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Contracts were signed on for the creation of a new cemetery within the bounds of the Polis Chrysochous municipality, the town’s mayor announced on Friday.
He said the contract ...
Edek will elect a new leader on June 1, following the surprise resignation of Marinos Sizopoulos, according to reports on Friday.
The Cyprus News Agency reported that the elections have already ...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Thursday night reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, saying, “whatever the Greek Cypriots and the European Union say, the ...
The police on Friday announced that they had made a fifth arrest in connection with an alleged attack on five members of a volleyball team from Paphos outside a nightclub.
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Three people were arrested over an attack on a man who is being held in custody in the central prison, the police announced on Friday.
The men are aged 34, 28, and 26 ...
Cyprus, long known for its stunning Mediterranean landscapes and robust financial services sector, is rapidly carving out a new identity as a burgeoning hub for technology and innovation. Within this ...
The search for the tourist who went missing after renting an inflatable boat and taking it into the sea from the port of Latchi continued into its fourth day on ...
A fire broke out in a car belonging to a 70-year-old man in the Larnaca suburb of Aradippou in the early hours of Friday morning, the police said.
Larnaca police ...
Increased clouds, isolated rain, and even possibly the odd storm will be the order of the day on Friday.
Temperatures are set to rise to 23 degrees Celsius inland, 26 degrees Celsius ...
Evripidis Mouxouris, a 104-year-old second world war veteran, will lead the Cypriot contingent at Friday’s march to mark Anzac Day in Sydney.
Mouxouris was born in Morphou in 1921 and ...
In a move that took party cadres by surprise, Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos announced on Thursday that he was stepping down.
Sizopoulos delivered the news to party cadres during a ...
There were fires lit and dancing on the street as Morphou became the fourth town to hold a protest against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the ...
Stretches of the Nicosia-Limassol highway, as well as on the Limassol-Paphos highway will be temporarily closed for road works next week, the Department of Public Works announced on Thursday.
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The Cyprus association of renewable energy companies (Seapek) on Thursday expressed its “deep and growing concern” over what it described as a “lack of planning” by the energy ministry, during ...
Coffee lovers, this upcoming event is for you! Get ready for a full day of caffeine hits, brewed beans and exquisite tastes as the Cyprus Specialty Coffee Festival 2025 arrives. On ...
Police on Thursday were in pursuit of a man who refused to stop when officers flagged down his car for a check.
The initial incident took place around 3.30pm in ...
Opposition party Akel on Thursday demanded answers from the government on how it is handling the spate of incidents of violence and public nuisance taking place over the Easter weekend.
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By Tom Cleaver
Attorney-general George Savvides on Thursday met China’s Deputy Justice Minister Wang Yuwen.
According to the Cypriot government, the pair “exchanged views on the state of laws, ...
Cabinet approved on Thursday an exceptional measure allowing several small schools across Cyprus to remain open from September, despite enrolments falling below the usual threshold.
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou made ...
A free event coming up this Saturday invites people in Nicosia to build bird nests while learning about nature. Get hands-on and join a workshop at the Pedieos riverbed that ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s alleged castigation of Turkish Cypriots’ “impudence” and not knowing their limits over the north’s ongoing “headscarf crisis” is proof that Cyprus’ future will ...
The appointment of a new personal envoy to Cyprus by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “imminent”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday.
Speaking to journalists at the presidential ...
President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday outlined the incentives he plans to introduce with the aim of convincing Cypriots living abroad to return to the island.
Speaking ahead of the day’...
Police in Paphos are investigating a case of assault causing actual bodily harm and knife possession after a violent incident was reported in the early hours of Wednesday.
According to ...