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A bill to regulate the operation of the social insurance fund will be submitted to parliament this month as a first pillar of the pension reform, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday expressed the state’s condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in two separate tragedies last weekend, including the deadly shipwreck off ...

A second rescue vessel, the TCG Alemdar, arrived off the coast of Kyrenia on Wednesday morning, the Cyprus Mail has learnt, as efforts continue to recover the wreck of a ...

What happens when the body enters a digital system and becomes part of its disruption? This is what a new site-specific installation at the Rialto Theatre explores, presented by visual ...

Twelve people were arrested for various offences in overnight police operations across the Republic on Tuesday night. The twelve arrests concern illegal stay in the Republic of Cyprus, theft, disorderly ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Wednesday expressed his solidarity with Germany following a Russian drone attack at Leipzig airport in August. “Threats against critical infrastructure concern us all,” he said ...

On Wednesday, it will be mostly clear, but there will be an increase in cloud cover after noon, especially in the mountains, where there may be isolated showers. Temperatures will ...

Cyprus spends more of its public budget on education than most EU countries, but its pupils continue to record some of Europe’s weakest results. According to European Commission and ...

Deputy Culture Minister Clea Hadjistefanou-Papaellina on Tuesday presented the ministry’s first ‘Nostos 2026’ support scheme aimed at safeguarding heritage in occupied communities in the north. “[The goal is] the transmission ...

Registrations for adult training courses at the training centres of the education ministry will be open until the end of the month with courses expected to begin in the second ...

An association representing IT companies in Cyprus on Tuesday called for at least €1 billion in investment in artificial technology (AI) over the next five years. “If we truly wish for ...

Main opposition party Disy and the Chamber of Commerce (Keve) on Tuesday called on the government to clear up ambiguities in its pension reform plan, while a left-leaning trade union ...

The Consumers Association recorded a total of 1,511 price decreases of products listed in the e-kalathi application in August, marking an overall reduction of 10.6 per cent. Meanwhile, the average price increase ...

Funerals were held on Tuesday for four people who died after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday, with one of those buried being 14-year-old Nisa ...

The families of those who remain missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Kyrenia were briefly moved away from the new port of Kyrenia’s entrance on Tuesday ...

The passenger ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday was located by the search-and-rescue team aboard the Turkish research vessel the TCG Isin on Tuesday afternoon, Turkish ...

Consumers should brace for new fuel price hikes come 2028, MPs heard on Tuesday, as Cyprus harmonises with EU rules increasing the use of biofuels in transport. In parliament, officials said ...

SBA police reported 30 arrests in the past week during summer operations, including three for drug-related driving offences, authorities announced on Tuesday. Officers carried out 20 road safety campaigns, resulting in 33 fixed ...

New decrees regulating the mandatory medical and lab tests on workers in vehicle painting shops and bus drivers were announced on Tuesday by Labour Minister Marinos Mousiottas. According to the ...

A former prisoner of war told his wife shortly before his death that he had been raped by Turkish forces during his captivity in 1974, the House refugee committee heard on ...

Mobility service provider Bolt said on Tuesday it was not concerned about the government’s recently announced plans to impound electric scooters, underlining its commitment to ensuring the safe use ...

The state paid €8.86 million towards the salaries of parish clergy last year, with the annual cost of the scheme projected to approach €10 million by 2029. According to figures from the accountant ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Tuesday suggested that the sinking of a passenger ferry off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday may not have happened if the Cyprus ...

A 53-year-old Lithuanian estate agent wanted by Cyprus in connection with the alleged usurpation of Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied areas failed to appear in court in France and ...