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Cyprus will utilise the €1.18 billion from the EU Safe programme over a period of five years to cover defence needs and enhance the country’s role in the European security ...

A new initiative to alleviate traffic congestion in Limassol was launched on Friday by the transport ministry. Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades has sent invitations to the mayors of Limassol, Curium, ...

Elam remains in third place in polling ahead of next week’s parliamentary elections, but once again saw its forecast vote share drop, according to a poll conducted by Prime ...

Cyprus water issues are at the centre of a new website launched by the agriculture ministry on Friday, which aims to keep the public in formed on water scarcity and ...

In Cyprus, nobody is ever out of reach. Voice notes arrive in the queue at the bakery. Teenagers at café tables talk through TikTok. At traffic lights, we’re all ...

Is art only affordable for high society collectors? Arriving to counteract this notion is the group exhibition Contemporary Art Under Pressure at Isnotgallery, an exhibition that has become an established ...

Greek singer Maria Farantouri was awarded the medal for outstanding contribution of the Republic of Cyprus, during a ceremony on Thursday evening. The medal was awarded by Education Minister Athena ...

The 37-year-old driver who ran over and seriously injured a 24-year-old man working on the Paphos-Limassol highway on Thursday morning told police he had been distracted. The police said the ...

Alma candidate for the May 24 parliamentary elections Maria Theristi has slammed Irene Charalambides and Nikoletta Tsikkini for remarks they made towards journalists, with Charalambides defending her reaction by saying the ...

Cyprus has qualified for the 70th Eurovision Song Contest final in Vienna. Antigoni Buxton qualified on Thursday night with Jalla. The final will be held on Saturday. The other countries ...

A new stabbing in the central prisons has come to light, although the incident has not been officially announced, according to press reports on Friday. A man claimed he had ...

The police reported 281 drivers for various traffic violations in overnight operations, including 128 for speeding. During the night, 458 vehicles were pulled over and 562 drivers and passengers checked. Three individuals were found ...

Friday starts off partly cloudy, with isolated showers expected in the mountains and to the southeast. Winds will be a southwest to northwest moderate to fresh breeze of 4 to 5 Beaufort, ...

The redevelopment of Heroes Square and the surrounding streets is expected to be completed in June, around one month later than originally planned, according to Limassol Mayor Yiannis Armeftis.  Speaking ...

The balance of military forces in Cyprus remains clearly in Turkey’s favour, according to a report published on Thursday. The report, compiled by the Cyprus Centre for Strategic Studies, ...

The 26-year-old man suspected of kidnapping his 23-month-old child from Limassol was on Thursday placed under arrest by authorities in the north. According to Turkish Cypriot media, the man is ...

Turkish Cypriot non-voting representative at the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe Hasan Tacoy has called for designated seats to be allocated to the Turkish Cypriot community at the ...

Police on Thursday placed under arrest a 37-year-old driver after he ran over a 24-year-old man on the Paphos-Limassol highway. The incident happened around 9.40am. According to the police, the ...

Cyprus and Greece stand side by side amid contemporary challenges and the ongoing aggressive Turkish posture, President Nikos Christodoulides told the Greek political leadership on Thursday. “In this great effort ...

Akel boss Stefanos Stefanou said on Thursday that Akel does not rule out seeking the role of House speaker after the parliamentary elections, while insisting that political offices are not ...

If there is one thing Agros village is well-known for, it is its pink, fragrant rose. Its cool climate and fertile land offer Cyprus the most aromatic rosewater, rose liquor ...

Social Welfare Deputy Minister Clea Hadjistefanou-Papaellina on Thursday inaugurated the True Heart Cafe in Nicosia, describing it as a “historic moment for Cypriot society” and the country’s first social ...

Police investigations into the cases of the Pentakomo waste treatment plant and the Trimiklini fish farm are ongoing, attorney-general George Savvides said Thursday, declining to give a timeline for when ...

Two truck owners were fined €2,000 each after customs officers caught them using coloured heating oil to power their vehicles, the customs department said on Thursday. The violations were uncovered during ...