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A new northern bypass road will be built around Limassol, as part of a wider effort to ease congestion in Cyprus’ second city, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced on Friday. ...

Non-governmental organisation Kisa on Friday expressed fury after the social welfare services department “abruptly terminated the accommodation and food support” it had provided to 23 Indian nationals, who, it said, are ...

Up to 33,000 healthy piglets will be slaughtered under a government support scheme aimed at preventing the collapse of Cyprus’ pig farming sector after an export ban left producers facing a ...

Five hundred million euro worth of new roads and improvements in Limassol to ease congestion will be presented and discussed on Friday by Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades during a meeting ...

Police have filed a criminal case against journalist Makarios Drousiotis and a woman known publicly as ‘Sandy’, with both facing around 101 counts following an investigation into allegations that fabricated messages ...

Graffiti with the words ‘Mafia State’ and depicting former President Nicos Anastasiades holding a sign saying ‘passports on sale’ were spotted on Friday across the old town of Nicosia. The ...

Romani Youssef sits in a detention centre, waiting to be deported back to Egypt after being arrested as a ‘prohibited immigrant’ two months ago. Meanwhile, his Cypriot fiancée Anthi ...

Special investigator Andreas Paschalides has been summoned to a parliamentary committee that will scrutinise his findings over the Videogate affair, but it’s unclear if he will attend, it transpired ...

Two women arrested over a TikTok livestream in which a child with Down syndrome was allegedly encouraged to perform indecent acts were released by the Nicosia district court on Thursday ...

Independent criminal investigator Andreas Paschalidis confirmed that he has indeed recommended criminal prosecutions against exposed individuals in the Videogate affair, rejecting claims that his findings cleared everyone involved and accusing ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Thursday that every effort would be made to avoid further electricity cuts overnight, expressing confidence that the installation of 120MW of energy storage capacity ...

The supreme court has rejected attorney-general George Savvides’ appeal against the annulment of the search warrant for two safety deposit boxes belonging to social media personality Natalie Tziapoura, ruling that ...

Cyprus is facing what could be the most dangerous day of this year’s wildfire season, fire brigade chief Nikos Longinos warned on Thursday, as authorities remain on heightened alert ...

Over a tonne of cables which belong to the electricity authority (EAC) were seized during nationwide inspections of scrap metal trading premises, the police said on Thursday. The operation involved ...

Two women have been arrested on Thursday over a TikTok livestream in which a child with Down syndrome was allegedly encouraged to expose himself. The police said the arrests were ...

A red alert for forest fire risk will remain active on Friday, the forestry department said on Thursday. The status has been maintained since Tuesday, with high summer temperatures being ...

Building children’s mental resilience from early-years education has become a central priority as schools expand support services to address mental health, bullying and violence, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said ...

Investigators have widened their inquiry into a cache of firearms discovered at a house in the Larnaca district village of Oroklini after identifying possible connections between the 38-year-old suspect and ...

Most public preschools, high schools, and nearly all middle schools will begin the new school year with air conditioning installed, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday, as the government ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos has said that he is “delighted” that United States President Donald Trump has taken an interest in energy production in the region around Cyprus. “I believe ...

Repairs to two electricity generation units at the Dhekelia and Vasiliko power stations are expected to be completed on Thursday, a move that could restore reserve capacity to the grid ...

A two-metre-long ditch which has opened up next to a road between the Paphos district villages of Emba and Tala poses a serious safety risk for motorists, the Paphos police ...

Authorities on Thursday continued a crackdown on illegal caravans and makeshift structures along Larnaca’s coastline, carrying out a second operation days after clearing a beach next to the Larnaca ...

Researchers at the Cyprus institute of neurology and genetics have identified genes consistently affected by exposure to weightlessness, in findings that could protect astronauts during future missions. The research was ...