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Police patrolling the green line on Thursday intercepted a man who appears to have been stealing copper. According to the police, officers stopped the 66-year-old man for a check in ...

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 ...

Traffic police in Nicosia on Thursday night arrested a man driving at 195 kilometres per hour in an area where the speed limit is 100. According to police, officers conducting speed checks ...

The next meeting within the ‘3+1’ framework, that is Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the United States has been agreed, it was reported on Friday. The news comes following the postponement of ...

Police in Limassol on Thursday arrested four people as part of an investigation into a case of illegal drug possession and money laundering. The suspects, three men and one woman, ...

Authorities on Friday said they are investigating five cases of multiple credit card fraud that took place between August 4 and 10. According to police spokesperson Christos Andreou, perpetrators used the same ...

Friday will be mostly clear with some localised clouds and temperatures will rise to 37C inland, 31C on the west coast, 33C on the remaining coasts and 29C in the ...

The forestry department on Thursday said the recent spate of devastating wildfires that have ravaged Cyprus over the past days must serve as a wakeup call for collective reflection and ...

Nicosia continues to have consultations with Moscow regarding a possible Russian consulate in the north, with a view to find ways to address such a possibility in a way that ...

The Chinese-led consortium with the contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasilikos have just filed a new timetable, promising to deliver the project by July 2024, the ...

Cyprus and Lebanon stand by each other in fighting forest fires, officials of the two countries said during a ceremony held on Thursday. Cypriot authorities organised the ceremony at the ...

An earthquake registering 4.8 on the Richter scale took place on Thursday afternoon, its epicentre tracked to the sea area between the northwest coast of Cyprus and the southern coast of ...

The north’s ‘cabinet’ passed a motion approving the transfer of land registered under the name of the Republic of Cyprus in Varosha to its ‘finance ministry’. The land is ...

A spokesperson for the customs department has reiterated the department’s commitment to the Green Line regulation after controversy once again arose following the confiscation of petrol. The controversy came ...

Film lovers in Paphos have been enjoying outdoor cinema screenings since mid July as Kimonos Art Centre hosts its 5th edition of Garden Screenings. This year though the screenings are ...

A study carried out by travel experts ‘Panache Cruises’ revealed that Nicosia ranked third among European cities for people in search of a digital nomad lifestyle working abroad, following Bucharest ...

The village of Ayios Tychonas has attempted to combat anti-social behaviour by adding an electronic barrier and a security guard to one of its roads. The village is located to ...

All municipalities in Cyprus comply with beach legislation, the Union of Municipalities’ head and Larnaca mayor, Andreas Vyras said on Thursday, noting that charges exceeding €2.5 for an umbrella and €2.5 for ...

An as yet unidentified woman is in a critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital after being run over in Strovolos on Thursday morning. Police have not yet been able ...

There are 150,000 people – or 16.7 per cent of the population – at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2022, according to the latest findings of the statistical service. Its report, published on ...

Politicians in the north have signed the “Karpasia donkeys management plan cooperation protocol” with the aim of better managing the peninsula’s free roaming donkeys. The protocol was signed on ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a case brought forward by Turkish Cypriots in mixed marriages with Turkish nationals seeking Cyprus citizenship for their children, citing that the individuals involved ...

Four Maccabi football club fans have been fined on Thursday, after they were arrested a day ago trying to bring banned items into the Aek-Maccabi football math in Larnaca. On ...

The attorney-general’s office filed an appeal on Thursday over Briton David Hunter’s two-year sentence for killing his wife, who suffered from a form of blood cancer. The appeal ...