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The United Nations Security Council is expected soon to vote on the resolution for the renewal of the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp), which expires on ...

The driver of a pick-up truck which crashed into another vehicle killing its four occupants on New Year’s Eve was remanded in custody for six days on Tuesday. Court ...

Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with isolated rains and storms expected. Temperatures will rise to 20C inland and on the coasts and 11C in the higher mountains. Winds will initially ...

Amid great fanfare and pledges of transparency and change, 2023 saw a new president elected. And though the ‘new broom’ promised to sweep clean, Nikos Christodoulides’ administration soon became clogged by ...

Life would be so much simpler without the views. I’ve been writing profiles for years – I interviewed 45 people for the Living section of the Sunday Mail in 2023, including today’...

2023 was a tumultuous year. Our writers look back on what they turned to to find some escape via books, music, films/TV and TikTok ALIX NORMAN READING: 2023 has been murder ...

What makes a good baddie asks CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES crying out for more of them to create good movies WARNING: Minor spoilers for Rebel Moon In Zack Snyder’s space opera ...

Immediately after the Hamas attack on October 7, Limassol port became a haven for fleeing Israelis, welcoming the first passengers arriving from Haifa on October 12. And Cyprus was not left unscathed ...

Police in Larnaca arrested a 21-year-old found in possession of explosives, authorities said on Monday. According to police, the 21-year-old man was found in Larnaca area on Sunday evening. Officer ...

‘Deterioration in terms of corruption has been evident in our reports’ Multiple bribery allegations surfacing over the past week involving senior Turkish and Turkish Cypriot officials have shaken the northern ...

Two individuals were arrested for burglary, after they were found with knives, tools for breaking and entering, and stolen property, police said on Monday. According to police in Paphos, the ...

The title of this piece is obviously a lie. I don’t know what the best books of 2023 are. But I do have some books that, when I look back ...

Four individuals died in a car crash on at the start of the New Year on the Platres road in the Kato Polemidia area of Limassol, police said on Monday. ...

Just as the New Year arrives, the popular Nicosia International Festival will continue its productions and a very busy January and February are scheduled. A classic work of Cretan theatre ...

In his first New Year’s message as President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides said there was “no magic wand” to tackle the myriad of challenges 2024 brings but pledged his ...

Turkish Cypriot families devastated by Turkey earthquake A little after 3:17am on Monday, February 6, I woke up dazed and confused with my bed rocking back and forth. Upon reaching for ...

Τhe EU engagement and support for a solution to the Cyprus issue is a sine qua non for easing tensions in the region, the Ambassador of Belgium to Cyprus, based ...

Cypriot designer, Michalis Anastasiades, has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in King Charles III’s New Year Honours list. Deputy Culture Minister, Lina Kassianidou, congratulated the ...

Upcoming concert in Limassol brings local musicians and international stars together finds ELENI PHILIPPOU A thrilling performance will reach the island next month as performers from the West End and ...

Most news scandals are shameful, but the violent riots that took hold of Limassol on September 1 were nothing short of a disgrace. The reasons? Numerous. Take it from the fact ...

Israel is prepared to let ships deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip “immediately” as part of a proposed sea corridor from Cyprus, the Israeli foreign minister said on Sunday, ...

A cabinet reshuffle will take place before the 18 months of President Nikos Christodoulides’ governance are up, he said in an interview published in Phileleftheros on Sunday, noting that decisions will ...

Some breathed a sigh of relief on December 15 when news broke the European Parliament and the European Council agreed to amend the draft text of a new law coming down ...

A 57-year-old man who was critically injured in a car accident on Christmas Day has died, police said on Sunday. Kyriacos Economides from Yiolou succumbed to his injuries on Saturday ...