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The met office issued a yellow warning for extreme temperatures on Wednesday.
It will be valid from 11am until 5pm. According to the met office, inland maximum temperature is expected ...
Opposition Akel said Tuesday it demands a full accounting of what really lies behind the ‘strategic dialogue’ initiated between Cyprus and the United States and which was announced with much ...
The EU has lost a friend and Cyprus one of its finest conservationists, the representation of the EU Commission in Cyprus said on Tuesday, as it expressed its condolences over ...
Doctors at public hospitals decided Tuesday to call off a strike they had planned for this coming Thursday, saying they were willing to give their employer one last chance.
Physicians ...
Two people are wanted in connection with an investigation on human smuggling, police said on Tuesday as it appealed to the public for information.
A man who claims to be ...
Cyprus’ final decision over whether to stump up the required €100 million to partake in the Great Sea Interconnector is still pending, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday.
The government ...
A fourth of applications submitted to the Displaced Persons Care and Rehabilitation Service are rejected, while the criteria for providing housing assistance is outdated and in need of revision, the ...
Eight German energy companies are due to visit the island for a conference in July by initiative of the German ministry for economy and climate action (BMWK), it was announced ...
The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) celebrated the graduation of its latest group of doctoral students in an event attended, among others, by the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation, and ...
The Paphos district court issued a three-day remand on Tuesday for a 20-year-old man to assist with the investigation into a case involving conspiracy to commit a felony, residential burglary, ...
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Tuesday insisted Cyprus’ handling of the migrants currently stuck in the buffer zone “followed the correct procedures”, instead pointing the finger towards the United Nations ...
Three weeks after their contract termination with Kition Ocean Holdings 13 ex-employees of the company have received no written government commitment in terms of their work status, it emerged on Tuesday.
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The temporary jetty constructed off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid sent from Cyprus has been towed away to the Israeli port of Ashdod for ...
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday expressed “great satisfaction” with the agreement to establish an ongoing strategic discourse between the Republic and the USA.
Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou, speaking to ...
The Paphos district court on Tuesday issued an eight-day remand against a 52-year-old woman in connection with a €305,000 case involving the possession of stolen goods and money laundering.
The woman, ...
After a marathon court session on Tuesday, Archimandrite Nektarios embroiled in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal was remanded in court for eight days.
The hearing at Nicosia district court began ...
For the fifth year in a row, the Goethe-Institut Cyprus presents its Sommerkino with a selection of films from Germany. Whereas in previous years the focus was on the directors ...
A solar water heater exploded on a roof top in Paphos on Tuesday.
According to the initial reports, parts of the installation at a home in Geroskipou burst apart crashing ...
The woman who was riding on the back of a quadbike which crashed in Peyia is hospitalised and out of danger on Tuesday.
The driver of the quad bike, Iuliia ...
A sixty-one-year-old tourist was injured on Monday while visiting of the Avakas gorge in Paphos.
According to the police the incident was reported by the woman’s 57-year-old hiking companion ...
Tuesday will be hot and mostly clear with increased afternoon clouds in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 38C in the interior, 30C on the west coast, 32C on the ...
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) warned on Monday that the absence of adequate infrastructure for elderly care could compromise the effective functioning of the healthcare system in Cyprus.
A report ...
A 47-year-old woman died on Monday in Limassol after losing control of her vehicle on the Limassol-Platres Road near Alassa.
As stated at the scene by the head of the ...
The Audit Office has uncovered another scandal at the Youth Board involving dodgy hiring practices that apparently were tailor-made to suit certain individuals, it was reported on Monday.
According to ...