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A total of 6,000 cigarettes which had been illegally transported from the north to the Republic were confiscated from a coffee shop in Aradippou, the customs department said on Sunday. The ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested after being seen on CCTV footage handing out smoke bombs to other football fans at Saturday’s football match between Ael and Ethnikos Achnas. The ...

A 68-year-old man from Limassol died after being run over by his own car after having parked it and failed to apply the handbrake before getting out, the police said ...

Sunday’s weather is expected to be mostly sunny across the island, with temperatures set to rise to 33 degrees Celsius inland, 30 degrees Celsius on the south and east coasts, 29 degrees ...

The escape of lifer Doros Theofanous while on a home visit was the latest scandal to rock the government, getting the president to act uncharacteristically tough by sacking three senior ...

A patient tried to stab someone at Nicosia general hospital and then punched a doctor and two nurses, unions charged on Saturday, prompting them to organise a two-hour strike on ...

More fighting broke out between inmates at the Nicosia central prison on Saturday, making it the second day in a row of escalating violence behind bars. Conflicting reports said three ...

Four US senators visited the Andreas Papandreou airbase in Paphos on Saturday, where they met with President Nikos Christodoulides. Senators Jerry Moran, Susan Collins, John Boozman and John Cornyn underlined ...

The Greek Cypriot side will undertake efforts to ensure the tripartite meeting set to take place on October 15 in New York, will “yield the best possible result”, Greek Cypriot negotiator ...

Hundreds of Australian nationals who fled from Beirut to Cyprus breathed a sigh of relief as they reached Larnaca on Saturday, recounting the intense bombing in Lebanon that left them ...

Akel presses government on murderer’s permits to leave prison Akel on Saturday called on the justice minister to clarify whether convict-for-life Doros Theofanous received privileged treatment, as he was ...

In his first tell-all interview since his dismissal, former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides alleged on Saturday he was ousted because he could not be silenced. The ‘deep state’ wanted him out ...

Nicosia’s State Fair burst into life early this morning as Cyprus Comic Con opened its doors for its annual extravaganza. By 9 am, the parking lots were already filling up ...

As the holiday season approaches, Europe’s town squares transform into magical winter wonderlands filled with enchanting Christmas markets. These markets blend tradition with culinary delights and handcrafted gifts, enjoyed ...

A fire broke out at a Larnaca apartment bloc in the early hours of Saturday morning, causing a child to be taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. Fire services spokesman ...

We’re outside the church of Panayia Kousouliotissa near the village of Flasou, surrounded by pine, eucalyptus and prickly pear. The field next door looks cultivated, and I wonder what ...

More than 500 Australian nationals are expected to be evacuated from Lebanon on Saturday as the situation in the country deteriorates, the Australian government has announced. According to a report by ...

Convicted murderer Doros Theofanous and the 26-year-old who appears to have helped him escape on September 26 while visiting his home in Choletria, Paphos, under the noses of his police escort, ...

The upcoming dinner between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar could be the first key step towards resuming talks, Christodoulides said on Friday. Attending an Akel-organised conference ...

Maintenance work at the Ayios Theodoros church in the Karpas peninsula village of the same name has been completed, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said. Ktoris ...

There are 2,200 shelters across Cyprus ready to accommodate 30 per cent of the population, civil defence spokesman Panayiois Liasides said on Friday, amid reports members of the public have been frantically ...

The European Commission on Friday announced it had approved the addition of Agros rosewater to its Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) register. The commission described the rosewater as “an aromatic water ...

The United States’ amphibious assault ship the USS Wasp returned to Cyprus on Friday, US ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher said. In a post on social media, she said the ...

The bill approved by cabinet to reform the audit office, creating a new audit board, will be submitted to the legal service for legal and technical examinations before the end ...