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Platres comes alive this summer with a plethora of events happening as crowds spend their August vacations in the green mountain village. At the peak of the holiday season, AgroFest ...

The Cyprus Greece passenger ferry service is secured through 2027, but the government will decide next year whether to continue subsidising the route from 2028, deputy shipping ministry director Kyriakos Aliouris said ...

It takes a moment to even realise it’s her, this slim young woman in a light-pink T-shirt, dwarfed by the gaudy tower of Ayia Napa marina. She looks like ...

Police are investigating a robbery after a 23-year-old food delivery driver was attacked in the Ayios Sylas area of Limassol in the early hours of Saturday. According to a complaint ...

The government defended the role of the advisory council on Saturday as criticism continued over the appointment of boards to semi government organisations, with deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou describing ...

Some 1,250 Turkish Cypriots crossed through the Limnitis roadblock towards Kokkina on Saturday to attend annual events marking the 62nd anniversary of the Turkish air force bombings of Tillyria in 1964. The ...

Residents and local groups marched outside RAF Akrotiri on Saturday to protest plans for a major expansion of military antenna infrastructure, citing concerns over potential health, safety and environmental effects. ...

A 44-year-old Romanian national was remanded in custody for two days on Saturday over a series of burglaries in Androlykou and Argaka. The Paphos district court ordered his detention after ...

Cyprus will provide €150,000 to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem towards the restoration of the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza, which was partially destroyed during an Israeli bombardment in October 2023. ...

Police have opened a second criminal investigation into journalist Makarios Drousiotis over alleged personal data offences connected with his book Mafia State, some four years after its publication and two ...

Omonia footballer Tasos Hadjigiovanis has donated €12,500 to cover the medical expenses of a child battling stage four neuroblastoma, ending a fundraising campaign on Saturday. Neuroblastoma is a rare type of ...

Two men were arrested in Ayia Napa on Saturday after police found 300 unused nitrous oxide capsules in their possession during a vehicle inspection. Police conducting regular checks stopped the vehicle ...

The 30th anniversary of the deaths of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou will be marked on Saturday with a memorial event in Paralimni attended by President Nikos Christodoulides. The event ...

Cyprus will remain under mainly clear skies on Saturday, with temperatures reaching 40C inland as hot weather continues across the island. Temperatures will reach around 33C around Paphos and Kyrenia, ...

Residents and local groups began a protest march outside RAF Akrotiri on Saturday over plans for new military antennas in the area, amid concerns regarding both the potential environmental and ...

A series of free, creative workshops in two mountain villages is coming up this summer, connecting an old photographic process with Cypriot nature. Artist The.Curious.Curly participates in the ...

The Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) is encouraging beachgoers to use social media to inspire others to help keep the island’s beaches clean. Through its new ‘Beachfluencer’ campaign, the ...

The police arrested a 51-year-old monk on Friday in connection with an attempted murder at a monastery in the Paphos district, which resulted in the injury of two people. According ...

Cyprus’ myths, legends and traditions are the focus of a new exhibition in Ayia Napa curated by the Press and Information Office (PIO). The Myths of Cyprus is being hosted ...

Nicosia is willing to contribute to the full restoration of former Corner Pub, which burned down on Wednesday, mayor Charalambos Prountzos said on Friday. In a post on social media, ...

By Bulat Latypov In 2023, Freedom24 – one of the island’s largest financial companies – became the main partner of the Cyprus Chess Federation. Prior to 2023, Cyprus had not played a leading ...

The island’s LGBTQIA+ film festival returns to Nicosia late this summer to present its seventh edition. Approaching soon, festival preparations are already underway as Queer Wave 2026 gets ready to ...

Newly appointed Environment Commissioner Elias Myrianthos met Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou on Friday to discuss regional environmental issues, including the stalled Akamas National Forest Park project. “Personally, and due to ...

Cyprus repatriated 119 illegal immigrants on Friday in the framework of operations by the police and the deputy migration ministry. The police said that since January 1, at total of 5,288 immigrants residing ...