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Outgoing Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Monday presented the final report of his ministry’s work for the past 19 months at the Presidential Palace, outlining his achievements, as well as ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Monday released its preliminary financial results for 2022, posting a profit after tax of €71 million for the entire year, marking a considerable increase over the €30 million ...

House president Annita Demetriou may throw her hat in the running for Disy’s upcoming leadership elections, it emerged on Monday as the deadline for submitting candidacies edged ever closer. ...

One Facebook group is essentially taking a botanical journey around the island. It is, learns ALIX NORMAN, a land of contrasts caused by it being at a geographical crossroads Cyprus ...

A patient was left naked and uncovered on her bed at the Limassol general hospital last week, a geriatrician reported on Monday. But state health services organisation (Okypy) is saying “...

Deputy Minister for Social Welfare Anastasia Anthousi pledged on Monday that the case of a 72-year-old man who had to live in a car with his 10-year-old special needs daughter ...

Pay for teachers who filed for gender discrimination against them for taking maternity leave should be reassessed, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottidou recommended on Monday. The ministry of education should retroactively calculate ...

An Israeli professor arrested at the Larnaca International airport after Interpol issued an arrest warrant against him on suspicion of arms trafficking to China and Libya has rubbished the charges ...

No irregularities that would justify the intervention of the state have been found regarding the price of gas cylinders, director of the consumer protection service Constantinos Karageorgis said on Monday. ...

Workers at a specific Paphos hotel held an impromptu strike on Monday morning over the alleged refusal of hoteliers in the district to pay them 50 per cent of the cost ...

The ethics committee of the Cyprus medical association is awaiting the results of a police investigation into the death of a woman during childbirth, its president Michalis Anastasiades said on ...

McDonald’s Cyprus’ new television ad has been included in the largest online community showcasing creative adverts from around the world. The professional campaign was created by TBWA\Entelia ad ...

Cyprus hit its highest ever number of arrivals for the month of January, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Perdios said that the ...

Real-life stories from the Eastern Mediterranean region will be presented in an event at Ledra Palace tonight highlighting communities that are under threat and climate change issues. Titled ‘Stories of ...

In today’s episode, President-elect Nikos Christodoulides will do everything possible to achieve some kind of result during his informal meeting next week with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, he ...

Police in on Sunday arrested a 41-year-old man for a case of attempted theft of a car catalyst. According to the police, at around 9:30pm they received a tip-off that ...

Police on Monday arrested a suspect in a case of securing credit with false representation. According to police spokesman and head of Paphos CID Michalis Nicolaou, on Friday night police ...

On Monday the weather will be overcast initially with light south-westerly to north-westerly winds, gradually becoming moderate, up to 4 Beaufort, and in the afternoon strong, up to 5 Beaufort. The sea ...

Police on Sunday, searched the home, properties and vehicles of a 56-year-old man in Nicosia. During the search they found and seized 21,120 cigarettes and 4,850g of rolling tobacco. The 56-year-old ...

Both lanes are closed on Monday morning, due to an accident on the Nicosia-Limassol highway in the direction of Nicosia, by the vicinity of Ayia Varbara, due to an accident. ...

The commerce ministry is to draw up legislation to close a loophole in the law that allows vendors to charge extra to consumers using credit cards. The legislation will allow ...

An 3.0 earthquake was felt in Cyprus on Sunday afternoon, mainly in Limassol, officials said. Social media posts first referred to the tremor around 4.30pm. A statement from the geological surveys ...

The funeral of renowned Cypriot traditional singer Kyriacou Pelagia was held in Paralimni on Sunday. Known as the “voice of the Cypriot countryside”, Pelagia died on Saturday at the age ...

Archimandrite Tychikos Vryonis, Archimandrite Ioannis Ioannou and Bishop Amathountos Nikolaos have made the top three in the elections for a new bishop of Paphos. The fourth candidate, Karpasia Bishop Christoforos ...