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In its first year of operation, Paphos police’s domestic violence unit investigated 271 cases that led to 126 arrests, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. Paphos deputy police chief Michalis ...

The drive, as you turn off from the Nicosia Limassol highway to Ktima Dafermou is not long. As you climb up, the Ktima Dafermo winery suddenly appears on your right. ...

The agriculture ministry has awarded a tender for the purchase of a quantity of 20,500 tonnes of corn from alternative sources, with reserves for animal feed estimated to be down to ...

A 38-year-old man was remanded for a further eight days on Thursday for his alleged involvement in a huge drug bust in which 132kg of cannabis was seized by police. ...

A 47-year-old Ukrainian man with Russian citizenship whom the Cypriot courts agreed to extradite to Russia has had the process postponed, due to the “force majeure” of the invasion. The ...

As COVID curbs cut travel and duty-free shopping, South Koreans are driving a luxury goods boom at home that has left Chanel barring nearly a third of would-be shoppers to ...

Excessive and unmonitored sick leave periods, police officers convicted of serious crimes given full pension and mistakes on hundreds of traffic fines that forced authorities to cancel them, form part ...

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been granted a licence to conduct some operations in Dubai, the company said on Wednesday, from where it plans to carry out ...

After a short hiatus and a temporary love affair with brunch places – which might come back during Cyprus’ short but amazing spring – I returned to the island’s queen of ...

A fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose has been deemed “inevitable” amongst the general population and not just for the elderly or vulnerable groups, while the current testing programme may be trimmed. ...

A new Russian law on leased aircraft showed Moscow could “confiscate” planes and such a move might help it claim insurance, Air Lease Corp (AL.N) said at a time ...

Government services on the web are set to be centralised into a single portal “gov.cy” within the next two months, while digital IDs and signatures are also set to ...

The Cypriot economy continues to grow, showing improvement over the performance of the previous year, but external factors are contributing to a loss of momentum, according to a report by ...

Two police officers were honoured for saving lives in separate cases at a special event on Thursday. They were both off duty at the time. “Police are on alert 24-7, ...

Oil prices climbed about 3 per cent on Thursday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said markets could lose three million barrels a day (bpd) of Russian crude and refined products ...

Larnaca criminal court on Thursday sentenced a 42-year-old woman to 11 years in prison and a 59-year-old man to 10 after finding them guilty in a drug related case, police said. The ...

Constructing new wave breakers in pursuit of sandy beaches for tourism is a short-sighted policy that harms the environment, three NGOS warned on Thursday as they called for an in-depth ...

Τhe interior ministry said on Thursday it would not be commenting at this stage on the attorney-general’s decision to launch an investigation into allegations of migrant exploitation, with high ...

In today’s episode, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides has expressed caution over prospects for reviving EastMed pipeline as she said that, even if the pipeline project kicked off immediately, it ...

Let’s Go Tours by Amathus, the preferred sales representative of Royal Caribbean International in Cyprus, is offering those already planning their summer holiday a new brochure outlining ‘Rhapsody of ...

The Cyprus journalists’ union said on Thursday it is €1000 to a special relief fund for Ukrainian journalists. It described it as a “a meagre but essential sum in regard to ...

The former director of Limassol’s Pattihio municipal theatre on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges of embezzling €234,550 from the theatre, the Cyprus News Agency reported. The 61-year-old defendant faces ...

Twelve people were fined for failing to follow Covid-19 restriction measures in 1,609 police checks over the 24 hours until Thursday morning, police said. Three premises in Nicosia with six people were ...

Procedures have been set in motion to help some 8,000 Ukrainians who have come to Cyprus as refugees or are stranded here because of Russia’s invasion of their country, Interior ...