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More than €147 million will be spent on the island’s public schools this year on expansions, upgrades and renovations, Education Minster Athena Michaelidou said on Sunday. “The new school year ...

A 17-year-old was remanded in custody for eight days on Sunday by Larnaca district court n connection with an attempted murder and arson in Pyla last month. He is the ...

The government recognises its moral obligation to stand by the relatives of those killed in the Helios air crash, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. He said that no matter ...

The once bustling Laiki Yitonia is now shuttered. Even the municipality has given up. A decision’s been taken to transfer the stewardship of Laiki Yitonia from Nicosia municipality back ...

Excavations are currently underway at eight sites – seven in the north and one in the south – by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), however sources said on Saturday that no ...

The cabinet gathered in Troodos on Saturday to discuss the huge task of organising Cyprus EU presidency which will see around 28,000 participants and high-level officials descending on Cyprus over six ...

As Cyprus prepares to take on the EU Council presidency, the Byzantine museum is putting cultural heritage on the cultural agenda, with upcoming presentations on the history and preservation of ...

Federation of employers and industrialists (Oev) spokesperson Michalis Antoniou said on Saturday that a meeting with the labour minister failed to break the deadlock over the cost-of-living allowance and Thursday’...

Lawyer Christos Clerides on Friday questioned the Council of Europe’s selection process for the island’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Clerides, who represents two ...

The 1,200 tonnes of humanitarian aid which arrived at the Israeli port of Ashdod last week after having been sent from Cyprus earlier in the month has arrived in the Gaza ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday night promised that the new road which will link Paphos and Polis Chrysochous will have four lanes when construction is complete. “Our government … has decided ...

Members of the House commerce committee on Friday paid a visit to Tillyria, with its chairman, Disy MP Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis calling for a “comprehensive policy” to be devised for the ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will return to Cyprus next week, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed on Friday evening. He confirmed that she will meet President Nikos ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) is set to welcome 800 new undergraduate and another 200 postgraduate students at both master’s and doctorate levels in the upcoming academic year, with four ...

Natural gas from under the seabed of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) will be exported to Europe in 2027, Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi said on Friday. Speaking after a ...

Cyprus’ energy market will be opened up to private companies on October 1, the energy regulatory authority (Cera) confirmed on Friday. It said the move will “mark a new era in ...

The suspected murderer and partner of Papakitsa Eirin, 34, who was stabbed to death in her Chlorakas home on August 17, was remanded for a further eight days by Paphos district court ...

“Severe irregularities” in the construction of embankments and a platform in the Ayios Georgios sea caves area of Peyia were detected by the town planning department, it said on Friday. “...

Friday marked the start of the 2025-2026 school year for senior school students in Cyprus, and the education ministry pledged the education system would undergo significant changes. The reforms are ...

Members of the US Congress have called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene over the “unlawful arrest and detention of five Greek Cypriots” in the north. The members ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday that fast-track clinics have proven to be an effective solution to long-standing problems in the public health system. He said their establishment was ...

The European Commission’s proposal to at least double support to Cyprus for protecting its external borders was a key topic discussed here on Thursday between Finance Minister Makis Keravnos ...

A joint appeal has been made to the health ministry by the employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev), the Cyprus association of private hospitals (Pasin) and the Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA), ...

The former contractor for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at Vasiliko on Thursday laid the blame squarely on the Cypriot side, accusing it of incompetence and of often acting ...