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The interior ministry on Thursday provided a series of clarifications on two new schemes designed to boost affordable housing, announced earlier this week. The first scheme concerns the allocation of ...

The Supreme Court has allowed businessman Savvas Kakos to challenge the arrest warrant issued against him, finding that there was an initial case that the warrant may have been issued ...

Israeli defence companies are interested in establishing operations in Cyprus to potentially benefit from the European Union’s SAFE defence financing programme, as President Isaac Herzog held talks with President ...

The state has lost more than €5 million in fees from six pleasure boat mooring areas that have remained unused since they were granted to private companies in 2018, the audit office ...

Denia village community leader Charalambos Alexandrou on Thursday said that he had asked that the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) be “more noticeable” in the area around his ...

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is putting €200,000 behind Cyprus’ young entrepreneurs for a fourth year, with three cash prizes on offer to business founders under 34 as the 2026 Stelios Awards return. The Stelios ...

Cyprus’ business competitiveness hinges on green and digital shift, says minister Cyprus’ business competitiveness increasingly depends on the green and digital transition, Commerce Minister Michael Damianos said on Thursday, noting ...

The final person who remained in hospital following the sinking of a passenger ferry off the coast of Kyrenia last week has been discharged, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel ...

The Animal Party has proposed sterilising around 60 cats living at the central prisons in an effort to control their population. The party said the state was responsible for securing the ...

Electric scooter injuries have risen sharply despite thousands of complaints over their use, with MPs calling for stronger enforcement and changes to existing rules during the House transport committee on ...

A few days before the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we asked people on the streets of Nicosia what they remember from that day in 2001, and what it means to them all ...

Mid-summer, and a Cyprus wine exhibition took place in the village of Pissouri. This was the sixth wine exhibition organised by the village and was held under the auspices of ...

Popi Christoforou, the mother of twin sailors Miltos and Christos who were killed in the Mari naval base explosion, was laid to rest in Limassol on Thursday, after a long ...

The coast guard being established by the government will initially operate under the auspices of the justice ministry before being transferred to the deputy shipping ministry. The arrangement was outlined ...

Former European commissioner Androulla Vassiliou on Thursday criticised as “odd” the government’s decision to no longer provide her with a police officer to act as her personal security. Vassiliou ...

At least three very busy pelican crossings in Nicosia were out of order on Thursday, with a press of the pedestrian button attached to the traffic lights at all of ...

The cabinet approved on Thursday a €12.5 million reform of child benefit that will increase payments for lower income families and widen income thresholds, with the measures due to take effect ...

The first board of directors of the National Cancer Institute was approved by cabinet on Thursday. “After the institutionalisation and establishment of the National Cancer Institute, we are now moving ...

Two men suspected of firing shots at a building in Limassol were on Thursday remanded in police custody for eight days as authorities continue investigating. The two suspects, aged 18 and 20, ...

The two British twins allegedly targeted in a Cyprus murder plot have been identified as Liverpool brothers Jamie and Aaron Small. The brothers, who had previously competed in MMA wrestling ...

A navtex, a message used to transmit information to seaborne vessels, will be issued “in the coming days” to warn sailors of plans to conduct seabed surveys for the laying ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived at the presidential palace in Nicosia on Thursday for talks with President Nikos Christodoulides, as police imposed heightened security measures and anti-war groups prepared to ...

The forestry department on Thursday announced the launch of an app for visitors to Nicosia’s two national forest parks, those of Athalassa and Academia. The app – in both Greek ...

Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou has set out the conditions that any candidate seeking the party’s backing in the 2028 presidential elections would have to meet, ruling out support for a ...