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At 55, Greg Ohanian is embracing a new chapter. He has relocated to Klirou, where he is transforming a vast, barren plot into a home, garden and outdoor space, all crafted ...

As heavy rain and storms have been seen around the island this weekend, those on the coast of Pomos were treated to the rare sight of a double water spout ...

The fire service was needed on Sunday afternoon to release a child’s arm that had got stuck in a metal object, spokesman Andreas Kettis said. He said fire stations ...

The agriculture ministry is supporting more Cypriot products with a view to the obtaining Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) or Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status, minister Christos Senekis said on ...

Civil Defence has made a series of changes to the way evacuations are organised and coordinated after the catastrophic fire of July 2025 in mountainous Limassol, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said ...

The fire service responded to 38 incidents in the 24 hours until midday on Sunday, as well as to 14 incidents nationwide due to rainfall and weather phenomena. Spokesman Andreas Kettis said the ...

Thirteen short films, 13 different journeys through Cypriot creativity, make up this year’s National Competition Programme of the 16th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus. From October 10 to 16, Rialto Theatre ...

Due to the success of the first art tour of the presidential palace, more opportunities to view it are now being considered, the palace said on Sunday. The previous day, ...

It’s no secret that Cypriots don’t read much. A Eurostat poll from two years ago ranked us second-last in the EU, behind only Romania. That poll made waves, ...

Trauma is passed from generation to generation and if it cannot be stopped is will separate the island’s two communities, the leader of an upcoming workshop teaching women the ...

Two people, aged 38 and 52, have been arrested in Larnaca as part of investigations into burglary and theft from homes, committed between July and October 2026, police said on Sunday. One case ...

Demonstrators in Mitsero demanded the immediate termination of works for the relocation of an asphalt plant to their region on Sunday. The group Communities in Action was to protest the ...

The paediatric ward of Makarios Hospital is on standby to deal with seasonal infections, which are expected to appear in the coming period, its director said on Sundy. Speaking to ...

“The future is very bright” US Ambassador John Breslow said on Sunday speaking about Cyprus-US defence and military cooperation. Speaking on board the USS Roοsevelt, which visited the port ...

A monthly allowance for vulnerable patients with breast cancer for the duration of treatment and for up to 12 months afterwards, in addition to free transfer of patients from rural areas ...

As overnight police operations to control serious and organised crime in urban areas continue, police arrested 12 people around the island over Saturday night. Crimes committed include illegal stay in the ...

Two drivers were stopped in the early hours of Sunday morning drunk driving in Larnaca and Nicosia. The arrested men had blood alcohol levels of 131µg and 79µg, while the ...

A 67-year-old woman lost her life in a fatal traffic accident on Saturday evening, police said on Sunday. The accident happened at 6.45 on Saturday evening in Anthoupoli, Nicosia and the ...

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning in place until 6pm on Sunday as unsettled weather is set to affect the entire island. Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are ...

Following the back-to-back announcements of the candidacies of Averof Neophytou and then Annita Demetriou for the 2028 presidential elections, the government’s line, expressed first by deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou ...

Further support measures to facilitate access to financing and sustainable investments for the agriculture sector were announced on Saturday by Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis. Speaking at the Contribution of Rural ...

A residential building in Amargetis in the Paphos district was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday. Despite the immediate intervention of the fire service, the fire caused extensive damage resulting ...

Ukraine at the Olympics is quite a recent development. For decades, its athletes were enfolded into other teams – tagging along with Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia in the 1930s, then as ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has signed a joint letter with 16 other member states in view of the next phase of negotiations for the European Union’s Multiannual Financial Framework from 2028 to 2034. “...