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Military strength depends not only on acquiring advanced weapons systems and equipment, but also on keeping them reliable and operational through continuous, high-quality maintenance, National Guard chief lieutenant general Emmanouel ...

Eva Rossidou-Papakyriakou, the former head of Mokas, the police’s anti-money laundering unit, on Thursday denied all accusations made against her in the anti-corruption authority’s Mafia State report, saying ...

Nearly a month after the Limassol district local government organisation (EOA) applied for a court order to evacuate the unsafe Seagate apartment complex in the Yermasoyia tourist area, no decision ...

European Parliament president Roberta Metsola on Thursday stressed her support for efforts to reunify Cyprus, saying that “the European Union will be truly united only when Cyprus is united”. “The ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is facing renewed pressure to demonstrate his independence from former president Nicos Anastasiades after the anti-corruption authority’s findings in the Mafia State case were formally expanded ...

Cypriot director Myrsini Aristidou’s feature film Hold Onto Me won the top fiction prize at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, public relations and media strategy manager, Phoebe Miltiadous ...

A British couple was arrested by customs officials at Paphos Airport on Wednesday after a search of their luggage revealed significant quantities of smuggled cigarettes, the Customs Department announced on ...

Disy on Thursday called for the independent investigator who will be tasked with probing allegations of abuse of power made against former president Nicos Anastasiades in a report released by ...

A drone carrying a suspicious package bound for the central prisons was intercepted on Thursday after being detected by the prison’s anti-drone system. In a statement issued by the ...

Only six per cent of tourists choose Nicosia as their destination, typically seeking “authentic” experiences, gastronomy and nightlife, with figures more than doubling in the winter season, reaching around 15 per ...

More than a third of school buses inspected at public technical inspection centres (Kemo) across Cyprus were found to be unroadworthy, despite nearly one in five having recently passed checks ...

A dead body was found at a beach near the Larnaca district village of Kiti on Thursday morning, the police said. The body was found at around 9.30am, with police ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is travelling to Brussels to participate in the two-day European Council meeting in Brussels on Thursday. During the meeting, the last one held under Cyprus’ EU Council ...

The 22-year-old student, Shahruar Ahmed Emon from Bangladesh who is believed to have been abducted in Larnaca six days ago, remains missing after he was last seen in Kofinou. According ...

A fire broke out in an abandoned house near the Larnaca port in the early hours of Thursday. The fire service said it was informed about the fire at around 4.40...

Thirteen people were arrested for various offences including impersonation, illegal employment, failure to appear in court, arson of a motorcycle and traffic offences during overnight police operations in urban areas ...

On Thursday, it will initially be overwhelmingly clear, turning cloudy in the afternoon over the higher mountains, where there may be rain. Temperatures will rise to around 36 degrees Celsius inland, ...

The upcoming weekend may be the busiest one of June as this Sunday celebrates plenty of special occasions. June 21 is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, International ...

Nicosia is set to become an innovation hub as the Cyprus Computer Society prepares to host the ninth Robotex Pancyprian Educational and Athletics Robotics Competition. Scheduled for Saturday, June 27, 2026, and ...

The European Commission’s first place listing for Cyprus’ ‘excellent’ bathing waters reflects the high level of environmental protection measures, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. “The quality of bathing ...

The forestry department on Wednesday reminded the public that fines of €2,000 apply to the use of spark-producing equipment near state forests without a permit during the summer months. The restriction, ...

Thirty-four people were arrested on Wednesday during an operation targeting illegal and undeclared work at a construction site in Larnaca, police said. The operation was carried out by members of ...

The tunnel on the Limassol-Paphos motorway heading towards Paphos will be closed for maintenance works from Monday, June 22, to Friday, June 26, the public works department announced on Wednesday. According to ...

The challenge facing the European Union is to move from a reactive approach to one focused on anticipating and preventing hybrid threats, Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna told ...