Summer temperatures set to linger as storm brews
As the island braces for a thunderstorm on Monday night, followed by scattered showers on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the summer is not bidding farewell, the Met office said.
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President vows to do upmost to revive Cyprus reunification talks
President Nikos Chistodoulides vowed on Sunday to do “everything humanly possible” to revive the UN-led talks on the Cyprus problem on the basis of the agreed framework, stressing that he ...
Museum of the Moon landing in Larnaca
An upcoming event in Larnaca will be people as close to the moon as they will ever get
It is a curious wonder, the moon. For centuries it has played ...
Cyprus’ new school to train wine experts
Classes poised to start next year in Vouni
The vine-growing mountain village of Vouni is set to become the proud location of Cyprus’ first ever recognised Wine Sommelier School.
In ...
Christodoulides says open to discussing dropping EU veto (updated)
The Republic of Cyprus would be ready to discuss the issue of abolishing the need for unanimity in EU foreign policy, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, a day before ...
Israeli ambassador to Cyprus: ‘If we cannot fight for our defence, they will butcher us’
Oren Anolik says looking at the Hamas killings and Israel’s response through the prism of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict is just playing into the hands of terrorists
Which is ...
Three injured after drunk driver crashes into them
Three people were taken to hospital on Sunday morning after they were hit by an out of control car in Limassol.
At 3.40am, while a 35-year-old driver with two passengers ...
Cyprus cat covid strain thought to have reached UK
A fatal strain of cat Covid which has killed thousands of animals on the island has reached the UK, reports said on Sunday.
According to the Daily Mail, scientists said ...
Cyprus commemorates Remembrance Day
A ceremony was held at the monument to the Cypriot fallen in the Second World War to commemorate Remembrance Day on Saturday.
The day is commemorated across the world on ...
Christodoulides: Turkish Cypriot side backed away from Pyla deal
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that the Turkish Cypriot side had effectively “backed away” from the mutual understanding reached on construction works in the buffer zone village of Pyla.
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British military aircraft on frequent flights between Akrotiri and Israel (Updated)
British military aircraft have been making frequent flights between the country’s Sovereign Base Area in Akrotiri and Israel since the Gaza crisis erupted in October.
A UK-based website by ...
Lawyer confident in winning appeals against Laiki haircut case
Andreas Theofilou, the lawyer who won the first case on Laiki Bank deposit haircuts for his client, said on Friday that he is confident that his office will be able ...
Israel fears Cyprus’ humanitarian corridor could become Hamas arms route
Some 2,000 foreign troops stationed in Cyprus
Israel has identified the best point in Gaza for which Cyprus can connect its humanitarian corridor to, though security sources fear Hamas may use ...
Disy calls for discussion on lawyers exploiting migrants
Opposition party Disy called for the issue of lawyers taking advantage of migrants to be discussed at the house interior committee, in a letter sent to parliament on Friday, after ...
Golden visas: audit office raises concerns over interior ministry’s response (Update)
Audit office spokesman Marios Petrides on Friday accused the interior ministry of “flouting” the recommendations of the audit office, amid discussions on the latter’s report on the golden visa ...
Cyprus-Greece summit addresses Middle East crisis, Cyprus problem
The first Cyprus-Greece Intergovernmental Summit took place in Athens on Friday, headed by the heads of state of both countries, who discussed the escalating crisis unfolding in the Middle East, ...
Basic pension to increase by 4 per cent from next year
The basic pension rate is set to increase by four per cent from the beginning of the new year, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Friday.
Panayiotou was addressing the ...
Students demonstrate after six expelled
Scores of students from various schools gathered on Friday morning outside Paphos Technical School to protest the expulsion of six students for “delinquent behaviour” earlier in the week.
The school’...
‘EU is part of the Cyprus problem’
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar slammed the European Union on Friday following the release of the EU-Turkey report on Wednesday.
“The EU has become a prisoner of the Greek Cypriot ...
Akel joins criticism of ‘condescending’ Radiomarathon
Akel on Thursday backed the criticisms of people with disabilities over the annual Radiomarathon fund-raising foundation for being condescending towards them.
The left-wing party’s statement was issued after the ...
Tatar’s office to be given €10.3m budget for 2024
Ersin Tatar’s office is set to be given a 318 million TL (€10.3m) budget for 2024, as part of the north’s ‘state’ budget begin to be discussed in ‘parliament’.
The ...
Cyprus linked to international fraud and money laundering scheme
Cyprus may be embroiled in a €15 million international fraud and money laundering scheme, suspected of obtaining EU funds for IT projects with false invoices, two EU bodies revealed on Thursday.
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Interior ministry agrees to stricter checks on golden visa programme (Updated)
By Tom Cleaver and Nikolaos Prakas
The interior ministry said on Thursday that they agree on the recommendations for stricter checks made in an audit office report on golden visa ...
Cyprus outlines plan for maritime corridor to get aid to Gaza
By John Irish
President Nikos Christodoulides outlined a proposal on Thursday to open a maritime corridor to help deliver more aid to Gaza, a plan which he said could be ...