Animal welfare programme to expand in schools
An animal welfare awareness programme is set to expand to more schools and pupils across Cyprus, Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis said on Friday during a visit to Aglandjia’s Fourth ...
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€2m autism centre planned for Strovolos
Social inclusion requires a society organised in such a way that no one is marginalised and everyone has the right to live and work in a safe and creative community, ...
Grain growers donate 20 tonnes to families in need
Ten tonnes each of bulgur and flour were delivered to the archbishopric in Nicosia on Friday as part of the grain growers’ annual social contribution, to be distributed by local ...
Michaelidou pledges support for remote schools
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou pledged continued support for schools in remote areas on Friday, saying special arrangements were already in place to allow classes to operate with as few as ...
Mitsero students walk out over asphalt plant
Students in the Mitsero area staged a walkout during the first two periods on Friday to protest plans to relocate an asphalt plant to the community, ahead of a community ...
Teacher unions call for better public education
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot teacher unions pointed out on Friday the need to secure the right of all children to quality education and to invest in public education with ...
‘I will never betray you’ Neophytou tells supporters
Averof Neophytou, who recently announced his candidacy for the 2028 presidential elections, assured the public on Friday that he would “never betray them”.
In a message on his personal WhatsApp channel, ...
New Cyprus museum in 2028 at the soonest
The new Cyprus museum is expected to be ready by February 3, 2027, but it will not be delivered before 2028, MPs heard on Wednesday, during a meeting with Deputy Culture Minister Clea ...
China hopes Cyprus will join global initiative
China fully supports Cyprus taking an active role internationally, through the joint implementation of a Chinese global initiative to promote trust among civilisations, the country’s ambassador said on Wednesday.
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Cabinet to approve special education improvements
The cabinet is set to approve a bill on special education on Wednesday, bringing about changes to a decades-long system and placing children at the centre of the policy, President ...
Larnaca shooting trial postponed
The trial into the shooting incident on January 17 in central Larnaca has been postponed for October 13.
Six people have been referred to the Larnaca criminal court in connection with the ...
Police probe into leaked morgue photos ongoing
The police disciplinary investigation into leaked photographs of the body of a murder victim from the morgue is still ongoing, a police representative told the House human rights committee on ...
Government considering cameras on all school bus routes
The government is considering installing CCTV systems in all buses used by students, as a permanent solution to delinquent behaviour on school routes, Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki said on Monday.
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Cyprus among top eight in EU for referral of trafficking victims
Cyprus is among eight EU member states that reported having a fully designated national contact point for the cross-border referral of victims of human trafficking, a report published on Monday ...
National Council to be briefed on latest developments, meetings
President Nikos Christodoulides has convened a National Council meeting for Wednesday, the spokesman announced on Monday.
In a post on X, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the president will be ...
Overall rainfall reached 180 per cent of average in September
Rainfall in September reached 180 per cent of the average for the month, the meteorological department said on Monday, with Larnaca airport recording 1,871 per cent of the average and Frenaros 2,167 per ...
Three testify in Avakoum case over lost money
Three prosecution witnesses in the Avakoum monastery fraud trial testified on Monday, saying that the monastery had either taken amounts from them without issuing receipts or owned them thousands of ...
New stamps feature security forces
The security forces are featured on a commemorative set of postage stamps presented on Monday in Nicosia, when Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki stressed that safety was a fundamental priority for ...
Scammers sending messages posing as Gesy
The police and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) warned the public on Monday that false and malicious messages appearing as sms notifications from the national health system (Gesy) are still ...
MPs say traffic demands need a better solution
MPs said no on Monday to the release of €146,000 to upgrade traffic camera systems and to the photo radar list, which would enable authorities to collect outstanding fines at crossing ...
Tools for evacuating dangerous buildings ‘ineffective’
Legal tools for evacuating dangerous buildings are “time consuming and ineffective”, Limassol EOA chairman Yiannis Tsouloftas stressed on Friday, following the collapse of a balcony on Thursday that promoted the ...
Domestic violence sentence increased for Somali man
A man from Somalia saw his conviction increased from two to three years for a domestic violence case after the court of appeal found the initial penalty was “clearly insufficient” ...
Investigations ongoing into Limassol balcony collapse
Authorities continued investigations on Friday into the circumstances under which a fifth-floor balcony in Limassol collapsed onto the one underneath, prompting Civil Defence to evacuate all 56 apartments in the block ...
Greenhouse gas emissions rise more than 67 per cent in recent decades
As greenhouse gas emissions were decreasing across Europe, in Cyprus they increased by 67.1 per cent between 1990 and 2024, while 13 per cent of the island’s land area was affected by drought ...