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Cabinet on Wednesday appointed two executive directors and one non-executive member to the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Cyprus. Chaired by President Nikos Christodoulides, the council of ...

A child suffered vision loss after playing with a laser toy, prompting the state health services organisation (Okypy) on Wednesday to issue a warning over laser pointers and toys. The ...

The registration process for the 2024 class of National Guard conscripts “is proceeding smoothly”, Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas said on Wednesday. Conscripts started reporting to their army camps on Monday. The ...

Left-wing Akel on Wednesday voiced strong opposition to the government’s decision to proceed with a tender for an environmental impact assessment and ecological study for a potential new quarry ...

A man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Wednesday, accused of stabbing a nightclub bouncer in the chest. Police officer Emrah Turgul explained in court that the stabbing took ...

A 14-year-old child has gone missing in the Nicosia district, police said on Wednesday. The child, a boy named Emiliyan Yordanov, went missing on Monday. Police have described him as ...

The two cabinet-appointed investigators received their formal orders of operation on Wednesday, as they began digging into the 19-year-old case of guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou’s murder. They have “three months ...

The total weight of goods transported by road within Cyprus in the fourth quarter of 2023 saw an 11.4 per cent increase, compared to the same period in 2022, according to a report ...

Elam leader Christos Christou on Wednesday insinuated that Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos “attends LGBT fiestas” during a televised interview with the pair. They were debating various matters on Sigma TV, ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) and the Polemidia municipality announced on Wednesday that they have agreed to jointly develop a photovoltaic (PV) park with a total capacity of approximately 9 ...

The Palestinian president’s office on Wednesday swiftly corrected an announcement after it had initially made reference to the “Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus”. The office had put out a ...

Cyprus’ chief scientist for the deputy ministry of research Demetris Skourides on Tuesday met Nasa scientist Alexandra Lockwood ahead of her presentation of the latest findings from the James Webb ...

Presenting his second solo exhibition at the Edit Gallery, Fikos will present new works as of Friday under the title Me and My Monkey. The exhibition runs until June 22 and ...

Despite a rise in fuel prices contributing to an uptick in inflation from 1.2 per cent in March to 2.4 per cent in April, due to geopolitical developments, food inflation has continued ...

Turkish Cypriot farmers on Wednesday smashed the gate of the north’s ‘transport ministry’ building, with the gate being the second in two days to be smashed in protest. Wednesday ...

Within the next two weeks answers will be given for several stalled infrastructure projects, Minister of Transport Alexis Vafeades said on Wednesday. Speaking on CyBC’s morning programme, Vafeades first ...

None of the aid unloaded from the jetty constructed off the coast of Gaza has yet been delivered to the broader Palestinian population, Pentagon press secretary Major General Pat Ryder ...

Members of the police drug squad Ykan followed for over 24 hours the two men who were arrested and remanded for the largest cache of weapons and explosives ever found in ...

It cannot be easy for any new restaurant when the roads around it are affected by roadworks and, at times, access is entirely blocked. Sadly, this has been the case ...

The State Health Services (Okypy) spokesperson Charalambos Charilaou said on Wednesday that his organisation employs the largest number of nurses within the national health scheme Gesy and is working to ...

A rise in fatal accidents possibly indicative of an alarming trend has been observed, compared to the same period last year, police said on Wednesday. According to data from the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is set to leave for to Poland on Wednesday evening for an official visit. The visit will include meetings with Poland’s political leaders and the signing ...

England comfortably beat France 4-0 in their opening game of the Uefa under-17 championship at the Ammochostos Stadium in Larnaca on Tuesday night. Mikey Moore opened the scooring in just ...

A 58-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after having been found to be in possession of a total of six cannabis plants. The plants weighed a total of 120 grams and ...