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The Nicosia municipality has extended the time given to pay waste disposal fees for 2023. The new deadline to pay is September 8, 2023. People failing to pay before the deadline will be ...

Teams from the Limassol municipality joined forces with local volunteers with the aim of ridding the city of graffiti over the weekend. Three teams of six municipal workers as well ...

A drunk driver injured two tourists with his vehicle early on Tuesday morning in Paralimni. The driver was more than three times over the legal alcohol limit. Instead of being 22µ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou on Tuesday vowed to increase fines and penalties against people guilty of causing fires, with special emphasis on those using fireworks “dangerously and irresponsibly”. Speaking to ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan referenced the Annan Plan in a speech on Monday evening while also expressing hope for a “lasting and just peace” in Cyprus. “We will not ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis will visit Cyprus on Wednesday in his first official trip since his re-election. Mitsotakis is set to have a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides, with ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 29-year-old man for illegal possession of drugs and “various traffic violations” after attempting to flag him down for a routine stop on Monday evening. The ...

A total of four arrests have been made after two boats carrying irregular migrants arrived in the Cape Greco area on Monday night, with a combined 44 people on board. The ...

Brimming with tradition and entertaining activities for all is the Lefkara Festival which this summer returns for its 41st edition. Held from August 11 to 18, it will bring eight days of ...

In today’s episode, Facebook has disabled a support group page for auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, citing violations of its community standards. The social media platform deactivated the page after receiving ...

The 42-year-old man who was pulled unconscious from the sea in the Finikoudes area in Larnaca had drowned, the autopsy showed on Tuesday. The autopsy was performed by state examiner ...

Two hectares of land were burned in a fire that broke out on Monday night in the vicinity of ​​Kapileio in the Limassol district. According to the forestry department, the ...

The fire in the Elitzies area of the Paphos forest was contained on Tuesday with the forestry department and the electricity authority (EAC) disagreeing over whether the blaze was caused ...

The Cyprus Productivity Centre (KEPA) has issued an open invitation for individuals to express their interest in providing training services as part of the National Action Plan for the European ...

Tourists at Larnaca airport got a swift introduction to the laid-back Mediterranean lifestyle over the weekend as they saw taxi drivers “set up a coffee shop” just outside the entrance ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday inaugurated a support centre for individuals who experienced abuse, calling it a milestone in promoting psychosomatic help and a pillar of support for those needing ...

The Cypriot mission of firefighters operating in Greece will continue to operate in the broader area of ​​Dervenochoria, member of the Cypriot mission and forestry department Stavros Mouchlis said on ...

Challenges within the shipping industry were discussed at separate meetings between the ambassadors of the Netherlands and Germany, with Deputy Shipping Minister Marina Hadjimanoli on Monday. In a press release ...

A fire which had raised fears it could become the worst in Cyprus’ history was put under control late on Monday night. The blaze in Paphos forest land at the ...

Amid the relentless heatwave and with air-conditioning units working at full blast, demand for electricity on Monday reached 1243 megawatts, a record in recent years. Hara Kousiappa, deputy spokesperson for the ...

High temperatures are set to to persist in Cyprus, with a yellow weather warning in place from Monday night to Tuesday afternoon. Additionally, the forestry department issued a warning that ...

The minimum wage in Cyprus is in the lowest tier among EU countries at €940 per month, which is relatively low compared to the country with the highest minimum wage, figures ...

Buffer zone communities in the area where barbed wire was placed to curb migrant flows from the north have been increasingly inconvenienced, Astromeritis mukhtar Aris Constantinou said on Monday. Speaking ...

Facebook has disabled a support group page for auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, citing violations of its community standards. According to news outlet Stockwatch, the social media platform deactivated the page after ...