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Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos on Friday confirmed that the Paphos Aphrodite Festival will return in 2024 despite fears that it may be scrapped for good. Hosted for almost two decades in ...

The Cyprus university of technology (Tepak) and the community of Chandria have signed an agreement for the digitisation of the village’s archives as part of the activities of the ...

A Nicosia resident had to evacuate her apartment on the fourth floor due to a fire on Friday afternoon. The fire service said they were notified of the fire that ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Where do you live? I live in Limassol with my guitars, canvases and paints What did you have for breakfast? Iced latte with coconut milk and a yoghurt pudding with ...

A mild earthquake struck on Friday afternoon, around ten kilometres northwest of Limassol. The earthquake had a magnitude of around three on the Richter scale.

The overall harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) rose by 2.4 per cent in July year-on-year driven by higher prices in food and non-alcoholic drinks, the statistical service said on Friday. ...

Aek Larnaca fans on Thursday night were the victims of a hooligan attack in Tel Aviv, when around ten Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters punched and pepper sprayed five Cypriots, who ...

Around 1,000 new Covid cases per week are still being recorded in Cyprus, the health ministry said on Friday. The director of medical services at the ministry of health, Elisavet Constantinou, ...

Almost 1,000 people were booked last week for speeding as part of a police operation to clampdown on bad driving. A police bulletin on Friday said the campaign between August 7 -13 ...

Three permanent member countries of the UN Security Council on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the attack on UN peacekeepers in Pyla. The British High Commission, the French Embassy, ...

The violent incidents in the buffer zone where UN peacekeepers were attacked between the Pyla and Arsos villages, were widely condemned in Cyprus on Friday as political parties hammered against ...

American Ambassador Julie Fisher on Friday referred to the joint efforts of the US and Cyprus to support regional security and stability on the occasion of the docking of the ...

Three treated for minor injuries and multiple vehicles ‘undriveable’ A UN peacekeeper was punched in the face while attempting to block the “unauthorised” construction of a road through the buffer ...

A dry cleaner’s in Larnaca suffered extensive damage in a fire on Friday morning, the fire department said. Just before 9am, the fire brigade responded to the call that ...

In today’s episode, Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou has called on the government to take immediate measures to deal with the negative trends shown by economic indicators in the ...

With the start of the new season comes a renewed cultural agenda. A new wave of festivals, concerts and local productions will fill the island’s cultural scene, and back ...

A fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon in a building next to at an paint factory in the area of ​​Pera Chorio Nisou in the Nicosia district was due ...

A meeting will be held on Monday chaired by President Nikos Christodoulides to discuss the situation in the Paphos village of Chlorakas following a recent protest by migrants living at ...

The met office has issued a new yellow warning for Friday, for “extreme high temperatures”. Maximum temperatures expected to reach 41C inland and 33C in the higher mountains. The alert ...

Cyprus is one of six countries identified as facing the greatest water scarcity in the world, according to a report by the World Resources Institute. It found that Cyprus, along ...

One public school teacher was sacked last year after repeatedly not showing up for work, while three other educators received reprimands or fines. The sanctions against educators are listed in ...

Police in Nicosia on Thursday arrested a 29-year-old man after catching him red-handed in possession of almost 5kg of cannabis. According to a statement, officers of the Drug Squad flagged ...

Disy called for “immediate and drastic measures” related to the large influx of migrants in Chlorakas to ensure residents safety following a visit to the village on Friday. A delegation ...