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Human resources are the National Guard’s most crucial asset, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Friday, speaking as he awarded green berets to this year’s recruits who have ...

Small shopkeepers’ union Povek said that discounts on offer for Black Friday in Cyprus are much lower than other countries, as reduced traffic was recorded at shops in the morning ...

Achieving the objective of keeping schools open and safe requires appropriate measures, Child Commissioner Despo Michalidou said on Friday, highlighting the negative effects of closed schools and urging parents to ...

The 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate climbed to 473.4 per 100,000 residents, a 66 per cent increase compared with the previous two weeks, the health ministry’s epidemiological report showed on Friday. As 4,204 coronavirus ...

Three businesses and 19 individuals were booked after 2,543 checks for the implementation of coronavirus measures in the last 24 hours. Most checks, 1,107, were carried out in Nicosia where three people were fined ...

By unanimous vote, parliament on Thursday passed a law extending to the end of 2022 the protection afforded to ‘trapped’ property buyers. It means the protection now applies to buyers who ...

Both the government and political parties on Thursday sounded an upbeat note that the key hurdles in the way of local government reform have been overcome, with the relevant legislation ...

The health ministry announced 489 new Covid cases on Thursday from a total of 74,277 tests, representing a positivity rate of 0.66 per cent. No new fatalities were reported, with the death toll ...

Private vehicles on the new look Makarios Avenue will only be allowed for about a year, starting from December 7, Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Thursday. Speaking on CyBC radio, ...

Incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles, including taxis and buses, and transportation means with lower emissions in combination with a car scrappage scheme were announced on Thursday by Transport ...

The shipping ministry on Thursday launched an invitation for bids for a sea connection between Cyprus and Greece with improved terms for potential bidders in a bid to re-establish a ...

The presidency rejected suggestions on Thursday that it had refused to attend a meeting of the House ethics committee that discussed the so-called Pandora Papers, which implicated two Cypriot law ...

Police issued 19 fines during 2,589 checks for the implementation of coronavirus measures in the last 24 hours, it was announced early on Wednesday. Most people were fined in Limassol, where officers carried ...

Paphos police are investigating after unknown culprits broke into a jewellery shop in the early morning hours on Tuesday. The theft took place around 4.30am, when the alarm system of ...

Paphos police were investigating a knife assault case on Tuesday that led to the injury of a 28-year-old man. According to Paphos spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, the victim was allegedly beaten ...

Police on Tuesday said they issued 22 fines as part of 2,934 checks for the implementation of coronavirus protocols in the last 24 hours in the government-controlled areas. Most checks, 1,341, were conducted in ...

Major infrastructure projects will go ahead as planned in the next year, including the Paphos-Polis highway and the installation of charging stations for electric cars, the transport minister said Monday. ...

Four businesses were booked for a total of €9,000 in Nicosia and Limassol as part of 3,311 police checks for the implementation of coronavirus protocols, police said early on Monday. A supermarket ...

IT WAS extremely difficult to understand why Phil made such a big fuss about publishing the minutes of meetings held in Crans Montana four and half years ago. From the ...

The first 10 Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) arrived on Friday evening at Larnaca airport from Spain, of the 30 that will reinforce the rapidly dwindling local population of the species. According to ...

The vaccination numbers of adults and teenagers need to significantly rise ,officials said on Saturday, stressing the importance of protection against Covid-19 and an end to the pandemic. Health Minister ...

It’s not Christmas without festive theatrical performances and after the success of their one-act plays, Stage One Theatre in Emba is bringing another delightful story to Paphos. This time, ...

A prestigious sommelier contest was held on the island this week, won by a Sicilian who now works in London What a great week it has been for the wine ...

Some people will inevitably have to be excluded from activities to avoid a full lockdown, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday, warning that “stubbornness” will not be allowed to bankrupt ...