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By Nikolaos Prakas and Elias Hazou A fire in Ayios Sylas, Limassol, appeared to be under control late on Thursday, after a massive day-long effort by firefighters to extinguish it. ...

Monks and their lawyers involved in the Avakoum monastery scandal filed a memo to the church investigative committee arguing that the process being followed by the church was unlawful. The ...

A third of Cypriots are “financially fragile” and are unable to cover emergencies, the University of Cyprus’ Economics Research Centre (CypERC) said on Wednesday. The findings were unearthed as the ...

An indefinite strike at the Larnaca port was called off on Wednesday, after the workers and the managing company Kition agreed to meet with each other under the auspices of ...

A total of 30 kilograms of smuggled lamb meat was seized at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point by Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday. They explained on Wednesday that they had pulled ...

Hoteliers are furious with the police and the labour ministry over their raids on hunting down illegal workers in Cyprus, it was reported on Wednesday. Members of the Cyprus Hotels’ ...

By Robert Morgan Around 1,400 Cypriot patients are estimated to have haemoglobin disorders, the International Thalassemia Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday. In a statement released to coincide with World Thalassemia Day, ...

The personal envoy of the UN secretary-general, Maria Angela Holguin described both of Wednesday’s meetings with President Nikos Christodoulides and later with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar as “constructive”. “...

The government on Wednesday insisted that reports the construction contractor Cyfield had requested a 17-and-a-half-year extension to the time allotted for the Nicosia ring road’s construction are true. Speaking ...

High-level guests will attend a celebration in the parliament on Friday during a special session of the House plenum, to mark Cyprus’ 20th anniversary since joining the European Union. It ...

A task force is to be established for carrying out inspections on behalf of the environment department in a stepped-up effort to combat environmental crime, it emerged on Tuesday. The ...

Paphos police arrested two people and is searching for a third over a warehouse and vehicle theft, it emerged on Tuesday. Deputy Paphos police operations chief Michalis Nicolaou said on ...

Press freedom in Cyprus must be judiciously monitored, the Green party said in an announcement on Tuesday. The Greens made the announcement drawing attention to the newly released 2024 press freedom ...

A serious gun incident was reported in the early on Tuesday morning in a restaurant in the centre of Nicosia. According to reports, police responded around 3am in the morning ...

Police on Tuesday said a 21-year-old man was arrested for setting fire to a police vehicle on Easter Saturday in Ypsonas. The Limassol man is suspected of rioting, arson of ...

Three additional suspects were remanded for eight days on Tuesday after being arrested in connection with a Lakatamia attempted gangland murder committed last month. The court’s decision brings the ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting April 29: The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) recently announced its support for the adoption of the Net-Zero Industry Act ...

A factory in Nicosia’s Dali and Latsia has purchased €1 million in equipment before receiving the necessary permits, residents from the area alleged on Saturday, calling on the state to ...

Accepting Turkey’s conditions to resume talks for the Cyprus problem would be a mistake, Archbishop Georgios said in his Easter message on Saturday. He sent an “anguished appeal to ...

Police on Saturday were searching for three people who fled the scene after a car accident that left one man injured. The accident took place in Paphos in the morning ...

And not just at Easter. ALIX NORMAN asks if faith still matters to us in this day and age Cyprus has more public holidays than any other country in Europe. ...

The act of covering one’s face at a protest may be outlawed, according to a new bill put forward by the government. The bill, which has been put forward ...

Cars in the north should drive on the right hand side of the road, the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Zorlu Tore said. Speaking on Turkish television, Tore said tourists travelling ...

Consumers across Cyprus are “waiting until the last minute” to do their Easter shopping, supermarkets’ association chairman Andreas Hadjiadamou said on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he ...