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A 64-year-old suspected of murdering a 55-year-old woman has been remanded for eight days by the Nicosia District Court, police said on Thursday. According to police, the 64-year-old was taken ...

Wanted Malaysian fugitive Jho Low is one of many battling the government’s efforts to rescind their Cypriot naturalisation as the cabinet aims to clean up house. Low remains a ...

Approximately 275,400 taxpayers submitted their 2021 income tax returns by the closing date of August 31, but some 4,300 statements are still pending and liable to €100 fine. “Even though the number of taxpayers who ...

Outrage has erupted following accusations that construction works by the side of a cemetery have destroyed graves and desecrated the grounds. Efi Xanthou, of the Greens party, claims that the ...

The long, drawn-out discussions over the controversial relocation of asphalt plants to the Mitsero and Vasiliko area continued during Wednesday’s session of the House Environment Committee, after Vasiliko and ...

The island’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday clarified that the decision in principle by EU Foreign Ministers to suspend the Visa Facilitation Agreement does not mean abrogation or ban on ...

The role of science as a means for peace-building was highlighted in a bi-communal STEAM camp, which was funded by the US Embassy in Cyprus. The STEAM for Peace and ...

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday announced talks will begin early next month in an effort to push through important family law reforms before the presidential elections in February 2023. ...

The north is bolstering its efforts to reduce queues at the checkpoints as it renewed its calls for more crossings to open, according to reports from the Turkish Cypriot press. ...

President Nicos Anastasiadis will travel to Athens on Friday to meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and receive the presidential aircraft donated by Greece. After a meeting at the Maximos ...

Cyprus is revoking seven more passports that were granted through the Cyprus investment programme, following a decision by the cabinet, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris announced on Wednesday. Speaking after the ...

The eight-year-old boy who was intubated after being attacked by dogs on Tuesday is now off the ventilator and is in a stable condition, according to paediatric surgeon Christos Mina. ...

The monthly minimum wage has been set at €940 and will be implemented at the start of the new year, Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos announced. The “historic” move came after Wednesday’...

The energy ministry is offering scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields related to hydrocarbons, renewable energy and energy transition. The scholarship will be valid only for the 2022...

Millennials from six European countries, including Cyprus, will work together to promote cultural heritage among younger generations in a new Erasmus+ project. How can the development and understanding of cultural ...

Regulations over a year old stipulate those you cannot own. Why haven’t they been enforced? By Charalampos Theopemptou In March 2021, a tough new regulation came into force about the ...

The conflict over hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean highlights the importance of the “struggle for sovereignty”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said during his speech for ‘victory day’ on Tuesday. ...

Larnaca is boosting diving tourism with the sinking on Tuesday of 60 clay amphorae in the Oroklini marine protected area, near the LEF1 wreck, to attract fish species to the area. ...

The Bar Association has investigated 20 to 25 large legal firms and €70,000 in fines have been paid after they were named in various reports into the citizenship by investment scheme, the association’...

Main-opposition party Akel lambasted Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday after the latter responded with a tweet to the party’s July request for a meeting to discuss the implementation ...

Presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades on Tuesday blasted the current government’s approach to the escalating problem of illegal immigration and asylum seekers. In a statement, Demetriades said that asylum applications ...

The foreign ministry has confirmed that during the financial crisis in 2013, presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides received a foreign posting allowance for months after the former diplomat was relocated to the ...

A fire that broke out in Peyia, in an area close to the Paphos Zoo, has been brought under complete control according to a Twitter post by spokesperson for the ...

An eight-year-old boy is intubated at the Makarios children’s hospital and will undergo surgery doctors said on Tuesday after he was attacked by dogs in Ayios Ioannis, Limassol. Initial ...