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President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday met Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro during a short working visit to Lisbon, as Cyprus intensifies preparations for its upcoming presidency of the council of ...

Greek American David Sedaris is an inimitable raconteur, an irreverent and brilliant wit whose jokes can be blunt, but never tainted with coarseness or discrimination. He’s gay, happy in ...

The House refugee committee wrapped up its discussions on the management of Turkish Cypriot properties on Tuesday, having decided on regulations for the distribution of residences, business establishments and agricultural ...

There will be no water cuts in Larnaca this summer, the district’s water authority announced on Tuesday. The Larnaca District Organisation (EOA) confirmed that existing water reserves, combined with ...

Tourism revenues in Cyprus reached €79.7 million in February 2025, marking an increase of 22.4 per cent compared with the same month last year (€65.1 million), according to an announcement issued by the statistical ...

Negotiations held in Cairo to reach a ceasefire in Gaza were on the verge of a “significant breakthrough,” two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday. There was no immediate ...

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Ukraine had not responded to many offers by Russia President Vladimir Putin to start direct peace negotiations, and that it was unclear whether it ...

Electricity bills can now be paid over the counter at post offices following the signing of an agreement on Tuesday. The agreement was signed between the Electricity Authority (EAC) and ...

A forest fire near a military shooting range in Sia, Nicosia, believed to have been caused by a rogue projectile, burned five acres of pine trees and bushes on Tuesday. ...

Fast-track clinics in A&E departments in Nicosia and Paphos general hospitals will increase the level of care on offer, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Tuesday. Speaking at ...

Kicking off the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra’s May events is a special concert as it features not only the esteemed maestro Charles Olivieri-Munroe but also seven aspiring young conductors who ...

The board of directors of the Bank of Cyprus is set to be expanded with new members, pending shareholder approval. A total of 14 resolutions are to be voted on at ...

A group of banks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays and Mitsubishi UFJ sold the final piece of debt tied to billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of social ...

Some of the biggest names in the Cypriot jazz scene are getting together on Wednesday for a concert that celebrates this year’s International Jazz Day. Organised by the Department ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday night promised “good news of new investments” during his forthcoming visit to Cyprus this weekend. Speaking after the evening’s cabinet meeting, he ...

Customs officers confiscated banned pesticides and seeds found in a vehicle at the Astromeritis-Zodia crossing point, it was announced on Tuesday. The inspection took place on April 25, when officials from ...

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday said Malta needs to end its golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship, as it is an infringement of EU ...

No clear policy means water wasted ‘Much has been announced, little has been done’ By Tom Cleaver Cyprus is “exceeding approved water withdrawal limits” when taking water out of reservoirs ...

A parked car was severely damaged after it went up in flames just before midnight in Strovolos, the fire service confirmed on Tuesday. The incident occurred in an open-air parking ...

Six teenagers appeared before Larnaca District Court on Tuesday in connection with a string of robberies committed across the district between April 21 and 26, where they were remanded for eight days. ...

By Philippa Tracy I was hooked before I opened the book. I read a review in which the writer said that if she owned a book shop, she would, “hand-sell ...

Two Turkish Cypriots were arrested in the space of two days last week for separate incidents involving the smuggling of large quantities of tobacco from the north into the Republic, ...

Two young men were attacked and robbed in their own flat in Kato Paphos on Monday night, police said. The violent robbery happened around 10.30pm, when two masked individuals forced ...

Spain and Portugal switched their power back on after the worst blackout in their history, though authorities offered little explanation for what had caused it or how they would prevent ...