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A neighbourhood social worker programme will be implemented nationwide, Deputy Welfare Minister Marilena Evangelou said on Tuesday. Launched as a pilot programme by the deputy ministry in April 2023, Evangelou said ...

By Rony Junior El Daccache The north’s ‘tourism ministry’ plans to take action against Booking.com after the website published a warning to tourists visiting there, according to reports. ...

Nicosia general hospital lab workers on Tuesday called off strike measures after receiving assurances a solution will be found for their concerns over a chemical hazard. Peo, Sek and Pasydy ...

An event gathering rock-climbing enthusiasts – amateurs and novice climbers – is set to take place this weekend in Paphos. Held at Episkopi Environmental Centre on Sunday, interested participants will meet with ...

The attorney-general’s office irregularly authorised an out-of-court settlement with a company that saddled the Cypriot taxpayer with €700,000, while separately failing to pay VAT for services rendered to it by ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday vented their anger at the government for belatedly tabling a bill seeking to transpose an EU directive into domestic law, for which the European Commission has already ...

Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) Hasan Sertoglu on Tuesday denied reports that his association has applied to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). He said an application to join the ...

Unions against the proposed 12 per cent drop in pension payments for those who retire before the age of 65 said on Tuesday they were not satisfied with the labour ministry’s ...

Giraffe Flowers in Manchester, northern England, is preparing for the annual Valentine’s Day rush but florists fear that Brexit trade barriers will increasingly spell higher costs and delays for ...

The age of the children should be taken into account in any sex education that the ministry endorses, representatives of the Holy Synod have said. The statement was made following ...

Officials from the United States, Egypt, Israel and Qatar were meeting in Cairo on Tuesday to try to agree a truce in Gaza as international calls grew for Israel to ...

The Great Sea Interconnector is a “landmark project”, President of the House finance committee Christiana Erotokritou told the European parliament in Brussels on Tuesday. She said the cross-border benefits of ...

Cyprus is dealing “at a political level” with Lebanon’s refusal to accept 116 Syrian migrants, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. He did not give a clear answer to ...

Cyprus is among the countries in Europe with the highest number of radios per capita in Europe, data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU, showed on Tuesday, ...

By Pavel Polityuk Ukraine could consider forgoing the European Union’s agrarian subsidies in exchange for an easing of the bloc’s Green Deal requirements during accession talks starting next ...

By Steve Gorman Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the US government seeking endangered species protection for the American horseshoe crab, a “living fossil” under threat from commercial harvests for bait ...

A flood mitigation project, in the central area of Ayios Lazaros, Larnaca, worth €1.89 million, was handed over for use to the town’s municipality on Tuesday. According to a statement ...

By Rony Junior El Daccache Holocaust detention camps on the island are an inseparable part of the histories of both Cyprus and Israel, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday at ...

Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli on Tuesday praised Cyprus’ role in project BlueBarge, which aims to provide moored ships with electricity from rechargeable, green energy batteries. Preparations for the ...

South Africa said on Tuesday it had asked the World Court to consider whether Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in Gaza into the city of Rafah requires additional ...

Two of the men arrested in connection with the finding of a 2,600-year-old statue in a sheep pen in Marathovounos appeared in court in the north on Tuesday. The pair ...

Two men appeared in court in the north on Monday, charged with having smuggled four people into the British base in Dhekelia in November. It is alleged that the pair ...

Driving schools intend to strike over their disagreement with proposed legislation governing their operation, the association of driving schools said on Tuesday. The strike is planned for Thursday, following a ...

The internet has come a long way since its inception, and with its exponential growth, the demand for IP addresses has skyrocketed. The IPv4 protocol, which was introduced in the ...