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The United States Central Command on Sunday denied that the temporary jetty constructed off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the transfer of humanitarian aid shipped from Cyprus had been ...

New mayors and deputy mayors were officially announced on Monday, following the previous day’s local elections. Charalambos Prountzos was named Nicosia mayor after beating his opponent Nicos Tornaritis in ...

Voters elected Cyprus’ first district governors on Sunday, new positions created as part of local government reform. Constantinos Yiorkadjis was elected in Nicosia, Yiannis Tsouloftas in Limassol, Angelos Hadjicharalambous in ...

In today’s episode, 24-year-old influencer Fidias Panayiotou sent shockwaves through Cypriot and European politics in the European parliament elections, winning just shy of 20 per cent of the vote and ...

A total of 5,352 candidates on Monday started final exams in public schools that can be used to secure a place in universities of Cyprus and Greece. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou ...

The European elections results on Sunday sent shockwaves across the country, as Elam for the first time gathered one of Cyprus’ six MEP spots and Youtuber Fidias Panayiotou was propelled ...

The battle for district governor of Paphos was decided by a margin of a mere 38 votes in favour of Charalambos Pittokopitis on Sunday night. His rival Kostas Konstantinou and Pittokopitis ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos kicks off a working visit to the US on Monday with his participation in a closed round table discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) ...

Monday will be mainly clear with temporary low cloud on the coast and a chance of afternoon mountain rains. Temperatures will rise to 39C inland, 30C on the west coast, 33...

Eight-year-old Dickran Ouzounian treasured visiting his father Stefan’s garage, located a few metres from the bustling Ledra street, to admire the latest Toyota cars. He was fascinated by the ...

Amid the myrriad of elections which unfolded on Sunday, here’s a wrap of who got elected as mayor for Limassol, Nicosia, Paphos, Larnaca and Famagusta. Nicosia: Charalambos Prountzos Limassol: ...

Phedonas Phedonos was re-elected as Paphos mayor on Sunday, seeing off a challenge from Diko-backed Evros Loizides. Phedonos won just over 60 per cent of the vote on a high turnout ...

The citizens have spoken and their verdict is fully respected, President Nikos Christodoulides said in his remarks on Sunday evening at the Presidential Palace referring to the results of the ...

Incumbent Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis was elected as the capital’s district governor on Sunday. Thanking the public and his supporters, he underlined that “local authority reform will not be ...

Larnaca sewage board director Angelos Hadjicharalambous has been elected as Larnaca district governor in a landslide victory. He won almost two thirds of the vote, beating outgoing Aradippou mayor Evangelos ...

Former Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos was elected as Famagusta’s district governor on Sunday night. Karousos won 55 per cent of the vote, almost twice as much as his nearest challenger ...

With 90 per cent of the vote counted, Yiannis Armeftis was announced as Limassol mayor on Sunday. He beat his main rival Nicos Nicolaides, who has held the post since 2016. In ...

Incumbent Famagusta mayor in exile Simos Ioannou won a second term in office on Sunday, winning just shy of 40 per cent of the vote. His nearest challenger Andreas Vrahimis won 30 ...

Incumbent Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras was re-elected in a landslide victory on Sunday, winning around two thirds of votes cast in the town. With just shy of 60 per cent of ...

Joseph Violaris was elected as Kyrenia’s mayor in exile on Sunday night, beating his opponent Odysseas Patsalides to win the mayoral seat. Violaris will replace the retiring Rita Elissaiou ...

Charalambos Prountzos was mayor-elect of Nicosia on Sunday, garnering almost three times as many votes as his main rival Nicos Tornaritis. By 8:30pm, Tornaritis said he had called Prountzos to ...

With the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion fast approaching, a poignant new exhibition at the Cyprus Folk Art Museum in Nicosia takes visitors on a journey through some of ...

An exit poll by Alpha showed Charalambos Prountzos as the popular candidate for Nicosia mayor, where he gathered up to 56 per cent of supporters. This left his main rival Nicos ...

The first exit polls on Sunday showed 24-year-old independent MEP candidate Fidias Panayiotou landing himself the third spot in the results and winning a seat in European Parliament. There are ...