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Heavy rains swept the mountains and other areas of Cyprus on Tuesday afternoon after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning, in place until 6pm, for thunderstorms. Police said ...

A navtex will be issued “as soon as possible” to inform ships between Cyprus and Crete that seabed surveys are going ahead before the laying of cables for the Great ...

Turkey is making a regional “comeback” and has gained an enhanced role through the recently signed Mecca Agreement, international affairs expert Constantinos Filis said on Tuesday, warning that Ankara is ...

Hotel unions warned on Tuesday of further action over the alleged use of third country workers through labour agencies, saying the practice is undermining labour protections across the industry. Both ...

A fire in Aradippou, Larnaca, on Tuesday morning burned a small area of wild vegetation along the highway near Rizoelia roundabout. The fire started at 11.27am and was put out ...

A 33-year-old who was arrested on Monday in connection with the possession of drugs was taken before Nicosia district court on Tuesday, which ordered he remain in custody for eight ...

A 51-year-old monk accused of attempted murder at the Ayios Neophytos monastery in the Paphos district village of Tala will remain in custody until October 7 after the Paphos district court ...

The police have seized 323 kilograms of cannabis and hash as well as 81kg of cocaine since the beginning of the year. Compared to last year, the amount of cocaine seized ...

Only three per cent of teachers in Cyprus are under 30 years of age, a figure which constitutes the joint-lowest proportion in the European Union, alongside Portugal, according to a European ...

Hunters have been urged to exercise particular caution and strictly observe hunting regulations ahead of the opening of the summer hunting season on Sunday. The Cyprus hunting and wildlife conservation ...

The Nicosia district government is awaiting access to a €2 million fund which was approved to help deal with dangerous buildings, with the matter of dangerous buildings having become a point ...

A total of six people were arrested during the police’s regular overnight operations, the force said on Tuesday. The police said they had carried out “organised patrols” in “key ...

Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Menelaos Menelaou and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s undersecretary Mehmet Dana are to meet on Thursday, according to reports on Tuesday. According to the Cyprus ...

A fire which broke out in a car in the Nicosia suburb of Aglandjia is believed to have been started deliberately, the police said on Tuesday. According to the police, ...

At least 30 children have been conceived through in vitro fertilisation using the wrong sperm or egg donors at clinics in northern Cyprus, according to reports on Tuesday. The BBC reported ...

This week, music lovers and festival seekers can head to the normally quiet village of Gialia in Paphos for two evenings of jazz, art and dance. This August 21 and 22, musicians ...

The foreign ministry has in recent days been telephoning diplomatic missions in Nicosia, urging them not to attend a briefing on the Cyprus problem which is due to be given ...

A yellow weather warning has been issued for expected thunderstorms on Tuesday afternoon, the met office said. The warning will be in effect between 1pm and 6pm, with the storms ...

Tuesday is set to begin with clear skies across most of the island, though clouds are expected to gather inland and in the mountains after midday and produce rain and ...

Larnaca’s upgraded Pattichio Municipal Park has opened to the public after an eight-month delay, with new walking and cycling paths, viewing points, a playground and a botanical garden. The ...

Head of the Cyprus blood bank Androula Panayiotou warned of a shortage of blood reserves with current needs falling critically short as needs tripled available supply on Monday. Panayiotou said ...

Assertions that photovoltaic/solar systems are loss-making are misleading and only serve to discourage investment in ‘clean energy’, the energy minister said in a letter made public on Monday. Michalis ...

Young people in Cyprus live with their parents until the age of 27 on average, a new Eurostat survey showed. By comparison, young adults across the European Union leave their parents’ ...

The former migrant detention centre in Menoyia will serve as a temporary detention centre for people in police custody as part of measures to address overcrowding in police detention centres, ...