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Presidential Commissioner Marios Hartsiotis has been assigned a police guard from tomorrow, a day after the justice ministry stripped police protection from three former House presidents and two former first ...

A group of poachers in Androlykou illegally hunts hares on an almost nightly basis despite repeatedly being reported, the head of the Game and Fauna Service, Pantelis Hadjiyerou, told the ...

Nicosia-based Turkish Cypriot football club Cetinkaya on Wednesday vowed to return to the Cyprus Football Association, as it marked the 92nd anniversary of the association’s founding, at the end ...

A committee representing shopkeepers and residents in old Nicosia demanded on Wednesday that Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos resign, hours after he told a Disy delegation that the municipality has drawn ...

The government’s planned reforms to the pension system will ensure that it remains viable for “40 or 50 years”, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said on Wednesday, as he addressed members of ...

The defence ministry has described ready-made army meals found at temperatures below food safety requirements as an “isolated case”, as it responded to a series of findings by the Audit ...

Domestic and gender violence are on the rise, taking their toll on funds being made available to the Women’s House, a sanctuary for female victims and their underaged children, ...

Cyprus, Greece and Egypt have agreed to strengthen joint protection of gas fields, supply lines and offshore energy infrastructure in the Eastern Mediterranean, amid heightened security concerns across the region. ...

Thousands of volunteers across Cyprus are being invited to take part in this year’s Let’s Do It! Cyprus clean-up campaign, which will run from October 26 to November 1. The ...

Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy app and online platform ‘Agora’ has been fined €6,000 for personal data breaches, commissioner Maria Christofidou announced on Wednesday. The decision to impose an administrative fine ...

Calm has been restored in the buffer zone near the village of Denia, west of Nicosia, United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) spokesman Aleem Siddique said on Wednesday, after ...

Two school bus routes in Nicosia and Larnaca, that had been temporarily suspended following incidents of vandalism and subsequent security issues, are running again on Wednesday, and a meeting next ...

The stories of people, animals and landscapes are at the core of a screening event tonight in Nicosia. Treehouse Films presents an evening dedicated to nature documentaries to act as ...

A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday after admitting to the theft of a car believed to have been intended for use in the planning of ...

The Pomos reservoir has the highest water level among the main ones in Paphos, at 67.8 per cent full, the Water Development Department announced on Wednesday. It is followed by the ...

Organic farming now accounts for 8.6 per cent of cultivated land in Cyprus, exceeding the national target of 7.5 per cent set for 2027, Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis said on Wednesday. Speaking during ...

European defence readiness requires a comprehensive approach which takes into account challenges across all strategic regions directly affecting Europe’s security, National Guard chief Lieutenant-General Emmanouel Theodorou has said. Theodorou ...

Cyprus resale property market hits €727 million in first half of 2026 Cyprus’ resale property market was worth €727.2 million from 3,202 transactions in the first half of 2026, with substantial differences between districts in ...

A total of five horses have been diagnosed with West Nile virus, the veterinary services department said on Wednesday, with the horses having been tested for the virus between September 9 ...

With petrol prices already at an average of €1.7 per litre and diesel over €2, there seems to be no room for optimism regarding the trend prices will follow in the near ...

Pro-federal solution political party the CTP is on course for a landslide victory at the next Turkish Cypriot legislative election, according to a poll published on Wednesday. The poll, which ...

Owners of land in the Akamas area will be able to apply for compensatory measures through ‘Measure 1’ as of next month for not developing their plots, thus helping to preserve ...

Food served to National Guard soldiers was found at temperatures well below safety limits, while excessive ordering, food waste and low satisfaction among conscripts are among a series of weaknesses ...

The 2026 Limassol Wine Festival will open on Saturday with mayor Yiannis Armeftis saying the municipality is ready to welcome thousands of visitors for nine days of music, food, wine and ...