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By Sara Mariza Vryonidi Every year, the Limassol Carnival fills the streets with colour, music and thousands of people celebrating together. What we don’t see as clearly is what ...

Serious allegations of corruption and money laundering involving the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and his son surfaced on Tuesday, placing renewed pressure on an administration already facing multiple ...

Cyprus has formally complained to the United Nations over what it describes as an “extensive series of airspace and maritime violations” by Turkey, submitting a detailed letter to the UN ...

UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, has “full confidence” in his personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, and shares her assessment that more progress is needed from the island’s leaders, his spokesman ...

Suspended Lefkoniko mayor, Pieris Gypsiotis, broke his silence on Tuesday after being placed on mandatory leave pending criminal investigations, alleging that his ousting was driven by political machinations. In a ...

Businesses and individuals alike have shown a great deal of interest in solar parks and electrical storage systems, according to data heard in parliament on Tuesday. The data was provided ...

A 49-year-old businessman arrested over the arson of a luxury car showroom in Limassol was released on Tuesday after a court ruled that the evidence did not justify continued detention, ...

Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou remarked he would “probably be a billionaire” had he not entered politics, presenting himself as a reluctant public figure whose online success was derailed by holding ...

A 43-year-old foreign national died on Tuesday after falling while working on an apartment building under construction in the Lakatamia area of Nicosia. Colleagues reportedly attempted to take the man ...

Suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos responded on Tuesday to ongoing allegations concerning embezzlement and administrative malpractice, lambasting the accusations as part of an “organised smear campaign”. The mayor, who is ...

The legal service said on Tuesday it would decide within days how to proceed following the acquittal of former house president Demetris Syllouris and former MP Christakis Giovannis in the ...

The waiting time for a site or cadastral surveys from the land registry averages out at 17 months, and in some cases it can take 16 years, the auditor-general said in a ...

An initiative to assist hotels to install private desalination units, aiming to enhance water security as dam levels continue to decline, was announced by the agriculture ministry on Tuesday. Agriculture ...

Former House President Demetris Syllouris and former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis were found not guilty on Tuesday by the Nicosia criminal court regarding their alleged involvement in the ‘golden passports’ ...

A Greek Cypriot man detained in the north was released with conditions by the district court in northern Nicosia on Tuesday, the government confirmed, while he is due to appear ...

Transport minister Alexis Vafeades will brief Larnaca’s development committee on Friday regarding the findings of a study into the future of the city’s port and marina, authorities confirmed ...

The establishment of a branch of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Cyprus constitutes a milestone in the effort for the further internationalisation and upgrading of higher education ...

Five people – four of whom have been convicted for the murder of Demetris Andronikou, known as Demetroui – were referred to a direct trial before Larnaca criminal court on Tuesday, facing ...

A proposal to create a national fund to compensate owners for the loss of use of properties in the north was discussed by the House refugees committee on Tuesday. The ...

Highlighting ongoing concerns over the adequacy of blood supplies, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides visited the blood centre in Yeri on Tuesday. He acknowledged that shortages arise from time to time, ...

Former Cyprus Football Association president Giorgos Koumas will make his first court appearance on Friday after being formally served with an indictment in a criminal case concerning possible conflict of ...

Wealth is what sets former House president Demetris Syllouris apart from those who are indeed corrupt, he pointed out on Tuesday, shortly after being acquitted by the Nicosia criminal court ...

Great things are said to come to those who wait. Georgia Kombou knows this well, a pioneering musician in Cyprus who fought to have a place in the male-dominated bouzouki ...

The FBI’s New York office worked closely with Cyprus’ cybercrime unit to arrest a 53-year-old man later sentenced to 12 years in prison in the United States for online child ...