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The mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) will from this week be extended for a period of one year instead of the usual six months, the Cyprus ...

An inter-ministerial meeting is to be held in the coming weeks to look at outstanding issues of concern to nine communities in the region of Vasiliko energy hub, President Nicos ...

A bronze statue, one of several created by artist Yiota Ioannidou that are installed at various public spaces in Paphos has been stolen, it emerged on Sunday. ‘The girl with ...

As foreign minister, Nikos Christodoulides put at risk the lifting of the US arms embargo with a ‘humanitarian’ accord that would have allowed Russian military vessels to dock at Cypriot ...

Diko, Depa, and Edek party-backed independent presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides has slipped in another poll published on Saturday, while his two rivals Averof Neophytou and Andreas Mavroyiannis has gained. The ...

The policies and projects the government has carved out has shown the importance that needs to be given to rural communities, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday, during a visit ...

The funding opportunities are growing for startups with Cypriot founders or Cyprus-based tech companies. The first CySEC-registered Venture Capital fund focusing primarily on Cypriot startups Kinisis Ventures Fund has announced ...

The foreign ministry has condemned Friday’s attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem and extended its condolences to the families of the victims. By posting on Twitter, the ministry “expresses ...

The sound of music rang recently from the highest mountain in the Americas as a Cyprus-based musician held a concert there, part of a planned series of events on the ...

The UNSG’s Special Representative in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, has Antonio Guterres’ full support, the Antonio Guterres’ spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said. Dujarric was asked on Friday, if as reported ...

The Cyprus Mail has sent questions to the main presidential candidates in next week’s elections. Over the next week we will be reprinting them in the order we received ...

The economic sentiment in Cyprus improved in January 2023, with the Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) increasing by 0.9 points compared to December 2022, according to a report released on Friday by the Centre ...

Petrol station sales in Cyprus marked a decrease of 7.5 per cent in December 2022, compared to the corresponding month of 2021, according to data released on Friday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (...

Deposits in the Cypriot banking system experienced an increase of approximately €590 million in December 2022, with their total balance exceeding €52 billion, according to a report published on Friday by the Central ...

Support for party-backed independent Nikos Christodoulides has slipped in the past month while the other two main candidates, Disy’s Averof Neophytou and Akel-backed Andreas Mavroyiannis have gained, according to ...

Larnaca is taking on the image of a modern European municipality thanks to a series of projects that have made it more humane, functional, and attractive, President Nicos Anastasiades said ...

Paphos fire fighters rescued a 13-year-old boy from a pit he fell into shortly before 4pm on Friday. The boy fell into the three-metre-deep pit at a construction site in ...

Over 50,000 Holocaust survivors were hosted in Cyprus from 1946 to 1949 the foreign ministry said on Friday on Holocaust Remembrance Day. These survivors stayed in Cyprus in camps, ahead of moving to ...

Cyta celebrated the connection of its 100,000 customers to its island-wide Cyta Fibre network by offering 100 months of free internet to Andreas Michael from Geroskipou, the customer with connection number 100,000. Having ...

Efforts to promote Cyprus as a tourism destination to American travellers are beginning to bear fruit as interest is growing, Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Friday during ...

Seven people died from Covid and 1,934 cases were detected in the last week, the ministry of health said on Friday. The new infections were detected from 66,251, giving a positivity rate ...

Procedures to tow the abandoned 10-metre sailing boat found on Wednesday in the sea off Potima in Paphos have got underway after a briefing from the shipping department, Paphos police ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) this week released the findings of a study seeking to identify the behaviour and habits of European investors. particularly with the increased use ...

Shipping Deputy Minister Vassilios Demetriades this week provided a summary of the work that has been implemented under his watch, saying that Cyprus’ shipping sector has been making the country ...