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In one of the largest infrastructure projects related to the fishing sector, President Nicos Anastasiades will lay the foundation stone for the Liopetri fishing shelter upgrade project on Sunday. According ...

The permanent secretary of the finance ministry George Panteli has sent a letter demanding that the attorney-general investigates auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides for allegedly leaking false information and disclosing state secrets. ...

Police have arrested a man involved in a fatal accident in Paphos early Saturday morning in what is believed to be is a case of premeditated murder. Police said the ...

The Cyprus Mail talked to Orestis Aristides, the director of Drakos DMC, about the company’s focus on golf on the island and how that sector is expected to grow ...

The Council for Registration of Real Estate Agents on Friday announced that it successfully held its new year event, in which it recapped the events of 2022, and set the tone ...

By Charles Ellinas With no end in sight for the Russia-Ukraine war, global energy markets will continue to be unstable, making 2023 another difficult year for global energy. On top of ...

Policies adopted by his government have strengthened economic, social, rural, cultural and tourist development throughout the Paphos district, and he is satisfied with the results, President Anastasiades said during his ...

The current transport ministry’s budget is the highest in its history, with €3.1 billion worth of projects completed or underway, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said during the presentation of his ...

Church of England bishops apologised to LGBTQI+ people on Friday for the rejection and hostility they have faced, with the Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledging that the religious body was still “...

The case file over the allegedly homophobic rant posted by a non-commissioned officer (NCO) to TikTok is expected to be handed to the legal service early next week. The suspect ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Constantinos Herodotou on Friday stressed the need to maintain fiscal space in the midst of increased risks due to the war in Ukraine, something ...

Renewable energy consumption in Cyprus has been steadily increasing since the country’s 2004 accession to the EU, and in 2021 stood at 18.4 per cent, up from 16.9 per cent in 2020, and 13.8 per ...

A 35-year-old driver, who was speeding while drunk and ran a red light, crashing into and killing a 62-year-old mother of two last month, has been sentenced to 22 months in ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (Idek) on Friday announced that it will be allocating €10 million to innovative businesses as part of its DISRUPT programme, with the ultimate aim being to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades inaugurated several multi-million-euro projects in the Polis Chrysochous and Peyia areas on Friday, saying the developments increase prospects for greater economic, cultural and communal development. “The construction ...

The government seems set on expanding the controversial barbed wire being erected along stretches of the buffer zone with works set to begin in Athienou. Wire fencing and metal gates ...

Ten people died from Covid-19 in the past week, while another 2,667 people tested positive, the health ministry said on Friday. The ages of the ten that died ranged from 72 to 90. ...

The total number of trips by Cypriot residents abroad increased by 129.4 per cent in December 2022, compared to December 2021, mirroring the broader trend in international air travel, which continues to recover. ...

Construction material prices in Cyprus reached a historically high level in 2022, surpassing the previous record recorded in 2021, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

Qatar Airways and Hermes Airports this week announced that the two parties came together to celebrate the airline’s 25th anniversary, along with what was deemed to have been a ...

In a special session on Thursday, the House plenum gave the nod to urgent spending items for several government departments and agencies while also releasing funds allowing for the operation ...

Thursday’s meeting between the pharmacists association and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) ended in impasse over a dispute over compensation sought by the former, who hinted at possible measures ...

Sufficient quantities of a children’s antibiotic will become available in Cyprus in the coming days, after it was reported stocks were in shortage, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on ...

The price of holidays from Britain has risen by 44 per cent in the last year, including to Cyprus, which has gone up 15 per cent, it emerged on Thursday. Air tickets ...