Cyprus

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The first air conditioning units will be installed in schools before the end of the year, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday. She said the units will be installed “...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in Cyprus, with 450 cases recorded per year, according to the Cyprus Cancer Registry. In addition, it is the second most common ...

CONSTANINOS PSILLIDES is happy to binge on a new UK thriller on Netflix I’m a simple man, with simple needs and simple habits. To that effect, when I see ...

Serious violations are taking place as the first phase of the Akamas development plan gets underway, nature and wildlife protection groups said on Monday, warning that the future of the ...

Man shot dead in Limassol By Nick Theodoulou Yermasogia awoke to a shocking gangster-like execution after a 55-year-old man was gunned down by two hooded attackers firing from a Kalashnikov ...

Personnel at Pournara migrant reception centre will be increased to accelerate the asylum application processing time, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. In a statement issued after a meeting ...

Two men were arrested on Sunday in the village of Syrianochori after stealing 260 kilograms of oranges from an orange grove. The men, aged 47 and 45, were found to have been picking ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki and other Palestinian officials in Ramallah on Monday. The meeting took place “in the light of concerning developments in the ...

Celebrations took place across the north on Sunday for the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. Political leaders, including Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar, his predecessor ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli hit a pedestrian with his car on Saturday, it later emerged. Arikli was driving his own car near the Dr Burhan Nalbantoglu hospital ...

As the weather turns ever so slightly cooler, open-air cinema nights become less frequent. Yet evenings with film screenings are still happening and in November, several are taking place. One ...

In today’s episode, Cyprus’ foreign ministry is advising Cypriot nationals to avoid all travel to Lebanon, calling on citizens abroad to register with the online registration platform Connect2CY. ...

Trade union Isotita on Monday added its voice to the call for strike action to support the demands of low-salary civil servants. The strike action, planned for November 1, had been ...

Minister of Justice Anna Procopiou on Monday is to begin a series of meetings with leaders and members of the parliamentary parties. During the meetings MPs will discuss the scope, ...

Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli is traveling to Athens on Monday to participate in the 8th tripartite ministerial meeting of Greece, Cyprus and Malta on shipping issues to be ...

Power cuts are being experienced on Monday morning in Nicosia in the areas of Engomi, Lakatamia, Archangelos and Anthoupolis. According to the electricity authority’s (EAC’s) announcement the break ...

Construction works start on Monday for the redevelopment of Theoskepastis Square and the surrounding roads in Kato Paphos. According to the municipality’s announcement works are expected to last for ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari is making efforts on Monday to resolve the stalemate over pay structure between public hospital workers and state health services organisation Okypy. The health minister stepped ...

A man who went out to pick mushrooms over the weekend was surprised by the discovery of a hand grenade. According to reports, he man went mushroom picking at around 11...

Monday will be partly cloudy with a chance of isolated light rain mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 33C in the interior, 31C on the southeast coast, 29C ...

Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca are all jostling to follow in Paphos’ footsteps In the wake of Paphos’ remarkable achievement in 2017, when the city took the spotlight as a European Capital ...

Developments in the Middle East were high on the agenda during Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos’ trip to Jordan on Sunday, where he met with his counterpart Ayman Al Safadi. Kombos ...

That’s the official line, but the results remain to be seen Big changes are coming down the pipe next year in terms of how people interact with their local ...