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Xylofagou’s Big Potato has achieved its goal of bringing attention to both the village and its trademark product, but this is only the beginning, community leader George Tasou said ...

The government on Friday presented its new strategy for attracting businesses to Cyprus with emphasis, among others, on high technology, shipping, innovation, and research and development, in a bid to ...

British lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death in an Essex church on Friday by an assailant who lunged at him as he met voters, in what police said was ...

A fire near the village of Tala, in Paphos, burned around eight hectares of dry grass, wild vegetation, and trees, the fire service said on Friday. The fire broke out ...

Eight traffic cameras — four fixed and four mobile — will go into operation by the end of October for the pilot phase of a long-awaited traffic camera system authorities hope will ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday urged vulnerable consumers to make use of existing incentives that offer up to a 20 per cent discount on their electricity bills, as he took stock ...

The cabinet has decided to rescind the Cypriot citizenship granted to 45 foreign nationals as part of the island’s controversial citizenship by investment programme that was terminated late last year ...

The cabinet on Friday approved a bill extending maternity leave period for second and third children. The bill provides for four additional weeks for a second child, including adoption or ...

One in five of the 1,345 coronavirus cases detected in the last 14 days were imported, the health ministry’s epidemiological report showed on Friday. The report, covering the time period from ...

Cyprus is “forced” to adopt drastic measures to curb illegal migration through the Green Line, from where some 800 irregular migrants crossed to the government-controlled areas in the last 10 days alone, ...

Cabinet on Friday approved the administration of Covid booster shots to people aged 60 and over and to additional vulnerable groups of the population. The decision preceded a proposal by Health ...

The investigation at the Apollonion hospital is still ongoing regards the post-surgery complications of eight patients, including one who died, following a cataract surgery at the health facility last year, ...

The members of the scientific team were of the view that a booster shot should be given to people above the age of 60, said Dr Maria Koliou. Only Professor Petros ...

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov will hold talks in Moscow next week, the Russian foreign ministry confirmed on Thursday. The two diplomats will exchange views ...

No new deaths from Covid-19 were announced on Thursday, while testing came up with 153 new positives. Hospitals were treating 60 patients, of whom 22 in a serious condition; and of these, nine ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides voiced concern on Thursday over the risk to the economy from rising prices but said that inflation is currently viewed as transient. Speaking to reporters on ...

The independent police watchdog is recommending the launch of criminal and disciplinary procedures against police officers in connection with a violent crackdown on an anti-corruption protest in February that saw ...

Ministries, government departments, and local authorities could take years to respond to the audit service if they do at all, while in some cases they outright refuse to do so, ...

An air of fatalism prevailed outside one of Nicosia’s busiest supermarkets on Thursday, as shoppers told us that they will simply have to accept the increased prices on core ...

Turkey’s actions in Varosha and Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone aim at pushing a two-state solution to the island’s division, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Thursday, but negotiations ...

Cyprus will be counting on scheduled flights for incoming tourism in the winter months, as uncertainty created by the Covid pandemic continues to discourage tour operators from chartering aircraft for ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Thursday he would propose cabinet lower the age for Covid booster jabs to those aged 60 and over. Currently, booster jabs are being offered to ...

Parliament will consider banning fireworks altogether if their uncontrollable use does not decrease, MPs said on Wednesday. Widespread, illegal use of fireworks is not only a serious fire hazard, but ...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the government has managed to get the general population to go along with lockdowns and other measures by throwing money at each problem as ...