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Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos travelled to New York ahead of the election of members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the ministry announced on Monday. Cyprus is a candidate ...

“Leave the gun, take the canolli,” says the mobster to his partner, moments after carrying out an execution. This bone-chilling scene from The Godfather will forever be etched in our ...

Ongoing and unacceptable dangers faced by their staff are a grave issue, nurses’ union Pasyno said on Monday, laying the blame with the ministries of labour and justice as well ...

A former Russian deputy defence minister arrested in April for bribery is facing new charges of embezzling more than 3.2 billion roubles ($33.4 million), sent to the accounts of companies in Hong ...

Water being pumped to the north from Turkey was completely cut off from the north’s water supply due to ongoing power cuts in the area near the Panagra reservoir, ...

Cyprus airspace is safe and passengers do not need to fear travelling to the island, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said. The Republic is strictly enforcing any updates it receives from ...

The hearing of the golden passport criminal case involving Al Jazeera news report, for which three people are facing charges, has been postponed for January 13, 2025. Former House president Demetris Syllouris, ...

Three people were injured in Larnaca on Sunday night when a 57-year-old drunk driver hit four parked cars. The driver and two others were injured and taken to Larnaca general ...

Reports in the British media claimed that the country’s secret intelligence service, commonly known as MI6, performed an operation to turn a Russian spy in Cyprus into a double ...

A speed camera operator reported he was verbally threatened by three people on Monday, about 45 minutes after midnight, in Larnaca. Police said the operator had set up the speed camera ...

A school facility in Larnaca intended to be used as temporary accommodation for foreign nationals fleeing from Lebanon has been hit by racist vandals, it was reported on Monday. Meanwhile, ...

Record numbers of passengers used Larnaca and Paphos airports in September, with a total of 1.4 million passengers using the two airports, the airport operator said on Monday. “Compared to September 2023, ...

The Limassol Wine Festival, which closed on Sunday after attracting thousands of visitors, was the first to implement a zero-waste event certification process, in line with its commitment to reduce ...

Monday will be mostly sunny with afternoon clouds, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 33C in the interior, 30C on the coasts, and 24C in the higher mountains. ...

Looking at the chart of ‘coffee consumption by country’ at the World Population Review website – a slightly random chart, topped by Luxembourg and featuring such unexpected names as Belize and ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Sunday, accused of assaulting two Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ who were attending a peace event in central Nicosia on Saturday. According to ...

The Cyprus Medical Association on Sunday called for an “urgent review” of safety measures at accident and emergency departments in Cyprus’ hospitals after a patient attacked staff at the Nicosia ...

A total of 29 kilograms of meat and 10 bags of coal were seized by the Turkish Cypriot police at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point from a car which was attempting to ...

Auditor-General Andreas Papaconstantinou on Sunday pledged to create a framework to manage disagreements between the audit office and the legal service. Speaking to newspaper Kathimerini, he said he had been ...

Mehmet Tulek, whose daughter Asya was one of the 24 Cypriot children who were killed when the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed during last year’s ...

A European Court of Justice ruling reached on Friday has scuppered Cyprus’ plans to declare parts of Syria as safe, with a view to returning migrants to those parts of ...

Maintenance work at the Saint Nicholas church in the Karpas peninsula village of Koma tou Yialou has been completed, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris announced on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will convene the National Council on Monday ahead of his planned informal dinner with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on October 15, ...

Thefts of copper have surged over the last year as prices spiral to up to €6,500 per tonne, despite the risks thieves face of electrocuting themselves as they cut power lines ...