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A demonstration was held in Nicosia’s central Eleftheria square on Sunday over the train crash which killed 57 people between the Greek villages of Tempi and Evangelismos on the mainline ...

Cyprus has no means whatsoever of handling its waste stream, even if its collection was to be financed, experts and municipal officers admitted this week. Their statements come in the ...

The United Nations security council is set to reaffirm its commitment to a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, according to a draft copy of the resolution which will see ...

The public broadcaster’s provident fund has been run in such a shambolic way over the past few years, that it raises legitimate suspicions of embezzlement, MPs heard on Thursday. ...

Members of the House ethics committee on Wednesday called on the competition commission to be harsher on companies and more vigilant in its efforts to ensure healthy competition in Cyprus’ ...

The north’s energy supply may be in peril after a boat carrying fuel oil to power its power stations was seized by the Turkish authorities as part of a ...

Fixing the fault at Mavrokolympos dam is “extremely difficult”, the Water Development Department said on Monday evening, explaining that the problem was at a point inaccessible while the reservoir was ...

Seemingly coming out of left field, news broke this week of Cyprus’ induction into three programmes allowing the purchase of military hardware directly from the US government. Did Nicosia hype ...

British far-right politician Nigel Farage on Friday said Cyprus is “prepared to sell” its freedom by virtue of being a European Union member state. Speaking on Cypriot member of the ...

The United States’ decision to allow the Republic of Cyprus to purchase military hardware directly is “a development of historic importance”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. “It reflects the ...

Cyprus has been authorised to buy military hardware directly from the United States government after joining three programmes run by the country’s department of defence on Wednesday night. As ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou has condemned the recent 5 per cent price increase announced by concrete manufacturers, describing it as unprecedented, unjustified, and driven by profiteering motives. Speaking on CyBC’s ...

Announcements by political parties insinuating a police cover-up in the case of the death of the 24-year-old Pakistani national, are premature and utterly unsubstantiated, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on ...

An independent investigator has been appointed over the death of a 24-year-old Pakistani national, who was shot at by police, it was decided on Sunday. State pathologist Nicholas Charalambous will ...

With four people already dead and five intubated with complications from flu and seasonal infections, people with a cough or fever are flocking to state hospital emergency departments seeking immediate ...

The European Union must “actively and systematically support” Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Christodoulides was the first foreign leader to meet Aoun ...

Hundreds of demonstrators on Thursday afternoon booed Israeli president Isaac Herzog and shouted “killer go home” as he departed the presidential palace in Nicosia after a meeting there with President ...

Four police officers are to be suspended following the escape and subsequent capture of the Romanian who escaped while in custody at hospital. Police launched a manhunt on Tuesday afternoon ...

The Greek state-owned asset management company Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRDAF) was on Tuesday placed in the driving seat of the Larnaca port’s development. The decision was made ...

President Nikos Christodoulides expressed his readiness to meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, emphasising that preparations are underway for a broader conference on the Cyprus issue. Speaking after the ...

Natural gas prices in Europe have been rising for most of 2024, as a result of increasing gas demand, and are still rising, especially in the aftermath of the ending of ...

Possible American assistance in upgrading Cyprus’ main airbase in Paphos and the naval base at Mari was discussed in Washington during President Nikos Christodoulides’ official visit there last October, the ...

The barbed wire placed in Cyprus’ buffer zone near the villages of Akaki, Peristerona and Astromeritis to kerb migrant flows “will be removed within January”, Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides ...

In an optimistic New Year’s address, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday there are reasons for hope in 2025, both on the domestic front as well as for Cyprus’ foreign ...