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A bill modernising the legislative framework for adoptions was discussed on Wednesday at the House legal affairs committee, with MPs saying it was about time the law safeguarded children’s ...

The tripartite meeting on the Cyprus problem involving United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin, President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ended without any agreements being reached, with ...

Five men were sent to trial before the Larnaca permanent criminal court on Wednesday over a violent clash involving gunfire in the city centre earlier this month, while police continue ...

The water development department has failed to implement proper plans to tackle water scarcity in the Larnaca district, Larnaca district governor Angelos Hadjicharalambous said on Wednesday, appealing to residents for ...

Former energy minister George Lakkotrypis is under investigation by the tax office following revelations linked to the videogate affair, raising questions over undeclared income, post ministerial employment breaches and potential ...

The three-month-old baby hospitalised with shaken baby syndrome on Tuesday remains in critical condition at Nicosia’s Makarios hospital, Okypy spokesperson Charalambos Charilaou said on Wednesday. Examinations carried out at ...

By Martin David Clark Just before Christmas, a team of five people from Kato Drys, led by Community Council president Nikos Vasiliou, visited the Lisov Museum in Slovakia. Also attending ...

The success of Cyprus’ EU council presidency will be measured by the trust it builds between institutions and the public, deputy minister for European affairs, Marilena Raouna told the European ...

Allegations of wife-beating made against Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos first surfaced in 2017, it emerged on Tuesday, as police look into medical documents leaked online purportedly showing the mayor’s spouse ...

Attempts to secure financing for some refugees enrolled in the Ktizo scheme have come to nothing, leaving these people in the lurch, MP heard on Tuesday. In April 2023 the government ...

A 24-year-old woman was on Tuesday sentenced to six years in prison by the Larnaca criminal court after being found guilty of drug trafficking. The case concerned the importation of ...

The legal service on Tuesday rejected a request by parliament for the disclosure of donors to the social support agency until recently chaired by first lady Philippa Kasera, effectively blocking ...

The inquest into the death of 24-year-old Shoaib Khan in the buffer zone-adjacent village of Potamia last year is set to begin at the Nicosia district court on Wednesday. Khan ...

An Iranian businessman, who holds a Cyprus passport, was sanctioned by the United Kingdom on Tuesday for allegedly helping to finance Iran’s revolutionary guard (IRGC). Ali Ansari, who amassed ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Tuesday promised that Wednesday’s tripartite meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will be “of substance”. Speaking after ...

The expansion of the Kouklia desalination plant, set for an increase in capacity of up to 30,000m³, and the installation of an additional mobile desalination plant in Polis Chrysochous are ...

Akel submitted a bill to parliament on Tuesday calling for the abolition of the social support agency within three months and the transfer of its responsibilities and resources to the ...

The Kato Pyrgos dam in Tylliria overflowed on Monday after days of rain saw it reach full capacity over the weekend. “We express our particular satisfaction with the overflow of ...

By Tom Cleaver Five hotels in Ayia Napa are paying less in rent to the government than they should, given their revenues and the value of the land on which ...

Rizokarpaso environmental protection association chairman Firat Borak on Monday called for the church in the nearby village of Vathylakas to be restored, warning that the structure in its current state ...

Only five of the more than 2,000 visually impaired people currently living in Cyprus have a guide dog, MPs at the House human rights committee heard on Monday as they discussed ...

Cyprus will see increased levels of rain until February 20, as part of a weather trend to be experienced across the eastern Mediterranean, the met service said on Monday. During this ...

The government said on Monday it hopes to table legislation reforming the pensions system by June so the reform kicks in as of January 2027. Labour Minister Marinos Moushiouttas was taking ...

Two tombs and evidence of human activity dating back to the late bronze age, 1400 BC, were discovered during excavations carried out at the Dromolaxia-Vyzakia Hala Sultan Tekke, the antiquities department ...