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Health ministry permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki was exonerated on Friday by the anti-corruption authority, which had investigated claims questioning her age and knowledge of the English language. According to an ...

This is the first time real planning has gone into the long-standing promise of successive governments to install air conditioning in schools, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday. An ...

A 76-year-old Briton, permanent resident of Ayia Napa, suffered fatal electrocution on Thursday morning while gardening. William Edward, who lived in Ayia Thekla – Ayia Napa area – with his wife, was ...

The occupancy rate of the aircraft arriving in Cyprus last month reached around 85 per cent and is on the rise as peak season approaches, Hermes Airports said on Friday. Director ...

A man was caught driving under the influence of drugs on Thursday, Paphos police said. The 24-year-old driver’s car was also found to contain five grammes of cannabis and ...

The University of Nicosia Medical School on Friday announced that Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), will be awarded an honorary doctorate at the Medical ...

A 28-year-old man was scammed out of €46,900 after sending the money to a bank account falsely claiming to be part of a car sales company. After exchanging electronic messages with ...

Police on Friday were investigating the murder of 41-year-old Petya Krateva, after she was stabbed multiple times by her 48-year-old husband. The incident unfolded at around 10am when the two ...

University lecturer Nicholas A. Ioannides was on Friday appointed deputy minister of migration and international protection. A statement from government spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis confirmed the appointment, the first-ever such position ...

British bases environmental experts have called on the public to be vigilant when using beaches within the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) as they look to safeguard 107 recorded turtle nests so ...

With the heatwave projected to peak at 45C and the red warning for 11am to 5pm, the labour ministry has halted moderate to heavy outdoor work. The temporary ban includes ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Friday enters day three of testifying in the auditor-general case, before the Supreme Constitutional Court. The court is hearing the case calling for auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ ...

58-year-old lorry driver Lambros Georgiou from Anthoupolis was killed on Thursday in an accident on the Alona-Platanitasa road. Police said the accident happened at 3.45pm when Georgiou lost control of ...

A fire that broke out just before midnight on Thursday in Paphos, between Kelokedara and Trachypedoula villages, is “manageable”, with residents saying last night was “nightmarish”. At 1am Trachypedoula, about 20...

A red warning is in place for Friday, from 11am to 5pm, as temperatures are expected to peak at 45C inland and 35 in the mountains. The met office said early ...

Cyprus ranks first among EU countries for volunteer blood donations, First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides remarked in a speech on Wednesday. The speech was delivered in honour of the 20th ...

Lawmakers on Thursday slammed the brakes on local authorities’ ability to automatically raise water supply fees by up to 14 per cent, arguing that the central government should step in to ...

Cypriot YouTuber and newly elected MEP Fidias Panayiotou will not get to attend sessions of the National Council, the government said on Thursday, slamming the door shut on speculation over ...

Hiccups should be expected once the new district-level organisations take over licensing for town planning and building, the interior minister said on Thursday. Constantinos Ioannou made the comments coming out ...

A total of 200 air conditioning units will be installed in schools in Limassol and Nicosia by August 10, the head of the school boards committee promised on Thursday. Committee chairman Dinos ...

Israeli Simon Mistriel Aykut, the director of Afik Group, a property developer in the north, will remain in custody for an additional six days, as decided by the Nicosia District ...

How far a driver crosses the traffic line should have a bearing on how heavy the fine is, MPs at the House transport committee agreed on Thursday. The proposal was ...

Professor Nicholas A. Ioannides appears to be President Nikos Christodoulides’ front runner for new deputy minister of migration, it emerged on Thursday. A source close to the matter told the ...

The defence ministry has received the donation of a semi-inflatable 40-foot Rafnar search and rescue vessel, which will be added to the navy fleet as part of upgrading coastal security ...