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Two men suspected of people smuggling were remanded for eight days on Tuesday by the Famagusta District Court. The two men, 41 and 23, were found on a sixth boat of migrants ...

The humanitarian aid ship Open Arms finally set sail on Tuesday accompanied by another vessel, inaugurating the operation of the ‘Amalthea’ Larnaca to Gaza sea corridor. President Nikos Christodoulides and ...

University of Leicester scientists have rediscovered 46 ancient sites with uncovered evidence of quarries and tombs located within the Dhekelia British military base in Cyprus. Archaeologists from the UK’s Defence ...

Much has been said and written about the two-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed on an 82-year-old man for shooting and injuring a man who was attempting stealing electricity cable from his ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Holguin said “a lot of ideas” had been raised at her meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday. Holguin held the meeting as ...

The dark side of religious tourism and an extensive miracles racket operating out of the Saint Avakoum monastery in Fterikoudes were exposed on Monday, adding to the slew of scandals ...

As information emerged on Monday that the idea for a humanitarian aid corridor from Cyprus to Gaza was first mooted by Benjamin Netanyahu, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said it had ...

A new major television production filmed in Cyprus is set to air on the UK’s Channel 5 on Monday evening. The series will run for four consecutive nights. The production ...

While proficiency tests for naturalisation are still being ironed out, all new applications are on hold Cyprus has recently undergone significant revisions to its citizenship requirements, with language tests now ...

On paper, Cyprus is showing a decrease in human sex trafficking. Stakeholders however warn the reports hide the fact that police is failing to properly investigate. “I have to be ...

The iconic Forest Park hotel in Platres has been bought for €10 million, with its new owners promising to elevate it to “Swiss standards”. Over 90 years have passed since the construction ...

Two monks embroilled in allegations of sex and almost €1 million in cash, have written to the president to say they are victims of corruption between the police and church. The ...

There was a very amusing TV clip on BBC World Service last week in which its man in Beijing, Stephen McDonell asks delegates milling about at the Great Hall of ...

WHAT a shame that the hilarious goings-on in a start-up monastery none but the ultra-faithful had heard of, named Osiou Avakoum, in a village with a ludicrous name, Fterikoudi, overshadowed ...

There are some government decisions on which it is impossible to put a positive spin and maintain credibility. The Christodoulides government does not appear to have realised this yet, which ...

Nobody likes taxes, not even politicians whenever they have to foist them on the public. But the announcement of the looming carbon or ‘green’ tax on motor fuel elicited a ...

A ship laden with relief supplies for Gaza was preparing to depart Larnaca on Saturday as part of efforts to aid a population on the brink of famine. The European ...

The attorney-general’s office is blocking President Nikos Christodoulides from pardoning an 82-year-old man sentenced to 2.5 years in jail, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Saturday. The man, a ...

Financial crimes taking place at Osiou Avakoum monastery are being investigated by police, where two monks were allegedly found to be having sex and receiving thousands of euros in cash ...

CyBC employees endured ‘disturbing’ conditions at their workplace, including attacks from fleas and encounters with animal faeces, three trade unions of the state broadcaster revealed on Friday. Poor working conditions ...

It defies belief that the Christodoulides government boycotted the reception held on Monday by Unficyp to mark the 60th anniversary of its arrival in Cyprus. No representative of the government ...

The government has sent the findings of its investigation into the flooding of state computer services to the Legal Service, Research Deputy Minister Nikodimos Damianou said on Friday. Speaking to ...

The humanitarian maritime corridor ‘Amalthea’ from Cyprus to Gaza will commence operations with a pilot mission on Friday, announced President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen from Larnaca. ...

Political parties and the government had reached a consensus on lowering the voting age in Cyprus to 17 instead of 18, it emerged on Thursday. The house interior committee discussed the measure ...