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Rainfall in September reached 180 per cent of the average for the month, the meteorological department said on Monday, with Larnaca airport recording 1,871 per cent of the average and Frenaros 2,167 per ...

Three prosecution witnesses in the Avakoum monastery fraud trial testified on Monday, saying that the monastery had either taken amounts from them without issuing receipts or owned them thousands of ...

The security forces are featured on a commemorative set of postage stamps presented on Monday in Nicosia, when Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki stressed that safety was a fundamental priority for ...

Book lovers, publishers, authors and everyone in between, get ready for the 11th Nicosia Book Fest. With more than 100 exhibitors and over 100 events, the festival opens its doors this October, ...

The police and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) warned the public on Monday that false and malicious messages appearing as sms notifications from the national health system (Gesy) are still ...

MPs said no on Monday to the release of €146,000 to upgrade traffic camera systems and to the photo radar list, which would enable authorities to collect outstanding fines at crossing ...

Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis on Monday said he was unaware of any plans to redesign the route of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) between Greece and Cyprus. Asked about ...

Iran denied involvement on Monday in a suspected plot to attack a British airbase used by the United States to strike Iranian sites, and police said five men arrested over ...

Changes to the bill concerning the ‘first pillar’ of pension reform may be made after the legislation has been tabled to parliament, the labour minister said on Monday. Marinos Mousiouttas ...

A Turkish court convicted comedian Deniz Goktas of insulting President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday but ordered his release after almost three months in custody, broadcaster NTV said. Goktas, 32, was jailed ...

Cyprus’ tourism sector needs to adapt more quickly to a changing international environment, with greater emphasis on quality, higher value per visitor and the use of technology and artificial intelligence, ...

An improved government proposal aimed at resolving the ongoing dispute with hourly-paid public sector workers will be put before employees for a decision, unions said on Monday following a meeting ...

Finance minister John Healey pledged on Monday to “get Britain working again”, vowing to create more jobs while bringing down borrowing and sticking to the government’s fiscal rules. In ...

By Hakan Karahasan Just as elsewhere in the world, not a day goes by in Cyprus without far-right populism making its presence felt. The most recent ‘development’ took place during ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday hailed the government’s new system of allocating property which belongs to Turkish Cypriots who fled northwards during and after 1974, with those properties now ...

Vozinha kept clean sheets against eventual champions Spain and Saudi Arabia with his exceptional goalkeeping to help Cape Verde reach the World Cup round of 32 this year, but the 40-year-old ...

Iranian forces have driven enemy forces back from waters off southern Iran to the Arabian Sea, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Monday according to his Telegram channel, warning that ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday promised that “new measures” will be put before cabinet when it meets later this week to ease the rising cost of living. “The government ...

The Red Flag platform aimed at reporting high-risk cases of violence early and allowing authorities to intervene before it escalates is expected to become operational in early 2027, the justice ministry ...

Low-flying aircraft will pass over Nicosia on Tuesday morning as part of preparations for Cyprus’ Independence Day military parade, the National Guard warned on Monday. The National Guard said the ...

Police said the cause of a fire which broke out on Monday morning at a car hire office in Larnaca remain unclear after government services visited the site of the ...

Almost 3,000 years ago, someone in what is now Larnaca (and was then Kition) was buried with an extraordinary collection of gold jewellery. There were earrings, bracelets, rings, a necklace and ...

Three migrants including a 10-year-old child died while trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain on an overcrowded inflatable dinghy on Monday, French authorities said. France’s maritime ...

The forestry department on Monday urged mushroom pickers to avoid damaging forest ecosystems as the wild mushroom season gets under way. The department called on the public to collect mushrooms ...