting list, the federation of patients’ associations (Osak) said ...

When authorities recently seized an ancient Bible at a checkpoint and handed it over to the Department of Antiquities, the incident served as a reminder of the enduring historical and ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris said on Thursday that the suspension of operating licences held by businesses linked to criminal activity was “a key tool” in the state’s response to ...

The head of the ambulance service delivered a stark warning in parliament on Thursday over what she described as “years of state inaction and underfunding”, as the House health committee ...

Limassol slips into carnival mode on Thursday, as Tsiknopempti (Stinky Thursday) signals the start of 11 days of music, colour and celebration, all leading up to the grand parade on Sunday, ...

Representatives of international food and beverage corporation PepsiCo’s Turkish subsidiary and its licensed producer in the north Ektam have refused to enter a meeting with the Turkish Cypriot authorities ...

A 20-year-old was arrested on Wednesday in Limassol in connection with extortion and theft, committed on February 8 in the Limassol district. At around 7.30pm on February 8, a 24-year-old delivery driver ...

A beaked whale was found dead on a beach near the Famagusta district village of Akanthou, Tashkent nature park director Kemal Basat said. He wrote in a post on social ...

The government is “taking action” to free the Greek Cypriot man who was arrested after driving into the north while collecting wild asparagus, according to reports on Thursday. The Cyprus ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to brief President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday regarding the content of his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to reports. The Cyprus ...

A yard fire in Larnaca on Wednesday afternoon is believed to have been started deliberately, the fire brigade has said. Two engines responded to the 5.12pm call and brought the ...

Two police officers filmed having sex in a service vehicle in the industrial area of Aradippou will not face criminal prosecution, police confirmed on Thursday. Police said both the criminal ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday met former Disy leader Averof Neophytou in New York. According to Erhurman’s office, the pair discussed “current issues and developments”, with the ...

The motorway linking Limassol and Nicosia was temporarily closed on Thursday morning near the village of Ayios Tychonos, which is located immediately east of Limassol, due to a road traffic ...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of an attempted murder which was allegedly committed on Nicosia on Tuesday, the police said on Thursday. He is expected to appear ...

A 26-year-old motorcyclist remains in a critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital after being involved in a road traffic collision on Wednesday afternoon. According to the police, the collision ...

A fire engine and another vehicle belonging to the game service were damaged by a fire which broke out in the car park of the Troodos mountain village of Evrychou’...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman stressed that the next round of negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem must not follow the patterns of previous attempts while evaluating his first meeting ...

Thursday’s weather will be mostly cloudy across most of the island, with localised rain and isolated storms possible at times. Temperatures will rise to a high of 20 degrees inland ...

This weekend brings the start of the carnival extravaganza, lots of Valentine’s Day events and even rural festivals celebrating the season. Fiestas, live music gigs, drive-in cinemas, and much ...

The EU–Mercosur trade agreement continues to hang “like a sword of Damocles over the heads of farmers”, Akel MEP Giorgos Georgiou cautioned on Wednesday, warning that recent safeguards approved ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday told United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the Turkish Cypriot community is subject to “unfair and illegal isolation” and that this “should be ...

Financial assistance of more than €1.181 billion in defence loans was granted to Cyprus by the European Council under the Security Action for Europe (Safe) fund on Wednesday. “Today’s decisions ...