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Disy will be the largest party in the new parliament, according to the exit poll, while Elam, as pre-election polls predicted, will rise to third place, displacing Diko, which had ...

World’s largest marine protection NGO urges ban on destructive bottom trawlers The relationship between Cyprus and the sea is as deep as the ocean itself, but as deep as ...

Voters across the Paphos district have been arriving steadily at polling stations since early morning on Sunday, with some of the strongest participation recorded among elderly residents in rural communities. ...

Party leaders from smaller formations joined the national call for participation on Sunday as parliamentary voting continued across Cyprus, with statements focusing on turnout, political change and the direction of ...

The data protection commission is reviewing complaints regarding election day SMS messages, as authorities examine whether campaign outreach complied with data protection rules during Sunday’s parliamentary vote. Commissioner Maria ...

Diko leader Nikolas Papadopoulos called for public participation and political unity on Sunday after casting his vote in Engomi, Papadopoulos voted at the 2nd Primary School of Engomi accompanied by ...

A high level of participation was recorded on Sunday from residents of the Maronite and Greek Cypriot communities of Kormakitis and Karpasia respectively, who travelled to Nicosia to vote at ...

At the end of this week, the Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival will be begin for the 27th time at the Rialto Theatre, which has organised it in collaboration with the ...

As President Nikos Christodoulides bounded down the stairs affixed to the side of the Cyprus Airways jet which had flown him to Mumbai on Wednesday, there was little surprise among ...

Direct Democracy of Cyprus leader, Fidias Panayiotou, urged voters to continue participation on Sunday after casting his ballot at Meniko Primary School. Speaking in brief remarks to reporters after voting, ...

A 105-year-old voter in Tala, Paphos, cast her ballot on Sunday, continuing a lifelong pattern of electoral participation that began more than six decades ago. She is widely regarded as ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis affirmed on Sunday the electoral process continued smoothly, with no major irregularities reported. He added that police officers were out at polling stations and patrolling nationwide “...

Elam leader Christos Christou called on the public to participate in the parliamentary elections on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after casting his ballot at the Politiko village council office, Christou ...

Nationwide turnout reached 32.3 per cent by midday, with remarkably higher participation than the 26 per cent recorded at the same point in the 2021 parliamentary elections, according to chief returning officer Elikkos ...

Alma leader and former auditor-general, Odysseas Michaelides, called on members of the public to to determine “their own future” after casting his ballot on Sunday in Kokkinotrimithia, as smaller political ...

It’s a game, of course. We the People vote for MPs every five years – then, once results are in, those politicians can relax. Voters have very little power to ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou called on voters to support “responsibility and stability” after casting her ballot on Sunday in Troulloi, as former president Nicos Anastasiades warned that political fragmentation could ...

Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou called on voters to participate “responsibly for the present and future of our society and our Cyprus” after casting his ballot on Sunday morning in Yeri. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides called on members of the public to participate in Sunday’s parliamentary elections after casting his vote in Paphos, declaring that “abstention is not an option”. Christodoulides ...

Voters in the Drosia area of Larnaca faced confusion and delays on Sunday after uncertainty over polling station allocations led to people being repeatedly redirected between voting centres. Several voters ...

Police arrested two men aged 34 and 25 on Saturday in connection with a case involving illegal possession of drugs, firearms and explosives, after officers stopped a suspicious vehicle in Aglandjia. According ...

Cyprus goes to the polls for parliamentary elections on Sunday, with 56 seats up for grabs. Of those 56 seats, 19 will belong to MPs from the Nicosia district, 12 to MPs from the ...

Over half a million voters go to the polls on Sunday to elect the 56 members of parliament to represent them for the next five years in what promises to be ...

A British passenger was remanded in custody for three days on Saturday after customs officers at Larnaca airport seized a large quantity of duty-unpaid cigarettes from his luggage. The seizure ...