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A Nicosia man has been remanded in police custody after officers found him with 450g of cannabis. According to the police, while officers were on patrol on Saturday they stopped ...

The possibility of holding a meeting to discuss the next steps was raised between Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the United Nations Secretary-General although it would not include issues ...

Authorities in the north were informed immediately when it was realised that convicted murderer Doros Theofanous had escaped prison guards on Thursday and was on the run, informed sources told ...

It was clear from his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the resumption of negotiations depends on the Turkish side, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. “Both the secretary-general ...

Sunday will see mostly fine weather with cloud developing in the afternoon although the temperature will be a couple of degrees cooler than that seen on Saturday. The temperature will ...

A 4.3 Richter earthquake was reported overnight in the seas off Paphos. According to the EuroMediterranean Seismological Center, the earthquake occurred at 2.18 on Sunday morning with an epicenter 47km southwest of ...

Cyprus’ exposure to the public over its handling of migrants has not been flattering. Accusations over pushbacks, violence and unhygienic living conditions have been documented in numerous reports from organisations ...

Police have arrested a 53-year-old woman in connection with a case of usurping Greek Cypriot property in the north. The woman was arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday, on arrival ...

The implementation for the revised strategy for people with disabilities, covering their needs form birth to old age, while addressing prejudice and discrimination, was a top priority for the government, ...

A 58-year-old man was found dead on Saturday under his car in Kolossi. Relatives had gone looking for him when Andreas Nicolaou did not return home from his field. They ...

The manhunt for 42-year-old escaped convict Doros Theophanous, serving a life sentence for the murder of his pregnant partner and her three-year-old child, continued on Saturday with a large team ...

A 35-year-old man wanted in Germany in connection with a kidnapping case was arrested on Friday at Larnaca airport. Police said the man arrived at Larnaca just before 5pm on ...

By Philippa Tracy Having binge-watched the latest episodes of Netflix’s Emily in Paris, I still love the blatant romanticisation of Paris as a city and Emily’s ever-expanding good ...

A 31-year-old man was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Friday afternoon and is being treated at the Nicosia general hospital ICU in critical condition. According to the police, ...

Shots were fired outside a coffeeshop in Yiolou, Paphos, in the early hours of Saturday, damaging a window and a car windshield. No one was reported to be hurt. Police ...

Mainly fine weather is forecast for Saturday, as low pressure is affecting the region. Winds will start off a variable gentle breeze, 3 Beaufort, before gradually becoming southwest to northwest, a ...

Renovation work at the Mia Milia bicommunal sewage treatment plant “will not harm birds”, the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (LTB) said on Friday. Concerns had been raised that the lagoons where ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday had a working lunch with the five permanent UN Security Council members in New York where they discussed growing concerns over the region, as well ...

Both foreign and Cypriot investors have shown interest in the Larnaca port project, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeadis said on Friday, urging Cypriots to enter the bidding process. In statements after ...

Island states in the EU face a unique set of challenges where migration is concerned and the EU should take these into account when shaping its policy, Deputy Minister of ...

Nicosia has a “special symbolism” for Cyprus’ forthcoming presidency of the European Council, European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna said on Friday. Speaking after a meeting with Nicosia mayor Charalambos ...

The convict with a life sentence who managed to slip away from police is armed, unlikely to give himself in and has a plan to travel to Colombia via the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday offered the Famagusta port to be used to transport humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Gaza. Speaking to the Anadolu Agency, he said the ...

Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou on Friday put forward a list of suggestions which the town planning authority could utilise to ensure the alleged “illegal house” being built near the Kryos ...