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A fire broke out in the Monastiria area of Droushia, near Paphos on Wednesday evening. According to the forestry department, the fire is now under control with ground crews continuing ...

Approximately 30 per cent of Cyprus’ territory is now included in the Natura 2000 network, with 72 areas having been designated as special areas of conservation or protection, Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis told ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said that no 3+1 or 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus problem would be taking place on the sidelines of the UN general assembly on September 28, ...

The association of secondary education parents in Larnaca on Wednesday denounced the repeated cancellation of school routes, stressing that hundreds of students and their families were experiencing serious inconveniences and ...

A clear timetable for the installation and operation of air conditioners in all schools was requested by the House education committee, educational organisations, parent associations and the Pan-Cyprian Student Co-ordinating ...

MPs pressed the government on Wednesday over some 21 appointments to semi-state organisation boards made outside the recommendations of an advisory council set up to vet such candidates. Committee chairman and ...

The trial over alleged fraud at the Avakoum monastery continued on Wednesday, as defence lawyers challenged a former monk’s claims that he was mistreated. The witness has testified that ...

The Cyprus medical association (CyMA) said on Wednesday it is ready to audit doctors working in unlicensed centres, as police in Larnaca pressed ahead with an investigation into two medical ...

Savvas Papasavvas was on Wednesday elected president of the general court of the European Union for the remaining term until August 31, 2028. Born in Nicosia in 1960, Papasavvas completed his studies at ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the allocation of an additional 3.5 million cubic metres of water for 2026 for irrigation purposes. “Today’s decision does not mean that the problem of water ...

Microplastics have been detected for the first time in the urine of primary school children in Cyprus, according to a study published on Wednesday. In a jointly released statement, researchers ...

A criminal organisation case involving four defendants was adjourned to November 23 by the Larnaca permanent criminal court on Wednesday, after prosecutors made a substantial change to the indictment. Three of ...

The deadline for employers to submit their annual PAYE returns for the 2025 tax year has been extended to November 30, 2026, the tax department announced on Wednesday. The department said the extension ...

A 30-year-old man facing a single charge of car theft in connection with the murder of businessman Stavros Demosthenous had his sentencing reserved for September 23, the Limassol criminal court heard ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) and the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) have discussed measures to improve the electricity market and gradually reduce energy costs, Oev said on Wednesday. ...

Defence lawyers in the central prisons’ documents trial accused a prosecution lawyer of a conflict of interest on Wednesday, as the Nicosia permanent criminal court heard clarifications over classified material ...

Two Cypriot members of the European Parliament reacted to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union address by demanding that the bloc take more ...

Cyprus’ cabinet approved the €11.1 billion state budget for 2027 on Wednesday, with Finance Minister Makis Keravnos forecasting continued economic growth, a larger fiscal surplus and further reductions in public debt. Keravnos ...

A fire that broke out near the community of Yiolou in the Paphos district on Wednesday afternoon has been extinguished, the fire department said. Strong ground forces and aircraft were ...

The cabinet on Wednesday appointed Nikos Tornaritis as President Nikos Christodoulides’ special political envoy for the Cyprus problem to countries in Asia and Africa. According to the presidency, Tornaritis will ...

MPs clashed on Wednesday over the conduct of anti-poaching activists, with accusations that the House environment committee was being used to persecute such groups while refusing them the chance to ...

The 41-year-old man who killed his wife in a field next to the motorway which links Nicosia and Morphou appeared in court for the second time on Wednesday, with a ...

Staff at the culture ministry staged a one-hour spontaneous work stoppage on Wednesday morning, protesting against what Pasydy described as repeated attempts by the ministry’s director-general to bring its ...

An action plan for the protection of minors using social media was approved on Wednesday by the cabinet, following an “urgent challenge” created by the fact that 98 per cent of ...