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The interior ministry is preparing to submit a proposal to the cabinet aimed at significantly increasing the number of civil defence shelters across Cyprus, with the plan expected to be ...

Italy will send the naval frigate Federico Martinengo to waters near Cyprus as part of a coordinated European armada to reinforce the island’s security amid escalating tensions linked to ...

Eight new cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have been identified in Livadia and one in Dromolaxia, with more than 7,000 animals culled since the outbreak began, the Veterinary Services said on ...

Another 307 Cypriot citizens have safely returned from Dubai on Friday, as the government continues emergency repatriation flights from high-risk areas of the Middle East. Two commercial flights landed at Larnaca ...

An “exchange of views” took place during President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with the head of the UK’s secret intelligence service MI6, Blaise Metreweli, on Friday, deputy government spokesman Yiannis ...

The overall voting intention for the upcoming parliamentary elections stands at 86 per cent, with Disy on 18 per cent and Akel close behind on 17.5 per cent, according to the latest pre-election ...

A district meeting on shelters and civil protection was held on Friday in Paphos, where authorities identified gaps in preparedness that they pledged to address immediately. President of the Paphos ...

A total of 37 Turkish Cypriots who had found themselves stranded in Dubai upon the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East at the weekend returned to the island via Larnaca ...

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday night confirmed that his country’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus had been used as the launchpad for missions aimed at ...

MPs on Thursday demanded an accounting for the bevy of renewables permits issued in the past, after it emerged that about two-thirds of the permits did not materialise into solar ...

Authorities in Cyprus are re-inspecting bomb shelters across the island and reviewing emergency systems, Civil Defence confirmed on Thursday. Civil Defence spokesperson Panayiotis Liasidis told CNA that inspections will be ...

The cabinet approved on Thursday an advance payment of up to €50,000 per livestock unit for farmers affected by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, as authorities seek to contain the spread of ...

Turkey says it ‘will not hesitate’ to act over Cyprus as regional conflict continues By Tom Cleaver Turkey “will not hesitate” to act against “hostile attitudes” shown towards the Turkish ...

Defence minister, Vasilis Palmas, said on Thursday that there is “no immediate threat” to the republic despite heightened tensions across the Middle East, as Greece moved naval and air assets ...

Fuel prices in Cyprus are expected to rise significantly in the coming days, with authorities warning on Thursday that new cargoes arriving on the island will likely push pump prices ...

British Defence Minister John Healey on Thursday stressed that the “friendship” between the United Kingdom and Cyprus is “strong”, following a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Vasilis Palmas. He said ...

Veterinary authorities confirmed on Thursday that a case of foot-and-mouth disease has been detected at a cattle unit in Dromolaxia, prompting the immediate culling of the entire herd in accordance ...

Former Akel MP Irene Charalambides officially announced her collaboration with Alma movement, the party of former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, ahead of the May 24 parliamentary elections, waving the banner of the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that the presidential aircraft, Cyprus Airforce One (CAF001), will be at the disposal for the urgent air transport of transplant patients and organs once ...

Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said that Cyprus “can now feel safe from Iranian fire” after his country deployed two frigates and four fighter jets to the island in the ...

The Veterinary Services are on alert after a positive case of case of foot-and-mouth disease has been located in a cattle unit in Dromolaxia. According to initial information, the unit ...

The test emergency SMS that was scheduled to be sent to Cyprus residents at 7pm on Wednesday led to confusion among recipients, with some reporting receiving it early, delayed or ...

A ballistic missile fired from Iran was intercepted by Turkish anti-missile infrastructure in the eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish defence ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said that it had been “...

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday insisted that the United Kingdom had not been left unprepared for the possibility of a conflict in the Middle East or attacks ...