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Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras was outraged on Friday over port and marina developer Kition Ocean Port’s decision to impose new fees on boats which use the marina’s old ...

Average household electricity prices in Cyprus fell to €34.5 per 100 kWh during the second half of 2023 from €37.3, but prices were higher than the previous year when the rate clocked in at €32.6 ...

Former Edek MP George Varnava left the party on Friday, slamming party leader Marinos Sizopoulos as he announced his exit. He accused Sizopoulos of carrying out “a policy of exterminating ...

Two festivals this weekend will take visitors on mini road trips outside the city. The 1st Spring Fair in Lofou, organised by the Chrysofilitissa Bakery, invites families and friends to ...

In today’s episode, over 3,000 people submitted their candidacies for the various roles which will be up for election when Cyprus goes to the polls for its local elections on ...

The trial of the 11 people who are held responsible for the deaths of 24 Cypriot children and 11 of their teachers and coaches when the hotel in which they were staying collapsed ...

No one was injured after a fire broke out at the back of a university bus in northern Nicosia on Thursday evening. The bus caught fire while stopped at a ...

An ambulance crashed into two cars in northern Nicosia on Thursday afternoon. The ambulance was driving with its lights flashing and its sirens blaring when it entered the opposite lane ...

The National Council is to convene on Friday morning, with President Nikos Christodoulides set to brief party leaders. The government says the meeting will focus on the latest developments regarding ...

Temperatures are set to reach a high of 30 degrees Celsius inland and on the south and east coasts on Friday, as summer draws ever closer. Elsewhere, on the west and ...

Hellenic Bank on Thursday announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations and a put option with CNP Assurances for the acquisition of its subsidiary CNP Cyprus Insurance Holdings Limited, ...

During the inauguration of the €1.6 million upgrade to the Ormidia fishing shelter on Thursday, the agriculture ministry reaffirmed its unwavering dedication to the fishing community. The modest-sized fishing shelter in ...

The National Betting Authority (NBA) on Thursday warned the public to be wary of illegal betting activity, especially online, which it said has proliferated. In a statement, the NBA cited ...

Parliament on Thursday evening enacted a law that allows the identification of users of prepaid mobile phone cards, with some MPs hailing the step while others called it a damp ...

The House plenum on Thursday gave the nod to extending by one more year the provision of government grants to cover the deficits of the state health services organisation, or ...

Candidacies are being submitted for local elections for the Kyrenia district on Thursday, with the elections set to take place on June 9. The Kyrenia district’s local government system has ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday greenlit the budget for the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) even as MPs hammered the institution over lack of transparency and its track record ...

From jazz tributes to classical music with young talents on stage and from album presentations to funk-soul tunes, the live music scene has a lot to look forward to. Listeners ...

The families of the 24 Cypriot children who were killed when the Isias hotel collapsed travelled to Turkey on Thursday ahead of the resumption of the trial of those held responsible ...

The office of the Data Protection Commissioner on Thursday said it received several inquiries and complaints regarding the legality of installing and operating closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems in private kindergartens. “...

Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) students staged a protest on Thursday demanding the cancellation of a decision by the rectorate to relocate certain courses of the university’s school of ...

May 1 is a public holiday, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou insisted on Thursday. He said the day remains a holiday for all workers, “regardless of whether the day falls within ten ...

Niovi Parisinou, who served as deputy government spokeswoman under President Nicos Anastasiades, has not yet been kicked out of Disy despite nominating Elam’s Geadis Geadi for the European Parliament ...

Casinos in the north will have their tax bills halved after the passing of a new law, Turkish Cypriot opposition party ‘MP’ Erkut Sahali said on Thursday. Sahali sits on ...