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Efforts are ongoing by the ministry of labour on Friday to bridge the gap between the concrete workers’ and employer demands, as entering into a third week of strikes looms. ...

Paphos police arrested two men overnight following a chase which saw shots fired by officers, in a drugs and dangerous driving case. According to police, officers at 9pm intercepted suspicious ...

Friday will be mostly sunny with a chance of afternoon showers and isolated thunderstorms in the mountains, the south and inland. Temperatures will rise to 25C in the interior and ...

The European Union is “closely monitoring” the waste management situation in Cyprus, European Commission Director-General for the Environment Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea said in a letter published on Thursday. He referred to ...

The national strategy for the prevention and management of violence in schools for the period 2024–2028 is human centred and scientifically backed, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said, following cabinet’s approval ...

Former House president Yiannakis Omirou called Greece’s recently declassified intelligence documents from the 1974 coup and subsequent Turkish invasion in Cyprus an important contribution to uncovering further details of what ...

The cabinet on Thursday greenlit an additional €109 million in spending for the finance ministry for fiscal year 2024, with Finance Minister Makis Keravnos saying the overall budget would remain balanced despite ...

The government pledged Thursday to tighten up procedures for granting state land intended for the construction of solar parks, aiming to make these practices “more transparent and meritocratic”. In a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides received an allowance for living abroad while he was in fact in Cyprus, it emerged on Thursday, as the matter was discussed at the House audit committee. ...

The European Commission has initiated two new procedures against Cyprus regarding water management and the submission of updated national energy and climate plans. The Commission issued a formal notice to ...

The prisons department found drugs in the possession of an inmate on Thursday after he had received a scheduled visit. The drugs were confiscated and handed over to the police ...

The Larnaca criminal court on Thursday sentenced two men, aged 38 and 27, to eight and nine years in prison respectively on charges of drug possession. According to a police statement, the ...

Any asylum seeker who commits a crime will have their subsidiary protection status revoked, Deputy Minister of Migration Nicholas Ioannides announced on Thursday. His statements were made after a Cabinet ...

The ‘Thermokitida Agapis’ association on Wednesday thanked the Ygeia polyclinic in Limassol for its contribution towards the purchase of two mobile rescue units valued at €40,000, now handed over to the ...

About 650 state hospital doctors, set to receive €19.1 million over and above their salaries, overtime and allowances, to keep up financially with their private sector peers, are to go on strike ...

Parents in the Karpas peninsula village of Ayios Andronikos are up in arms over a lack of teachers at the village’s primary school. Despite the school year having now ...

BidX1’s newest catalogue is now live, featuring a wide range of properties – from city apartments to suburban homes – across a range of price points. They’ve launched over 50 assets ...

Prejudice against people with disabilities is rife across Cyprus’ public transport, the association of the blind charged on Thursday. It accused the transport ministry of being indifferent to the humiliation ...

A fourth baby was discharged from hospital on Thursday after having been fed ethanol while being treated on the neonatal intensive care ward in northern Nicosia’s emergency hospital. A ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Thursday called for the capital’s Ledra Palace crossing point to be opened to civilian road traffic. At present, only pedestrians and diplomatic ...

The Bank of Cyprus said on Thursday it is taking proactive measures to prevent online scams while fake news about a fraudulent lucrative platform linked to the bank have been ...

Cyprus aims to build closer ties with Bahrain in aviation, security, and crisis management by making its first appearance at the Bahrain International Airshow 2024. This new chapter in bilateral relations ...

The health ministry and the state health services (Okypy) on Thursday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding which they say will ensure Okypy’s financial and administrative autonomy. ...

Two young men accused of firing shots at a wedding party in Mesogi last August pleaded not guilty to all charges in a Paphos court on Thursday. The defendants, both 23 ...