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An orange weather warning has been issued for Thursday, the Met office said as it forecast temperatures were expected to reach 43C and above for the second day in a ...

A 38-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were arrested on Wednesday after a 30-year-old man was stabbed in Nicosia. The incident happened at around 4am on Tuesday when officers were ...

One person was arrested on suspicion of stabbing during nationwide overnight operations aimed at preventing crime and maintaining public order, police said on Wednesday. Officers stopped and checked 491 drivers and 212 ...

Serious shortcomings in staffing practices and overtime payments at Limassol municipality were identified in a report by the Audit Office released on Tuesday, which warned of a sustained pattern of ...

Ten students got full marks in the Pancyprian exams, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou announced on Wednesday as 3,113 students secured places at Cyprus universities and Greek military academies. “The Pancyprian exams ...

Only a few days remain until Windcraft Music Fest returns to the village of Katydata, Solea, from July 24 to 26 July for its 12th edition, once again transforming the village into ...

The labour inspection department announced a mandatory suspension of moderate and heavy labour on Wednesday due to extreme heat, valid between midday and 4pm. The department called for all deliveries ...

The fire brigade and the police are investigating the cause of the fire that broke out in the Ergates industrial area of Nicosia on Tuesday. The fire broke out on ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin will on Wednesday meet with the European Commission’s newly appointed envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto in Brussels. ...

A parked vehicle belonging to a 34-year-old woman was destroyed in a fire on Wednesday morning. According to the police, the fire broke out at around 4.40am in an open ...

On Wednesday the weather will be overwhelmingly clear with temperatures reaching up to 43 degrees Celsius inland, 33 degrees on the west coast, around 36 degrees in the remaining coastal areas and around 32 ...

By Antonia Christou As Cyprus handed back the rotating presidency of the EU Council on June 30, one of its more consequential environmental marks is also one of its least publicised. ...

The prison officers’ union Isotita (Equality) on Tuesday accused Justice Minister Costas Fitiris of staging a “PR stunt” during his recent visit to the central prisons. In a statement, the ...

The European Union remains committed to supporting United Nations efforts to achieve a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus issue, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said after speaking with UN ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Tuesday met Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Kemal Bozay in Nicosia, with the former having been something of an outlier in refusing to offer ...

The search for a solution to the Cyprus problem is not served by “policies of isolation or wise words”, House President Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday, with efforts both in ...

A 38-year-old woman was injured after two men riding a moped snatched her handbag while she was walking in Larnaca on Tuesday morning. According to police, the incident happened at ...

A day after sirens rang out in the Republic – audible in the occupied north – to mark July 20, the anniversary of the 1974 invasion, we asked people on both sides how it ...

Kevin Keegan, a two-time Ballon d’Or winner and former England captain, visited Cyprus on several occasions during the 1980s, taking part in exhibition matches that remain part of local ...

A large Elam banner remained displayed above a road outside Ledra Palace on Tuesday, a day after the party held a protest marking the 52nd anniversary of the Turkish invasion. ...

A 38-year-old man wanted in connection with the discovery of firearms and ammunition at a residence in Larnaca was arrested on Tuesday during a coordinated police operation. According to police, ...

A turbine at the Dhekelia power station that malfunctioned early on Tuesday, but which was later repaired and put back online, broke down for a second time later in the ...

British Cypriot member of parliament Nesil Caliskan has been moved to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s new “No 10 North” as part of his new initiatives to move government offices from ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Tuesday made a ‘surprise’ visit to the central prisons, less than 48 hours after inmates there started a fire that led to one officer being hospitalised ...