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Cyprus’ attorney-general’s office has issued a statement responding to the European court of human rights (ECHR) ruling on the long-running property rights case involving a British citizen whose home ...

Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis stated on Friday that the government does not fear a shift in US policy towards Cyprus under Donald Trump, despite Turkey’s strong objections to the ...

Tourist arrivals in 2024 surpassed 4 million for the first time, breaking the previous record of 3,976,777 set in 2019. Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis hailed the milestone as a historic achievement, accompanied by ...

One of Greece’s most beloved comedians returns to our island to present her brand-new show, Derbederissa. Following her successful shows in Cyprus in 2024, retelling the horrific yet incredibly comic ...

Swedish fugitive Hans Jonny Uven, 49, gave his consent on Friday to be extradited to Sweden. Uven, who had escaped from legal custody, was arrested in December at Larnaca airport under ...

The education ministry has reported 106 private institutes for operating illegally, out of 640 inspected. A special committee visited private institutes and centres from October 2022 till December 2024 and pointed out various irregularities. ...

Joining Europe’s Schengen zone is a “key priority” for Cyprus’ government, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday. Speaking after a meeting with European Commissioner for internal affairs Magnus ...

A total of 10,098 irregular migrants who had been staying in Cyprus were returned to their country of origin in 2024, the police said on Friday. Additionally, the police said, a total ...

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to rescue TikTok on Friday from a law that required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or ...

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka overcame a wobbly display to reach the Australian Open fourth round while Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz were at their dazzling best on a warm but ...

Harmonised inflation in Cyprus increased by 2.3 per cent in 2024 compared to 2023, according to a report released this week from the state’s statistical service. The category of restaurants and hotels ...

The next steps in the administration of Larnaca’s marina by the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) have been agreed and Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades hopes that the business ...

The Deputy Ministry of Tourism on Friday announced the second call for proposals under its €3 million grant scheme to boost tourism across Cyprus. The scheme aims to support the modernisation ...

British far-right politician Nigel Farage on Friday said Cyprus is “prepared to sell” its freedom by virtue of being a European Union member state. Speaking on Cypriot member of the ...

Where do you live?I live with my family in the suburbs of Nicosia. What did you have for breakfast?A Lemnos barley rusk with honey. Describe your perfect dayIt ...

The issue of delays at passport control in Paphos Airport has been raised once again by the president of the Paphos regional tourism board (Etap), Kyriakos Drousiotis. The delays have ...

The environmental authority has approved the €60 million American Medical Centre Limassol / American Heart Institute project, according to an announcement released on Friday. “The approval by the Environmental Authority lays the ...

Comedy stars of yesteryear take on new roles in Netflix whodunnit, although there is some dark comedy, No Good Deed. Lisa Kudrow of Friends fame plays home owner and former ...

The left lanes of the Nicosia-Limassol motorway will be closed from Friday night until Sunday morning due to maintenance work. The two left lanes of the road will be closed ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Friday said it is his “ideal” for Nicosia to be brought “to a point where it can be opened to unlimited and mutual ...

A door-to-door recycling collection programme is to be launched in the borough of Acheritou, following the signing of an agreement by Paralimni and Dherynia mayor Giorgos Nikolettos and recycling company ...

Nurses’ trade union Pasyno on Friday decried understaffing at Cyprus’ hospitals, declaring that hospitals “cannot depend on overtime” and thus requesting that they be “appropriately and sufficiently staffed”. They expressed “...

When Agnes Darvas was deported from Hungary to Auschwitz in 1944, she escaped being sent straight to the gas chambers with other children largely because her coat had been stolen in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday signed a 20-year strategic partnership treaty involving closer defence cooperation that is likely to worry the West. Pezeshkian, ...