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Around half of Cyprus’ livestock farmers are not expected to rebuild their operations following the recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, according to the president of the Pancyprian pig farmers association, Petros ...

E-bikes were supposed to help Cyprus move into a cleaner transport era, instead, lately they have been making headlines for a very different reason. In recent weeks, police have stepped ...

New bids submitted for the Paphos–Polis road project are coming in above initial cost estimates, the transport ministry and the public works department said on Friday, stressing that the ...

Some celebrations carry more than festivity, they carry memory. The Orange Festival of Famagusta is one of them. Once among the town’s most emblematic events, it returns this May, ...

Livestock farmers staged a protest on Sunday amid growing anger over the handling of a surge in foot-and-mouth disease cases, with tensions briefly escalating as demonstrators blocked a main road ...

A new incident of unauthorised activity was recorded on Sunday morning in the Avlona area, when ‘a Turkish farmer’ reportedly attempted to cut hay in the UN-controlled buffer zone without ...

A total of 15 complaints linked to online fraud involving a popular accommodation booking platform have been reported in recent days, the Cyprus Consumers Association said. Speaking to CNA, the association’...

Last July, a wildfire swept through the hills above Souni-Zanakia, destroying homes, killing two people and leaving a quiet residential community facing sudden disaster. Months later, the Country Rose estate ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested on Saturday night after crashing his car into the wall of a house in Larnaca, police said. The incident occurred shortly after 10pm, when the ...

A 22-year-old man was arrested in Paphos on Saturday night for a series of offences, including possession of offensive weapons and explosive materials, police said. According to the police, the ...

Police arrested five people on Saturday night in connection with a range of offences including theft, causing grievous bodily harm, drink-driving, driving without a licence, insurance or road tax and ...

The government insists Cyprus is well on track to join the Schengen Area. Notably, though, it no longer says this will happen this year but rather that this is their ...

The Turkish Cypriots are “one of two equal founding partners in Cyprus”, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman stressed on Saturday, as he took to the stage at the Antalya diplomacy ...

A Bluetooth tracking device which was posted to a Dutch frigate. deployed to the waters off Cyprus after the island was hit by an Iranian-made drone last month, allowed it ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Saturday expressed bemusement at the rising costs of construction for the new road which, if completed, will link Paphos with Polis Chrysochous, with the ...

The new town hall which will be built in Larnaca “will perfectly reflect the European capital of culture” – the title which the town is set to hold in 2030 – deputy mayor ...

The Cypriot government has promised to provide at least €850,000 worth of humanitarian assistance to Sudan as the civil war in the northeast African country enters its fourth year. “At the ...

Want to explore Nicosia’s stories and communities beyond its fortifications? This guided old city walk will do just that. The date has been set for the Home for Cooperation’...

The total number of farms infected with foot and mouth disease in Cyprus has now risen to 101, the veterinary services department said on Saturday. It said that following the latest ...

A total of three countries made direct reference to the ‘TRNC’ in official government announcements related to meetings held on the sidelines of the Antalya diplomacy forum. The Turkish government ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Saturday met United Nations undersecretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo on the sidelines of the Antalya diplomacy forum. According to Erhurman’s office, the meeting ...

Former attorney-general Costas Clerides on Saturday said that he will profess any information available to him regarding allegations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number of high-profile figures. “Some ...

A total of seven teenagers were involved in a road traffic collision in the Nicosia suburb of Pallouriotissa in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said. The police said ...

United Nations undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix will arrive in Cyprus on Sunday for a six-day visit to the island. During his stay on the island, it is expected ...