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Cypriot interdisciplinary performance artist Lia Haraki will be at the helm of the opening ceremony as the Cyprus Film Days International Festival launches its 22nd edition on Friday in Limassol. ...

The north’s ‘government’ is “like a bad joke”, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday. Erhurman was reacting to the establishment of a traffic and transport services ...

Construction in Cyprus is in a “state of anarchy” the Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek) warned on Monday, saying building violations are out of control. In a statement, Etek chairman ...

Charges are to be introduced for people using park and ride services, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Monday. The service, which was free at the point of use when ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Monday received a fact-finding report over the medicine scandal in which he vowed he would act accordingly based on the findings. The report comes after ...

The Nicosia district court on Monday imposed a fine and a ban from sports venues on an 18-year-old man, who was arrested on Sunday for illegal possession of a dangerous ...

Police on Monday made a third arrest regarding the case of a large quantity of narcotics discovered and seized last Saturday in Larnaca. The individual arrested is a 25-year-old resident ...

A Cypriot baby born on Monday has been named after Argentinian footballer Mauro Icardi. The baby’s somewhat unusual name was announced to the world in a Facebook post by ...

Monday marked the inauguration of the Bee Park at Athalassa Park in Nicosia, a thematic park dedicated to bees and the first of its kind established on state forest land. ...

Minister of Agriculture, Maria Panayiotou praised the economic value of the wine industry and revealed plans for global promotion through international events and financial support. “The determination of the government ...

Nicosia was on Sunday night awarded second place in 2024’s Erasmus destination of the year. The awards were handed out at the Erasmus Student Network (ESN)’s annual meeting in ...

The first smart water meters were installed in Nicosia on Monday, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the capital’s municipality and its water board. Monday’s ...

Police on Monday urged motorists to be cautious in Nicosia, as intense rainfall in several areas of the district is affecting traffic, making road surfaces slippery and visibility limited. According ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday discussed ways to improve the effective management of migratory flows from Lebanon to Cyprus during a meeting in ...

The management of Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie) will be in Cyprus on Tuesday to hold talks with representatives of the energy ministers of Cyprus and Israel. They ...

The island’s only world-class film festival is well worth your time says THEO PANAYIDES It’s Cyprus Film Days (CFD), our only world-class film festival (not counting shorts and ...

The decision-making centres of Cyprus have historically been made up of men “whether they were competent or not” gender equality commissioner Josie Christodoulou has said. In a speech she made ...

Architects and engineers involved in the construction of a monastery at the environmentally protected Natura 2000 site in Cape Greco will appear before a disciplinary board, it emerged on Monday. Cyprus’ ...

A new desalination unit is in the works as well as other projects, to ensure water adequacy in the wake of a looming national water shortage. The national investment plan ...

Cancelled: CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES on how Netflix’s series renewal policy backfired Dead Boy Detectives, the newest supernatural show brought to you by Netflix dropped its latest trailer on Wednesday and ...

The paediatric clinic of Makarios hospital handles between 30 and 40 new benign and malignant haematological and oncological cases every year. The numbers were disclosed during a recent seminar entitled “Leukaemia and ...

A reduced supply water will be seen throughout Larnaca municipality and the areas of Krasa, Pascal, Neo GSP and Vergina of the Aradippou municipality, due to planned installation works of ...

Police are investigating a case of bodily harm and malicious damage after a 25-year-old after he told officers on Sunday a 59-year-old man allegedly struck him in the face, causing ...

A 42-year-old woman was arrested in Paphos for driving a stolen car and testing positive for a narcotest, police said on Monday. The woman also had an unspecified quantity of ...