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A bill which would extend the time allotted for maternity leave for first-time mothers from 18 weeks to 22 was submitted to parliament by the government on Wednesday. The bill provides for ...

When the team behind the very successful Oniro by the Sea decided to launch another restaurant, it would have been straightforward for them to repeat the same winning formula. However, ...

In a beer celebrity drinking his way around the world, THEO PANAYIDES meets a man who has seen a lot and done a lot, including tasting 67 brews in Cyprus alone ...

The department of public works, at the behest of the road safety council, has provided a study to reduce speed limits from 50km/h to 30km/h in certain urban ...

Live music in rural locations. In a nutshell that is what the Music in the Mountains series offers – music events in Cyprus’ mountain villages. Happening seasonally throughout the year, next ...

In today’s episode, two people were hospitalised following an explosion in the Nicosia suburb of Engomi. The explosion had occurred in a three-storey building, which suffered extensive damage. Elsewhere, ...

Wednesday will start off clear, later turning partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the mountains and inland. Temperatures will rise to 18C inland, 19C on the coast, and 10...

There will be no alterations made to local government reforms which will “affect their philosophy” in any way, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at a photograph ...

Police in Paphos on Tuesday made three arrests following a string of robberies at churches in the area. A total of ten break-ins had taken place at churches in the ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Tom Cleaver The government’s goal of there being 80,000 electric vehicles in Cyprus by 2030 is “achievable,” Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Tuesday. Speaking to the ...

Urine tests for the detection of illegal substances in prisoners are carried out daily, the prisons department said on Tuesday. The department issued the statement in response to an article ...

The Venetian watermill and its aqueduct in Lefka have been restored, the bi-communal technical committee for cultural heritage announced on Tuesday. Meanwhile work on four other projects is expected to ...

Although it made front page news in the north, police said they received no information that a group of eight young Turkish Cypriots said on Monday they had been attacked ...

Two Apoel fans are facing stadium bans after being identified via CCTV as using prohibited laser pens to distract Ethnikos Achnas goalkeeper Martin Bogadinov during a football league match last ...

A vehicle parked outside a house in Oroklini was shot at several times on Tuesday, police said. Larnaca CID officer have launched a hunt for the perpetrators since following the ...

With a career spanning over two decades, Ilona G Garamvölgyi has established herself as a central figure in Cyprus’ beauty industry, blending artistry with personal expression. SARA DOUEDARI meets ...

Legal expert Gabrielle McIntyre, appointed to investigate corruption claims against former president Nicos Anastasiades, will be supported by three Cypriot lawyers with no conflict of interest, the anti-corruption authority announced ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was targeted by the U.S. over his exposure of state-level crimes, and Donald Trump had requested options on how to deal with him, his lawyers ...

Police targeted bus and truck drivers on Monday as they carried out road inspections in the Paphos district, resulting in the detection of 121 violations concerning a total of 43 drivers and ...

This week, three new productions will bring music, theatre and poetry lovers together as the Nicosia International Festival continues. Young local artists and established creatives from the island will take ...

The Ministry of Defence announced that aerial military exercises will take place in Nicosia on Tuesday and Wednesday. The training activities will take place in the afternoon and evening hours ...

Tuesday will be mostly clear with some afternoon showers, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 19C in the interior and on the coasts, and 8C in the higher ...

Vladimir Putin’s regime had been assassinating Chechen warlords, defectors from the Russian intelligence services and sundry wayward oligarchs for years, but its first political murder was the hit on ...

The Cyprus Consumers’ Association (CCA) on Monday called for transparency on fuel prices, asking the fuel monitoring authority to explain why pre-tax fuel prices from October to December 2023 deviated significantly ...