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A new month-long exhibition at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation this June is the second showcase of the trilogy Museums Discuss Social Issues. Titled ReThinking CONFLICTS: Conflict in Progress, ...

Talks between the government and US energy giant Chevron appeared to move in a positive direction on Friday, after a meeting at the presidential palace ended on a high note ...

Banks warned on Friday that a proposed bill to allow loan defaulters to file a case in court to suspend the foreclosure process, posed a huge risk to the banking ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Friday that mismanagement of employees needs to be combatted during a conference entitled ‘Principles of administration users and rule of law in the civil service’. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday approved a vacation subsidy scheme for low-income pensioners in Cyprus, allowing them to take discounted holidays in resorts and hotels located in rural areas of ...

Police in Paphos are looking for two men who stole nude photos from a phone belonging to a female acquaintance. According to police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, on Thursday two women ...

Screening for prostate cancer will soon be offered systematically to men through the general health scheme to help prevent the disease, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Prevention is a ...

The defence ministry on Friday opened up to the possibility of exempting race car driver Vladimiros Tziortzis from his compulsory military service. In a statement released to the Cyprus News ...

Two young men – aged 19 and 24 – were remanded for four days by a Larnaca court on Friday on charges of car thefts and possession of dangerous weapons. Larnaca police press spokesman ...

Independent MP Andreas Themistocleous was reported to the House special committee on ethics on Friday after he attacked a Green Party parliamentarian for welcoming the ban on conversion therapies. Alexandra ...

Paphos police were on Friday investigating a case of assault and bodily harm against a traffic officer after he said he had been attacked the previous day. According to police ...

The Famagusta Lifeguard Association has recognised the courage and skill of a teenager who saved the life of a two-year-old child two weeks ago. The incident happened in Paralimni on ...

Buffer zone community representatives are meeting Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Friday to discuss their demand for removal of barbed wire placed along the Green Line. The placing of barbed ...

Former Kiti bishop will be sentenced on June 1 after being found guilty of indecent assault by the Larnaca district court, it decided on Friday. The bishop was present at Friday’...

Three Cyprus wine took home the “big gold medal”, the highest possible award bestowed upon local wines, at the 14th annual Cyprus Wine Competition, the ministry of agriculture said on ...

Police were on Friday are searching for the identity of a man who shot a flare at a low-flying police helicopter shortly before the Ael-Omonia cup final at GSP stadium ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has pushed forward with his policy of seeking an EU appointed official to get involved with the Cyprus problem, the government spokesman said on Friday – with speculation ...

A 44-year-old man, who assaulted a Congolese woman holding her infant last summer, was sentenced to eight months in jail on Friday. Larnaca district court found the man guilty on ...

The Romanian Society in Cyprus is organising the Festival of the Romanian Embroidered Blouse on Sunday, adding another multicultural note to the capital. From 4pm onwards, the Cultural Centre of ...

In today’s episode, the Electricity Authority of Cyprus is partly to blame for the country’s energy woes and high prices, but the state has let the people down, ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

The Strovolos Municipality on Friday issued road works announcement for Sunday. The announcement concerns asphalt paving works on Byzantiou Street, from the traffic light junction with Prodromou Street to the ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old man in Nicosia for possession of guns, ammunition, and illegal drugs with intent to supply. According to police statement, around 10.30pm yesterday officers acting ...

Police on Thursday met with the minister of justice to discuss the criminalisation of false, imaginary or non-existent complaints. According to an announcement by the Cyprus police association (Sak), a ...