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European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis stressed the importance of his role on his first day in office on Sunday. Kadis, a Cypriot national, told newspaper Phileleftheros he ...

Cyprus is “awaiting further actions from the United Nations” with regard to the planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the early part of next year, deputy government spokesman ...

The three 24-year-old menwho attacked a taxi after its driver refused to drive them to the hotel in Larnaca in which they were staying were remanded in custody for a ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Sunday described the European Union’s outgoing High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell as a “true friend of Cyprus”, as his tenure in Brussels ...

Three and a half years since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood inside the former Dianellos cigarette factory which has functioned as the Turkish Cypriot legislature since 1974 and promised a ...

The 24-year-old man who fell out of a moving vehicle in the early hours of Saturday morning remains in a critical condition after having undergone surgery, the police said on ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Sunday said he is “optimistic” that an ongoing dispute between doctors and the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be resolved within the week. He ...

Sunday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear, with increased cloud cover in some parts of the island during the afternoon hours. Temperatures will rise to 20 degrees Celsius inland, 21 ...

Domestic violence is on the rise with over 11,000 cases reported in five years, but it appears that police do not always respond speedily to incidents involving foreign nationals. Police have ...

Christmas time again and even if you think you are ready indoors, there are still jobs to do in the garden before the ‘Festive Season’ gets under way. I know ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Saturday set a hard deadline of midday on Sunday for trade unions and employers’ groups to decide whether they will accept his proposal to bring ...

Green Party MP Charalambos Theopemptou on Saturday called for assisted dying to be legalised in Cyprus. Reacting to the bill on the matter which is making its way through the ...

A total of 69 Cypriot artefacts which were in the possession of a private citizen in Austria are to be returned to Cyprus, it was announced on Saturday. The artefacts were ...

A 24-year-old man is in a critical condition at the Larnaca general hospital after falling out of a moving vehicle in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to the ...

Two people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning after a fight outside a nightclub in Larnaca. Police were called to the scene at around 3am, with reports ...

The number of crossings made between the Republic and the north by Greek Cypriots fell by almost 4.5 per cent in the first nine months of the year compared to the ...

Cold winds are to hit Cyprus in the coming days, with a “bora”, the name given to a strong, cold, dry wind in the Adriatic, currently making its way towards ...

Is it Christmas without a dose of pantomime? Probably not for the English-speaking audiences of Cyprus. Fear not, two productions are coming up this December to entertain those in Paphos ...

A 70-year-old woman is in intensive care after her apartment in Limassol caught fire on Friday night. The woman suffered burns to her airway and second-degree burns to her back, ...

The Amalthea plan, Cyprus’ humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, will be reactivated soon, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday night. Addressing an event in Limassol, he said the transfer ...

By Philippa Tracy Agro-tourism is one of those phrases that people throw about while other people nod vigorously in approval. It conjures up images of expensive, luxury farm villas in ...

Public debate over whether Cyprus should join Nato is “premature”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday night.  “At present, the government is “working to increase our compatibility with Nato ...

Supermarkets large and small are scrambling to send information to the commerce ministry in time for a pilot e-kalathi application to go into operation before Christmas, it emerged on Friday. ...

A 38-year-old woman was jailed for 12 years on Friday after having flown to Paphos airport with a total of 16 kilograms of cannabis in her luggage. The woman had travelled to ...