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A red alert for forest fire risk will remain active on Friday, the forestry department said on Thursday. The status has been maintained since Tuesday, with high summer temperatures being ...

Building children’s mental resilience from early-years education has become a central priority as schools expand support services to address mental health, bullying and violence, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said ...

Investigators have widened their inquiry into a cache of firearms discovered at a house in the Larnaca district village of Oroklini after identifying possible connections between the 38-year-old suspect and ...

Most public preschools, high schools, and nearly all middle schools will begin the new school year with air conditioning installed, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday, as the government ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos has said that he is “delighted” that United States President Donald Trump has taken an interest in energy production in the region around Cyprus. “I believe ...

Cypriot sailor Pavlos Kontides has moved into first place in the overall ILCA 7 standings at the Los Angeles Grand Slam after another impressive day of racing. The world number one ...

Repairs to two electricity generation units at the Dhekelia and Vasiliko power stations are expected to be completed on Thursday, a move that could restore reserve capacity to the grid ...

A two-metre-long ditch which has opened up next to a road between the Paphos district villages of Emba and Tala poses a serious safety risk for motorists, the Paphos police ...

Authorities on Thursday continued a crackdown on illegal caravans and makeshift structures along Larnaca’s coastline, carrying out a second operation days after clearing a beach next to the Larnaca ...

Researchers at the Cyprus institute of neurology and genetics have identified genes consistently affected by exposure to weightlessness, in findings that could protect astronauts during future missions. The research was ...

Thirteen people were arrested during nationwide operations on Wednesday night, the police said on Thursday. The arrests involved various offences, including vehicle arson, illegal drug possession, carrying knives, and possessing ...

A total of 146 animals died after a fire broke out on a farm near the Kyrenia district village of Koutsoventis, the Turkish Cypriot police said. The fire reportedly broke out ...

Two people have been arrested in Paphos on suspicion of stealing more than 150 kilograms worth of electricity cables from the electricity authority (EAC), the police said on Thursday. According to ...

A 33-year-old man from Paphos has been arrested on suspicion of arson, in connection with the case of a fire which broke out in a parked lorry during the early ...

Two people were injured after a motorcycle collided with a tree in the Paphos district, the police said on Thursday. According to the police, the incident occurred on Wednesday, with ...

One year has passed since the deadly wildfire that claimed two lives, scorched more than 100 square kilometres of land and caused extensive damage across 15 communities in the western Limassol mountains. ...

An orange weather warning was issued for extreme high temperatures on Thursday, with the mercury set to rise to a whopping 44 degrees Celsius. The warning will be in force between 12...

This weekend, local festivals celebrate local produce. Watermelon, potato and koupepi dishes are coming to rural villages while film nights, concerts and exhibitions continue throughout the island. Here’s what ...

A new digital platform, Food Connect, has been launched in Cyprus to reduce food waste by linking businesses with surplus food to charities and the public, Friends of the Earth ...

Authorities began imposing electricity cuts in different parts of Cyprus from 6.52pm on Wednesday, as demand exceeded available generation capacity. According to an announcement by the Electricity Authority the affected ...

Transport accounted for 37.9 per cent of Cyprus’ greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, while drivers lost an average of more than 40 hours in peak-time traffic, according to a European Commission report published ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that the European Union’s involvement in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem was now substantive rather than symbolic, as he reiterated that progress ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, met the European Union’s newly appointed envoy for Cyprus and European Commission Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto, as well ...

All signatures have been obtained for the memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering the sale of all recoverable natural gas from Cyprus’ Aphrodite field to the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (...