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Pledging to support vulnerable groups where needed while maintaining an ardent fiscal policy, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday said he expected more action from banks to absorb increasing interest ...

Not only is ‘sexting’ increasingly widespread among minors, but so is possession and dissemination of child porn material, police announced on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBC radio, electronic crime department spokesman, ...

Larnaca has commenced a pilot programme aimed at fighting back against a new invasive and potentially dangerous species of mosquito which has been found in the area. The Aedes aegypti ...

Use of all types of synthetic drugs is on the rise across Europe, including Cyprus, according to the European Drug Report 2023, which was presented on Monday by the Cyprus Addiction ...

Brussels has been largely mute on President Nikos Christodoulides’ proposal for the EU to become more involved in the Cyprus issue, which he has been pushing since his election almost ...

Despite dire warnings from the government and the Central Bank, MPs on Monday decided to send on to the House plenum for a vote four legislative proposals amending the foreclosures ...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised to rebuild Greece’s credit rating, create jobs, raise wages and boost state revenues after he was sworn in for a second term as prime minister on ...

Seven people were arrested in what has been described as a foiled terrorist plot on Israeli targets in Limassol, while one has escaped abroad, after having entered from the north, ...

Three people were arrested on Monday afternoon after a boat carrying a total of 50 irregular migrants was spotted in the early hours of the morning by coast guards in the ...

The government is due to announce stricter controls at crossings to clamp down on abuses related to the purchase of fuel from the north, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on ...

Cyprus risks missing targets of 55 per cent for recycling municipal waste and recycling 65 per cent of packaging waste by 2025, according to an EU early warning report sent to the government. ...

Lifeguards’ scheduled work stoppage over staffing and equipment issues has been cancelled this week, following a meeting with Paphos district officer Mary Lambrou. A delegation of lifeguards working in Paphos ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday praised the thwarting of what he said was an Iranian attack against Israeli targets in Cyprus. A statement from Netanyahu’s office did ...

By Maria Eirini Liodi For a sixth year next Sunday, Platres will be embracing in style its most enduring fragrance – lavender. The mountain village’s annual lavender festival will attract 25 ...

A US visitor to Cyprus negotiates the bus system By Malia Chung Since my arrival in Nicosia two weeks ago, I’ve tried to avoid Cyprus Public Transport (CPT). In ...

Some facilities are banning any visits, others allow just one visitor at a time By Andria Kades Patients have condemned ‘inconsistencies and harshness’ in hospital policies for visitation rights that ...

But the Turkish side needs to be persuaded that although the RoC and Greece are EU members and Turkey and the ‘TRNC’ are outsiders, the EU is not institutionally biased ...

One cannot fault the energy minister for lack of ideas, other than his fixation on natural gas. He made that his priority immediately on taking over the ministry, as the ...

The current fuss over a proposed new luxury hotel complex in Yeroskipou seems almost too familiar, the only twist being that in this case it’s the municipality that’s ...

As Israel looks to expand its energy capacity by turning to renewables, Cyprus has pitched itself as a potential provider of such power through a subsea electricity interconnector between the ...

Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters barrelled towards Moscow on Saturday after seizing a southern city overnight, with Russia’s military firing on them from the air but seemingly incapable of slowing ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the inclusion of a reference to the Cyprus issue in the draft conclusions of the European Council, which will convene on June 29 ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Saturday said that the foundations have been laid for the modernisation of the school curriculum, an effort which is seen as particularly significant by the ...

Cyprus must fully embrace the ‘Fit for 55’ package, a set of proposals aimed at revising and updating laws within EU member states to bring policies in line with a of ...