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Roadworks and other projects in Akamas are set to be scrutinised as a study is set to be presented on the implementation of terms set by the ad hoc committee, ...

A fierce disagreement has erupted between Paphos Metropolitan Tychikos and Archbishop Georgios over relics of the Saint Paul, the apostle. At the heart of the dispute is Tychikos’ refusal to ...

Police forces have launched major investigations in Nicosia and Paphos, raiding two shops and seizing hundreds of products suspected to contain controlled medicinal and narcotic substances. The operations, which took ...

The police on Tuesday clarified the circumstances surrounding attacks on Nicosia’s Bayraktar mosque following media reports. Turkey’s Anadolu Agency had reported earlier in the day that two attackers ...

Citizens over the age of 18 will be able to apply for a new national electronic identity card (eID) as of January 27, Deputy Research and Innovation Minister Nicodemos Damianou said on ...

A balcony on the second floor of an apartment building in the Limassol suburb of Yermasoyia collapsed and fell on to the first-floor balcony below it on Tuesday. The balcony ...

A 61-year-old man arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty was released on Tuesday with no charges. The man was questioned and released, in connection with a case involving a dog ...

The prisons department on Tuesday denied allegations that the new Wing 11 at the central prison has security issues after reports surfaced of an inmate being beaten with a padlock. “We ...

Work will start on flood prevention and infrastructure repairs in Kormakitis after January 30, the House refugee committee heard on Tuesday during a meeting to review the challenges faced by residents ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is ready to hold a second meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar as soon as tomorrow to agree on opening new crossing points, government spokesman Konstantinos ...

The Cyprus nurses and midwives association (Pasynm) has issued an open letter demanding that auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou, provide evidence to support the allegations he made against two nurses during a ...

The Mavrokolympos reservoir is to be fully drained of its 1.4 million cubic metres of water over the coming days to allow access to a corroded vent – the only available option ...

During the four years since the law came into force granting access to information held by public authorities, the Information Commissioner has received 78 complaints from members of the public, the ...

Fixing the fault at Mavrokolympos dam is “extremely difficult”, the Water Development Department said on Monday evening, explaining that the problem was at a point inaccessible while the reservoir was ...

Excess mortality across the EU decreased in November 2024, rising by 5.0 per cent above the baseline, down from 7.0 per cent in October. Cyprus recorded one of the highest rates at 18.0 per ...

More children are being admitted to Makarios III children’s hospital in Nicosia over the past few days, mainly due to flu A, with the hospital currently at 85 per cent ...

Doctors have expressed their strong opposition over the “wrong message” they say was sent regarding their pay during the recent discussion of an auditor-general’s report on the state health ...

A 21-year-old man was remanded for seven days by Limassol court on Monday in connections with an attack on a food delivery driver last Wednesday. Three minors aged 15, 16 and 17 were ...

Cyprus issued a Navtex on Sunday in relation to the start of drilling at the ‘Electra’ field, in bloc 5 of the Cypriot exclusive economic zone (EEZ). According to the Joint ...

The Republic of Cyprus’ police has requested that the Turkish Cypriot authorities hand over four people named as suspects in the case surrounding the death of 24-year-old Pakistani national Shoaib ...

The government is aiming for investment at and the possible future development of the old Larnaca airport, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Saturday. Speaking during a visit to the ...

A 21-year-old food delivery driver was robbed in Limassol during the early hours of Saturday morning, the police said. The man was riding an electric bicycle through the city when ...

A group of experts from the US are to visit Paphos’ Andreas Papandreou airbase to discuss planned upgrades to it, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at a European ...

Cyprus MP Irene Charalambides has reignited her criticism of the minister of education over the controversial leasing of school land for the creation of padel courts. Charalambides claims that the ...