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The government will withdraw its request for the University of Cyprus to pay overtime to its seconded employee and current deputy government spokeswoman Doxa Komodromou and inform the university that ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has transferred publishing assets controlled by Nobel Prize-winning Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov to temporary state management, a presidential decree said on Monday. Norwegian publisher Amedia left ...

Multiple firearms and 22 kilograms of cannabis were found by police during the search of a house in Liopetri. The firearms included a shotgun with 61 rounds of ammunition and a loaded ...

Pacific island countries will meet next week with US President Joe Biden for a second summit with his country, the secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum Henry Puna said on ...

China and the European Union held talks on topics including artificial intelligence and cross-border data flows on Monday in Beijing, amid disputes over an EU probe into China’s electric ...

Turkish Cypriot Famagusta mayor Suleyman Ulucay met with the mayor of the London Borough of Bexley, Ahmet Dourmoush on Monday. The pair discussed the possibility of cooperation between the Famagusta ...

Coming up for the third consecutive year is the GuruShots exhibition that will again take place in Limassol. The international photography platform will present the exhibition at the 6×6 Centre for ...

A draft bill has been presented on Monday allowing for the ‘right to be forgotten’ to be applied to cancer survivors, who are attempting to make new insurance agreements. The ...

Limassol bus company Emel will from Tuesday begin offering circular electric bus services after three years of planning, offering greater connectivity centred around Ypsonas municipality. Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said ...

The human rights situation in Russia has significantly deteriorated since it invaded Ukraine in February last year, a United Nations expert said on Monday, describing a “systematic crackdown” on civil ...

A total of 110 young lawyers have joined the government’s training programme for new lawyers since the start of the year, with 250 expected to join, according to Labour Minister Yiannis ...

Turkish Cypriot teachers have threatened to refuse to teach in afternoons as the new school year began on Monday. Children returned to Turkish Cypriot schools on Monday amid a hive ...

Strovolos municipality is boosting its efforts to facilitate and promote the circular economy by creating an online platform to exchange items, creating an item library, and introducing composting at primary ...

Britain’s BBC said it was “urgently looking into the issues” raised by allegations of sexual assault made against the broadcaster’s former employee, British comedian and actor Russell Brand, ...

The Cyprus rugby team are looking forward to the 2023-2024 season in Rugby Europe’s new Rugby XV Conference division. The competition’s format has changed for this season with ...

The scheduled football match between Nea Salamis and Ethnikos Achna, which was set to take place at 7pm at the Ammochostos Stadium in Larnaca, will not kick off as planned. ...

Five U.S. detainees flew out of Iran on Monday in a swap for five Iranians held in the U.S. in a rare deal between the arch enemies that ...

Limassol police are currently investigating a burglary and theft case involving a residence from which €105,000 in cash, as well as jewellery of an unknown value, were stolen. According to the ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading home on Monday, most likely with gifts from his Russian hosts including a rifle, a cosmonaut’s glove, and military drones – which ...

At a press conference held at it’s Larnaca offices, Petrolina announced the upcoming fifth Petrolina Giving Festival, to take place on Sunday, September 24, 3-11pm, at Europe Square in ...

An obsession with winning the Champions League would only hurt Paris St Germain, manager Luis Enrique said on the eve of the Ligue 1 side’s group-stage clash with Borussia Dortmund. ...

Five foreign nationals, aged between 19 and 20, are set to face trial at the Famagusta district court on October 5, after they were referred to on Monday for facilitating police investigations into ...

‘Could you subsist on stale leftovers, work 16-hour days, or go seven years without a holiday?’ ALIX NORMAN discovers what life is like for some who work in Cyprus homes ...

Effective Monday, the extended operating hours of the Park & Ride service come into effect. According to an announcement from Cyprus Public Transport (CPT), following the highly encouraging response from ...