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Aglandjia municipality has called on residents to respect the environment and pick up after their dogs with a new campaign.
Signs reminding dog guardians to clean up after their pets ...
House president Annita Demetriou has sent a message of support to her Greek counterpart Konstantinos Tassoulas for the wildfires and floods the country has experienced during the summer.
“It is ...
The vast majority of outpatient visits to specialists and personal doctors concerns health professionals in the private sector registered under Gesy, data from the state statistical service showed on Friday.
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Nine busloads of Israeli tourists, who arrived in Cyprus aboard the Crown Iris cruise ship, will visit Larnaca on Saturday.
They are scheduled to visit Finikoudes beach and the town ...
The government is focused on efforts to resume negotiations on the Cyprus problem, with the next two months being considered crucial, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday.
The Greek Cypriot ...
Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said that the registration of the “Cypriot Red Soil Potato” as a geographical indication product with the European Union registry is currently underway.
In his address ...
Controversial Turkish Cypriot journalist and Avrupa newspaper editor Sener Levent has been sentenced in absentia to a year in prison in Turkey.
He had been put on trial in Ankara ...
Turkey must abide by the international law to reach a solution in the Cyprus problem that will safeguard the rights of all Cypriots and benefit all the region, House President ...
Lieutenant General Demokritos Zervakis, the outgoing chief of the National Guard, met with President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday and was thanked for his service.
The meeting was also attended by ...
A new case of fraud and misappropriation of funds with false representations is being investigated by the police in Limassol.
According to a police statement, at the beginning of August ...
Cyprus’ beer industry experienced a remarkable boost in exports during August 2023, with a staggering increase of 113.6 per cent or 193,315 litres, leading to an overall rise of 1.5 per cent in total ...
The mayor-in-exile of Lysi, Andreas Kaouris, met on Friday with President Nikos Christodoulides and delegations from Lysi’s twinned towns, Abdera in Thrace, Lemnos, and Kilkis.
The twinned towns’ delegations ...
During her visit to the hospital on Fiday, Health Minister Popi Kanari highlighted the ongoing efforts to expedite procedures aimed at upgrading the Paphos general.
Speaking to reporters, Kanari said ...
Attorney-general George Savvides is considering filing a request to have auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides suspended, with the former considering that the latter is operating outside what the constitution of Cpyrus prescribes ...
The UBP, the north’s largest political party, ruled out the possibility of holding a party conference this year at the latest meeting of its party congress.
In a statement ...
In another development of the case of 26-year-old National Guard soldier Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was discovered under the Alassa bridge in 2005, the presiding judge of the Limassol district ...
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz is set to visit the north on Tuesday, according to reports.
Yilmaz will stay on the island for two days and is expected to include ...
The ad hoc committee on demographics, chaired by nationalist party Elam, will be restricted to discussing only the topic under its remit, House speaker Annita Demetriou said on Friday.
Speaking ...
Cyprus’ technology and innovation community was celebrated in style at the first-ever TechIsland Awards ceremony, which took place in Limassol on September 7, 2023.
The event, marked by a remarkable gathering of ...
Turkish Cypriots living in Nicosia have rejected a proposal for rentable electric scooters to be placed in the northern part of the capital.
In the first of what is set ...
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday evening underscored the pivotal role of technology and innovation in the country’s governance programme and economic vision.
“The government is implementing specific actions ...
The second team of Cypriots who had been sent to Greece to aid in the fight against the country’s wildfires are due to return to the island on Friday ...
The government is set to expand the current laws regarding offensive material on the internet, such as child pornography and terrorism, to include racism, xenophobia, and hate speech.
Speaking to ...
Cyprus experienced a resurgence in inflation during August, primarily driven by an increase in food prices and other essential goods, according to a report released this week by the state’...