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The “association” of petrol stations in the north has threatened to close its petrol stations after the decision by petroleum suppliers to reduce the time frame for repayment. As reported ...

A meeting at the presidential palace on Friday will examine ways of tackling high electricity prices, which have a knock-on effect on a host of consumer goods. Convened by President ...

Only 2.58 per cent of people in the north believe that things are going well, a survey published in the Turkish Cypriot press on Tuesday showed. The results of the three-month ...

Lawmakers hope to pass a bill levying a tax on property transactions, the revenues from which will go to supporting Greek Cypriot refugees, before the summer recess. The government bill ...

Two Air Tractor aircraft leased by the Republic are expected to arrive from Latin America in the next day or so. The AirTractors will be incorporated into the current force ...

As the 25th edition of the Cultural Festival of the University of Cyprus continues, it brings dances from Cyprus to the heart of historical Nicosia. One of early July’s ...

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Kyrenia after throwing his dog from the fifth floor resulting in its death, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Tuesday. The incident took place ...

A second small earthquake in a few hours rattled Limassol once again on Tuesday evening. According to the Geological Survey Department, the 2.7 magnitude earthquake was again centred in the area ...

Alphamega Hypermarkets organised a special live cooking event to celebrate their recent collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency, as well as the launch of the promotion of in-store Italian products. ...

For the past year, a great “Alliance for Life” has unfolded between the Hellenic Bank and the Karaiskakio Foundation, working together towards a world without leukemia. To celebrate the collaboration, ...

Lewis Hamilton called for action to change “archaic mindsets” after a racist remark about him by Brazilian triple champion Nelson Piquet emerged on social media, triggering widespread condemnation. In a ...

All presidential candidates should have equal media time to present their positions to the public, former UCY rector Constantinos Christofides, who is running for president next year, said on Tuesday. ...

The death toll from a human trafficking incident on Monday in which migrants suffered under extreme Texas heat inside a truck rose to 50 on Tuesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez ...

The tourist season in the north is expected to be better than the two previous years, despite the suppressed number of arrivals, with the general notion being that things could ...

Cyprus is at the forefront of a shifting pattern of illegal border crossings on the Eastern Mediterranean route, an EU agency for Asylum report said on Tuesday, confirming the pressures ...

The economic sentiment in Cyprus deteriorated in July, pushed downwards by weaker business confidence in services, industry and retail trade. The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) compiled by the University of ...

By Prudence Wade When you think of Andy Murray at Wimbledon, you might not immediately think of a fresh manicure. And yet the tennis pro is always subverting our expectations – ...

Paphos criminal court on Tuesday handed six-year concurrent sentences to a 23-year-old man over the rape and sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl from the United Kingdom. The two individuals ...

Investors in ether and its troubled twin stETH are nervously anticipating a crypto milestone: The merge. That’s the name for a major upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain network upon ...

A woman’s right to terminate pregnancies should be fully covered by the national health scheme (Gesy), including psychological support, presidential candidate and lawyer Achilleas Demetriades said on Tuesday. Against ...

Firefighters on Tuesday searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall where authorities said 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18, as a regional governor ...

Forty-nine inmates died during an overnight riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the head of the national prisons agency said early on Tuesday. “It is ...

For a local cover band it’s all about the music discovers PAUL LAMBIS A cover band might conjure up images of a mundane act that performs at wedding after ...

Hidden in old Nicosia’s busy streets is a gallery that is bursting with history and artworks. Across the three floors of Diachroniki Gallery, on Arsinois Street, layers and layers ...