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The government will explore the possibility of supporting the establishment of an autism centre in Famagusta, deputy social welfare minister Marilena Evangelou said on Friday. The minister visited three different ...

High temperatures are the enemy of the electricity authority (EAC), spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou said on Friday, noting that the heat causes damage to the network and underground cables causing power ...

An attempt was made to steal an ATM in the early hours of Friday morning in Paphos. According to police, an alarm connected to a private security company sounded in ...

Traps have been set around the linear park in Nicosia that stretches to Lakatamia to try and catch a small pack of stray dogs, a representative of the capital’s ...

By Andria Kades and Gina Agapiou Limassol was engulfed in a plume of dark smoke on Friday, as firefighters battled to keep a fire in the Alassa area contained. President ...

People will be unable to be outside in the future due to the serious health problems and increase of deaths stemming from heatstroke, experts have warned as they called for ...

In separate televised interviews, the north’s ‘tourism minister’ Fikri Ataoglu and Kyrenia mayor Murat Senkul both said restoration and renovation work at the Kyrenia harbour will be completed within ...

The national guard will continue its mission as the main defence force of Cyprus as long as part of the island’s territory is occupied by Turkey, Defence Minister Michalis ...

The north’s cost of living increased by 9.9 per cent in the month of July, according to figures released by its statistics office. The figures, calculated in Turkish Lira, work ...

The Cyprus Veterinary Association (PVA) said on Friday they welcomed the cabinet decision to offer stores of human coronavirus medication at a discounted rate to help combat the strain that ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has accused the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) of “twisting the truth” in its report of a recent interview they conducted with him. CNA reported Tatar ...

The Larnaca municipality is laying turf on the promenade of Finikoudes beach as part of its efforts to improve the area’s aesthetics, it said on Friday. The move forms ...

HIO chairman Stavros Michael said he was positive all hospitals will sign the final agreement, stressing that the organisation has no sustainability problems. The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) sent a ...

All welcome at anti-occupation events says Disy leader By Iole Damaskinos and Tom Cleaver Suleyman Ulucay, the Turkish Cypriot Famagusta mayor, has not yet decided on whether he will attend ...

Forty eight ‘positive searches’ of the Schengen Information System (SIS) database were conducted in its first week of access to the system, the justice ministry said on Friday. Cyprus was ...

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 visit by US Congressman Pete Sessions to the north was condemned as a violation of international law and a deviation from the official US position, the foreign ministry said ...

Calling all pasta lovers! An upcoming festival in the district of Larnaca will bring traditional pasta dishes to the spotlight, though it is not Italian cuisine that will be featured ...

In this episode, private hospitals asserted on Thursday that they cannot – and will not – renew their contract with the Health Insurance Organisation on what they say is a take-it-or-leave-it basis, ...

The Dherynia crossing point will be closed on Saturday from 7pm until 11pm police announced on Thursday. The closure is due to the predicted volume of people taking place in ...

Police in Limassol on Thursday arrested a woman for a case of real estate fraud under investigation. According to the police, on Monday, a 38-year-old man reported that on July 17 ...

Police on Friday in Limassol arrested a 29-year-old suspect for an investigated case of burglary and theft of piping from a factory. The 29-year-old was allegedly involved in the theft ...

Police in Paphos on Thursday arrested two persons, aged 41 and 25, in connection with an investigated case of burglary and theft. According to the police, during the burglary, committed on Monday, ...

Cyprus saw its net new borrowing, excluding restructurings, reach €1.73 billion in the first half of 2023, showing a modest annual increase of 1.26 per cent, according to a report released this week ...