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Four criminal investigators tasked with investigating claims of drug pushing and mobile phone use in the prisons turned their report into the attorney-general on Friday. According to a post on ...

The colour of the sofa in former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos’ office continued to be at the centre of his defence on Friday as proceedings over an alleged sexual assault continued ...

Teachers and opposition in the north are in an uproar with the ‘presidency’, which cancelled the participation of Turkish Cypriots in bicommunal education programme, repots said on Friday. Earlier in ...

Some of the thousands of passengers caught up in an unlawful strike by baggage handlers at Paphos airport on Wednesday have yet to receive their bags, they said on Friday. ...

A realistic scenario for when Cyprus can produce natural gas from the Aphrodite gas field is 2027, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides told MPs at the House finance committee on Friday. Construction ...

NGOs on Friday accused Interior Minister Nicos Nouris of cultivating fear and racism after comments he made the previous day on the number of migrants in Pournara with HIV and ...

Six more deaths from coronavirus were announced by the health ministry on Friday, as 3,544 new infections were recorded in the past seven days. The deaths mean Cyprus has recorded 1,200 fatalities ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou and former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides clashed over who has the most support from President Nicos Anastasiades in the coming presidential elections during a live TV ...

Electricity authority unions are set to decide whether they will begin strikes, after 90 per cent of members appear to be backing the move, it emerged on Thursday. Kyriakos Tafounas, general ...

Parliament on Thursday decided to postpone a planned vote on a legislative proposal that, if passed, would have extended by three more months a freeze on property foreclosures. Voting on ...

People applying for a driver’s licence will simultaneously be given the option to sign a consent form enrolling them as blood donors, under a law passed on Thursday. On ...

Lawmakers on Thursday voiced concern that the new Limassol stadium – costing taxpayers around €40 million – could remain idle, leaving the three local sports clubs without a venue. Works at the stadium ...

The government on Thursday sent a message to the international community to remind it of the need to clarify the fate the missing persons in Cyprus. Speaking at the unveiling ...

Three officials from the road transport department were suspended on Thursday as an investigation is ongoing on alleged interference in the department’s system to grant driving licences to people ...

The transport ministry on Thursday called on airport employees and companies to respect the relevant decrees and regulations, a day after an unlawful work stoppage caused travel chaos at Paphos ...

Private doctors with practices within hospital contracted with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) had their request to maintain the status quo rejected by a court on Thursday. The move was ...

Tuberculosis and HIV positive cases at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers have been screened and there is ‘no cause of concern’, the interior ministry said on Thursday. The ...

Close to 7,500 passengers travelled the Greece-Cyprus ferry link this past summer, surpassing the government’s expectations, as authorities vowed the service will be further improved for the coming season – along ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said Cyprus has solid institutional frameworks and laws in place to protect people from wiretapping, as well as experts and scientists preventing the issue from taking place. ...

Police said on Thursday that they received warrants to exhume and conduct a further autopsy on the body of a 15-year-old, who was reported to have died from medical negligence ...

The official launch of the €1.5 million holistic information technology system managing cases, files, and documents (e-Law) took place on Wednesday, aiming to improve the organisation and operation of the legal ...

Thousands of passengers were stranded at Paphos airport on Wednesday amidst a protest by ground staff which affected over 20 flights. Some airlines had to transfer passengers to various hotels following ...

A 76-year-old man was hospitalised in serious condition late on Wednesday after he was hit by a car while crossing the road in Peyia. Paphos CID chief and police spokesman ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved €30 million in the second supplementary state budget for this year to continue the subsidy for the increased electricity prices. The total amount of the second supplementary ...