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The education system has failed Cyprus children says the teacher using the great characters of recent history to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing the island’s youth. ALIX ...

A man has been fined €2,800 after attempting to smuggle cigarettes and tobacco from the north in the engine of his car. The tobacco products were found by police as the ...

Police announced on Monday the arrest of a third person in connection with the forgery and supply of false permanent residency documents. A 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday night ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou has said that continuous efforts are being made to upgrade the fire service. The efforts are based on upgrades of the volunteer fire brigade, with Procopiou ...

A 43-year-old man is in critical condition at Nicosia general, after he tried to cross the motorway and was hit by a car, police said on Monday. According to authorities, ...

The Miracle Babies organisation on Monday welcomed plans by the state health services organisation Okypy to upgrade of the neonatal intensive care unit at Nicosia’s Makarios hospital. The organisation, ...

Over 100 third country nationals were returned to their home countries over the past week, police said on Monday. According to authorities, a total of 166 people were returned, 107 went voluntarily, while 59 ...

The Pancyprian medical association (Pis) slammed patient organisation Osak on Monday, accusing them of spreading “false and baseless information”. The spat erupted after Pis proposed that doctors serve on the ...

Three men in Paphos pled not guilty to charges of illegal possession of explosives on Monday after being found in possession of more than 96,000 firecrackers in March. According to police ...

Police in Paphos are searching for a 33-year-old man believed to have stolen two electric bicycles on Sunday morning. The owner of the bicycles filed a report at Peyia police ...

A VAT cut on seven basic goods has led to cheaper prices and been greeted positively by consumers, especially families, the Consumer Protection Association said on Monday. The association said ...

Newly appointed Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz used his visit to the north to speak about the creation of a new electricity cable link to Turkey on Sunday. The visit ...

By Richard Boxall It was a weekend to remember for Royal Cricket Club all-rounder Sehran Ahmed – known to all as Bobby – as he hit centuries on both Saturday and Sunday ...

Windcraft returns to the same village for a world music festival where wind instruments take the lead finds ELENI PHILIPPOU The Windcraft Music Fest returns for the ninth year to ...

The Paphos district court issued a two-day detention order against a 29-year-old woman, for allegedly breaking into a hotel room and stealing electronics. According to police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, on ...

On Monday the weather will start off mostly clear with locally increased clouds expected to bring isolated rains in the west. From midday onwards the weather will turn partly to ...

Cyprus is attempting to lure more tourists from the Middle East but it’s proving to be an uphill battle, deputy minister for tourism Costas Koumis says. He also says ...

Three people who found themselves in peril on Sunday by diving at the sea caves in Cape Greco ​​ in Ayia Napa hand to be rescued by an Emak emergency response ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, in reviewing his first 100 days, that from the start of his presidency, his immediate priority was to initiate actions to seek a leading role ...

New Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz was due to arrive in the north on Sunday evening to inspect the work at the new terminal at Tymbou (Ercan) airport, which reports ...

In view of the farmers’ protest in Nicosia on Monday, police have announced some road closures in the capital. Around 10.30am tomorrow the demonstrators in their tractors will move along ...

Cyprus has double the number of new patients starting dialysis each year Cyprus records one of the highest numbers in terms of its population in new patients requiring kidney dialysis ...

The fourth annual memorial service for former president, Demetris Christofias, was held on Sunday, attended by President Nikos Christodoulides and other officials. Addressing the church service at the Ayia Sophia ...

Despite earthquakes, trainwrecks, inflation and a pandemic, political leaderships in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus remain basically unchanged Kyriakos Mitsotakis triumphed in the first round of the Greek elections on May 21, ...