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Reports by environmentalists of illegal refreshment stands springing up in Akamas need to be verified, the interior ministry said on Monday. “The Paphos district administration will visit the spots where ...

A damaged section of the pedestrian walkway on Piale Pasha street on Larnaca seafront will be completely repaired, the municipality said on Monday. The damage has been caused by constant ...

THE Frequent solar power curtailments and delayed renewable energy projects threaten to worsen the nation’s energy crisis has led to mounting frustration from the public and lawmakers. At the ...

A bizonal, bicommunal, federal solution to the Cyprus problem is “the only option”, President Nikos Christodoulides said in a televised address to the nation on Saturday evening. “I would like ...

Hunters on Saturday took to the streets across the island with a list of demands which they say would allow for the practice of hunting in Cyprus to be better ...

The United Kingdom’s Labour Party’s former leader Jeremy Corbyn engaged in an evisceration of the country’s military bases in Cyprus, asking “what is the purpose, the point ...

A total of seven people have been held responsible for the death of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005, according to reports on Saturday. Newspaper Phileleftheros wrote that the report into the ...

The autopsy of a nine-month-old infant who was found dead in its mother’s car on Friday will be carried out by forensic pathologist Angeliki Papetta on Saturday. The autopsy ...

Supporting children with genetic diseases is “crucial”, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Saturday. Speaking at an event held to mark World rare disease day, he said the event “highlights ...

The 25th rendition of the “Love Route”, a motorcycle ride to five districts across Cyprus, began its Nicosia leg on Saturday morning. The ride is organised once a year by ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis met with senior officers on Friday to set the police force on course for a major overhaul as authorities push forward with a plan to modernise ...

The restructuring of local government hit another snag on Friday as municipalities threatened to halt payments if their budgets are not approved by the end of the month. The interior ...

The Cypriot government is ramping up efforts to tackle the housing crisis, with nearly 1,900 new residential units expected under the “Build to Rent” scheme, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on ...

A 12-year-old boy diagnosed with Influenza B died on Friday at the Makarios hospital. The child had been hospitalised and was on Thursday admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at ...

A call for items linked to the history and culture of Paphos was made by the town’s municipal authorities on Friday as the creation of municipal museums was announced. ...

New illegal refreshment kiosks have sprung up in Akamas within the Natura 2000 Network area, NGO Terra Cypria said on Friday. “We have reported the violations in detail and now it ...

Concerns over the future of two of Cyprus’ most important wetlands intensified on Friday, with environmental groups warning of mounting threats to their survival. The federation of environmental organisations of ...

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in Cyprus, with 350 to 400 new cases diagnosed annually, according to President of the Cyprus Society of Gastroenterology, Dr Andreas Evgeniou. Speaking on ...

Another 6,820 vehicles have been added to the list of recalls in connection with the defective Takata airbag, a senior official told parliament on Thursday. Head of the Road Transport Department ...

The developers of the Citadel project have criticised the department of antiquities for rejecting their plans for a high-rise development near Nicosia’s Famagusta Gate. The company claims it has ...

As the law now stands, the lighting of traditional Easter bonfires – known in Greek as ‘lambradjies’ – is expressly forbidden with no exceptions, the ministry of justice said on Thursday. The ...

Political parties were divided over President Nikos Christodoulides’ televised press conference on Wednesday, where he presented his assessment of his second year in office. While some praised his performance, others ...

Justice can only be served by punishing those responsible for the death of soldier Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005, his mother, Andriana Nicolaou, said on Thursday, following the release of an independent ...

A landmark ruling by the administrative court in Nicosia, it emerged on Thursday, has overturned a previous decision by the health insurance organisation (OAY), allowing a patient to obtain medication ...