Police launch awareness week for road safety
The police on Sunday announced that the upcoming week would be an “awareness week” for road safety, with a particular focus on driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
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Eid al-Adha begins
Turkish Cypriots and other Muslims across Cyprus celebrated the beginning of Eid al-Adha, one of the two main festivals on the Muslim calendar, on Sunday.
The festival is celebrated during ...
Fire brigade and EAC at odds over cause of Farmakas fire
The fire brigade and the electricity authority (EAC) on Sunday found themselves at odds with one another over the cause of a wildfire which broke out near the Nicosia district ...
Parties vie to win over diaspora Cypriots and Brits abroad for UK election
With the United Kingdom’s general election just three weeks away, British political parties are vying to win the votes of both diaspora Cypriots in the UK and British citizens ...
Families of Cypriot earthquake dead travel to Turkey for next phase of trial
The families of the 24 Cypriot children who were killed when the Isias hotel in the Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed travelled to Turkey on Tuesday ahead of the resumption of ...
Yellow weather warning issued for Wednesday
The met office on Tuesday issued a yellow weather warning for Wednesday afternoon, with temperatures set to reach as high as 41 degrees Celsius inland.
The warning will be in place ...
Houses burnt down in out-of-control Paphos wildfire
A total of three villages have been evacuated as homes and animals have been engulfed in flames as wildfires raged out of control in the Paphos district on Tuesday.
Psathi ...
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Pera Pedi’s mukhtar election to be re-run after tie
The election of a mukhtar in the Limassol village of Pera Pedi will be re-run at an as yet undetermined date after Sunday’s election ended in a tie.
Elia ...
Turkish Cypriots react to loss of MEP seat
Turkish Cypriots on Monday started to react to the loss of their sole MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek, who failed to win re-election on Sunday.
Among the first to react was journalist ...
‘We have never seen it before’
The election of social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou to the European parliament is something “we have never seen before”, elections expert Yiannis Mavris said on Monday.
Speaking to the Cyprus ...
US denies Cyprus-Gaza aid jetty used to kill Palestinians
The United States Central Command on Sunday denied that the temporary jetty constructed off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the transfer of humanitarian aid shipped from Cyprus had been ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, 24-year-old influencer Fidias Panayiotou sent shockwaves through Cypriot and European politics in the European parliament elections, winning just shy of 20 per cent of the vote and ...
Phedonos re-elected as Paphos mayor
Phedonas Phedonos was re-elected as Paphos mayor on Sunday, seeing off a challenge from Diko-backed Evros Loizides.
Phedonos won just over 60 per cent of the vote on a high turnout ...
Hadjicharalambous elected Larnaca district governor
Larnaca sewage board director Angelos Hadjicharalambous has been elected as Larnaca district governor in a landslide victory.
He won almost two thirds of the vote, beating outgoing Aradippou mayor Evangelos ...
Karousos elected Famagusta district governor
Former Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos was elected as Famagusta’s district governor on Sunday night.
Karousos won 55 per cent of the vote, almost twice as much as his nearest challenger ...
Simos Ioannou re-elected as Famagusta mayor
Incumbent Famagusta mayor in exile Simos Ioannou won a second term in office on Sunday, winning just shy of 40 per cent of the vote.
His nearest challenger Andreas Vrahimis won 30 ...
Vyras wins landslide re-election as Larnaca mayor
Incumbent Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras was re-elected in a landslide victory on Sunday, winning around two thirds of votes cast in the town.
With just shy of 60 per cent of ...
Joseph Violaris wins Kyrenia mayoral race
Joseph Violaris was elected as Kyrenia’s mayor in exile on Sunday night, beating his opponent Odysseas Patsalides to win the mayoral seat.
Violaris will replace the retiring Rita Elissaiou ...
Fidias in third place, exit polls show
The first exit polls on Sunday showed 24-year-old independent MEP candidate Fidias Panayiotou landing himself the third spot in the results and winning a seat in European Parliament.
There are ...
Europeans in Cyprus go to the polls at embassies
While Cyprus goes to the polls on Sunday to vote in local and European parliament elections on Sunday, the European Union’s 26 other member states have been simultaneously holding European ...
Buses of voters depart north for EU elections
Three buses departed from towns in the north to take Turkish Cypriots to the Republic to vote in the European parliament elections on Sunday morning.
The buses departed at 9am ...
Live: 2024 Local and European Elections
Polls closed at 6pm as Cyprus cast votes for local and European elections
Exit polls suggest Disy largest party in European elections, with influencer Fidias also expected to win seat
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Buffer zone now free of mines, government says
There are now no land mines left within the buffer zone, sources said on Saturday.
Sources from the Cypriot government told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) that the Greek Cypriot ...
Kombos to embark on tour of America
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is to travel to the United States on Sunday to meet with the country’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for ...