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The state will spend €60 million more this fiscal year as a result of the increase since June in the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), MPs heard on Tuesday. The funds ...

Out of the population of individuals that were at risk of poverty in Cyprus in 2022, 5.6 per cent were unable to afford a meal containing meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent ...

A marathon session in parliament on Monday failed to avoid a showdown at the House plenum for later this week, where MPs will be voting on a contentious bill tabled ...

International Moon Day is coming up shortly and Nicosia has special events organised for it. Apart from joining celebrations around the world, our capital city has a special role in ...

The energy ministry said on Monday that funds for the making housing energy efficient will be increased by €25 million. According to the announcement, the ministry will increase the funding from €35 ...

A 53-year-old man on Monday pleaded not guilty to burglary charges brought against him for incidents in July 2022. On Monday, the man appeared in the Larnaca-Famagusta Criminal Court, where a ...

The trial of a 45-year-old man accused of premeditated murder in Paphos has been adjourned following a request from his defence lawyers. The trial is set to resume on September 20 ...

Less that 24-hours before the planned protest at Limassol’s casino resort, one of the unions has backed out as a response to the labour minister’s “plea to refrain ...

Cyprus is lagging behind in the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the Paris agreement on climate change, according to a press release issued by the UN Sustainable ...

National investment promotion agency Invest Cyprus on Monday announced that in the context of a forum taking place this week, it has joined forces with the ANIMA Network to launch ...

Giorgos Koumas was re-elected unopposed as president of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) on Monday. Koumas was formally re-elected in Limassol in the presence of officials from Fifa and Uefa ...

The IMD Smart City Index 2023 ranked Nicosia in 117th place amongst its 141 ‘smart cities’ with respondents identifying road congestion as their key concern. Nicosia also ranked ‘CC’ in structures and ‘...

New conscripts on Monday started to take up their 14-momth posts in the National Guard in a process that will last until Friday. Recruits have to enlist on the specified ...

A children’s group will soon be established to discuss issues concerning them, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, after receiving the annual report for 2021 of the Commissioner for the ...

The biggest pre-Cyprus Comic Con event is happening this coming weekend! Get your geek on with cosplay, card games and collectibles at the CCC Bazaar says ALIX NORMAN Three years ...

A total of 35 dishonoured cheques, with a total value of €67,609, were issued in June 2023, while 16 persons (10 legal and 6 natural) were recorded in the preliminary list of the Central Information Register (...

Police are investigating an alleged scam in which a woman from Nicosia lost over €77,000. The woman, aged 49, was allegedly persuaded by an unknown person via social media to invest money ...

Police arrested a 26-year-old man aboard a flight bound for Israel on Friday after he was found to be in possession of forged documents. The man boarded the flight on ...

CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES on what Netflix has in store for July From sci-fi movies taking place in a ghetto to sword fighting in a backward medieval village, Netflix has a slate ...

An interview with Polys Polydorou, Regional Manager, for Limassol and Paphos, Altia Can you provide an overview of the real estate market in Paphos and Limassol? How has it evolved ...

The cruise ship Silver Spirit, flying the Bahamian flag, sailed into the port of Kato Paphos at 8am on Monday morning. The cruise ship arrived from Rhodes with 410 crew members ...

A 26-year-old man was arrested at Paphos airport for transporting explosives, authorities said on Monday. According to Paphos police, during security checks at the airport suspicious items were found in ...

A 29-year-old man died on Sunday after finding himself in trouble while swimming at Aphrodite’s rock. The man, who was accompanied in the sea by a friend, was swimming ...

The three defendants in the case of missing 31-year-old Angelos Perikleous – presumed dead – pled not guilty to all charges read out to them at Nicosia criminal court on Monday. The ...