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The Paphos municipality is taking precautionary measures to combat mosquitoes, municipal health officer Christos Christou said on Friday. Asked by the Cyprus News Agency about the measures being taken following ...

The technical problem which caused power cuts in various areas across the island on Friday morning has “not yet been solved”, transmission system operator spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said, though the ...

The 65-year-old father of an 11-year-old girl who was left alone at their Paphos home while he travelled to Albania to watch a football match was arrested upon his return ...

The Turkish Cypriot authorities have requested “concrete information” from the BBC over reports that as many as 30 children may have been conceived through in vitro fertilisation using the wrong sperm ...

The police are investigating an attempted murder after shots were fired at a 33-year-old man in Ayia Napa in the early hours of Friday. “No one was injured in the ...

Nicosia municipality has launched an architectural competition for the regeneration of the historic Municipal Gardens, with entries for the first stage due by November 10. The competition seeks proposals for the ...

Iranian diplomatic sources said Thursday that Cyprus faces no threat as long as British bases on the island are not used in operations against the Islamic Republic. The official comments, ...

Both sides of Cyprus’ divide agree in principle that meetings between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman should take place on a more frequent basis going forward, ...

The presence of Turkish aircraft in Cypriot airspace is a “longstanding and recurring operational fact”, the civil aviation authority said on Thursday, after the Cyprus air traffic controllers’ union had ...

The additional €50 million per year which the government’s planned pension reform will cost the taxpayer for the first five years after the reform’s implementation falls “within the framework ...

Music was meant to bring people together, not place communities on opposing sides, EXIT said on Thursday as it formally announced its withdrawal from the planned Nexus festival near Kyrenia ...

The Turkish Cypriot ‘health ministry’ on Thursday called on people who believe their children have been conceived through in vitro fertilisation using the wrong sperm or egg donors at clinics ...

A 74-year-old man has tested positive for West Nile virus and is being treated in the ICU at Nicosia general hospital, the health ministry confirmed on Thursday. Speaking to the ...

The Cyprus air traffic controllers’ union on Thursday said that flight safety in and around the island is “affected by unauthorised Turkish air force aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles” operating ...

A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an attack on five delivery rider in Paphos, the police said on Thursday. The man was arrested shortly before midnight on ...

The Turkish government and the Turkish Cypriot authorities on Wednesday described what was described as an “additional protocol” deal, which aims to iron out creases in the initial deal signed ...

Bathers set up umbrellas and tents on Lara beach on Wednesday despite restrictions designed to protect nesting sea turtles. The beach falls within the Lara-Toxeftra protected area, where temporary structures ...

High-ranking Turkish opposition politician Ayyuce Turkes Tas on Wednesday reacted with anger after a Greek Cypriot delegation was invited to the International Geography Olympiad in Istanbul, describing the matter as “...

The UK Ministry of Defence on Wednesday said RAF Akrotiri is protected by “robust, multi-layered security measures”, after a Financial Times report said the island had been considered among potential ...

The government’s plans to reform the pension system were on Wednesday presented to trade unions and other stakeholders, with President Nikos Christodoulides hailing the plans as “the largest and ...

Reservoirs received around 140,000 cubic metres of water in just 24 hours, with about 118,000 cubic metres flowing into Kouris reservoir alone, the Water Development Department said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

More than 100 livestock farms where animals were culled as a result of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak have already received compensation, Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis said on Wednesday. Speaking to CyBC, ...

Cyprus’ agricultural organisations Pek, Eka and Panagrotikos on Wednesday expressed their concern over persistent water shortages, saying that problems continued despite recent rains, potentially affecting the upcoming potato planting season. “...

The European Union’s support for the Great Sea Interconnector project constitutes a “shield” against expected opposition to the project from Turkey, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday. He ...