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Cyprus to send rescue team after Turkey accepts By Nikolaos Prakas and Jonathan Shkurko Two of the teachers with the dozens of Turkish Cypriot children were found dead on Wednesday ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou met the two remaining candidates on Monday as the party continued to deliberate on its course in the presidential election following Neophytou’s exclusion from the ...

The number of presidential hopefuls was whittled down to two on Sunday leaving Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis to battle it out in the runoff next week. The results are ...

The trial for David Hunter, 75, resumed on Friday with an expert witness testifying that Hunter was in no state to give statements to police after he killed his wife, due ...

Another €35 million is being allocated in subsidies for people to upgrade their homes to be more energy efficient following the success of the previous round of grants which clocked up ...

Transparency has become a buzzword in the upcoming presidential elections – but some of the candidates are failing to adhere to it fully, while others are simply going for the stony ...

Akel-backed presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis on Tuesday accused his rival Nikos Christodoulides of stealing one of his ideas – for the third time. Mavroyiannis suggested old habits die hard where Christodoulides ...

The state must proceed with immediate installation of a centralised renewable energy (RES) storage system to prevent blackouts from becoming commonplace, wind energy association secretary Christos Tsingis said on Monday. ...

The inauguration of the VLPG consortium’s LPG terminal at Vasiliko is not only a boost to the island’s energy hub but was the final step in removing oil ...

As foreign minister, Nikos Christodoulides put at risk the lifting of the US arms embargo with a ‘humanitarian’ accord that would have allowed Russian military vessels to dock at Cypriot ...

Cyprus on Friday delivered a demarche to the UN over statements attributed to Unficyp chief Colin Stewart blaming the Greek Cypriot side for the inaction on the Cyprus problem. A ...

Cyprus came to a standstill on Thursday as thousands of workers across all sectors went on a three-hour islandwide strike over an impasse between the government and unions on full ...

A general strike being held around the island on Thursday is set to affect travellers as airlines operating at Larnaca and Paphos airports are scrambling to reschedule flights. The strike ...

Police on Monday rejected claims of “amateur handling” of anti-riot operations during violent incidents on Sunday during the memorial for Eoka leader Grivas Digenis in Limassol. Five people were remanded ...

An investigation team to identify those involved has been set up by the Limassol police after stones and Molotov cocktails were thrown on Sunday as fighting broke out in the ...

After decades of illegalities at Paphos harbour, the area is currently undergoing a massive cleanup, with the aim of presenting a far cleaner, tidier and uniform image. Pergolas, awnings, illegal ...

Unrest at the electricity authority (EAC) was averted on Friday during a marathon meeting where stakeholders thrashed out a basic deal on outstanding issues to be firmed up by the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday called on unions to suspend strikes over of cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), after Peo union said that three out of four workers are expected to participate ...

David Hunter’s daughter begged him over the phone to stay alive in the minutes after he killed his terminally ill wife Janice and then attempted suicide. Paphos court on ...

Cyprus is “one of the weakest links” in international efforts to seize the assets of sanctioned Russian nationals, while the island hosts dozens of active shell companies that can be ...

A meeting chaired by Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Monday afternoon did not succeed in averting a two-hour strike by doctors and nurses at state hospitals scheduled for Tuesday. The ...

Larnaca and Famagusta hit the hardest The met office on issued a yellow weather warning for rains and isolated thunderstorms starting on Sunday at 8am until Monday 8am. Meanwhile, Famagusta ...

While Gesy has been hailed as a hallmark of benefits for the public, experts are raising red flags over the way medication is “freely” prescribed, even over the phone without ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Friday said it was unacceptable that “subjective views” had been included in two UN reports by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that went “beyond objective facts”. “We ...