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Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar had a 45-minute meeting with UN special representative to Cyprus Colin Stewart on Monday. The meeting took place ahead of Stewart’s expected departure to ...

Street parties, pre-festival celebrations and vinyl fiestas are coming to Nicosia. The end of June and beginning of July have plenty in store to keep Nicosia locals entertained both on ...

A man on trial for sex offences against four minors had his appeal overruled on Monday, with the Supreme Court agreeing his detention in prison should be upheld, after he ...

Despite dire warnings from the government and the Central Bank, MPs on Monday decided to send on to the House plenum for a vote four legislative proposals amending the foreclosures ...

Two working groups on preventing torture and inhumane treatment should be re-established, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Monday, marking the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In a ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said that he is pushing for the opening of a new crossing point in the Nicosia village of Mia Milia. However, he said that ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Monday had words of praise for the Grigorios clinic in Larnaca during her visit to the facility. However, she also used the opportunity to slam ...

A fire raging on two fronts at the Kourdaka community in Paphos was put under control on Monday, with firefighters set to stay on scene overnight for extra safety. Around 10 ...

Nicosia announced its candidacy to become the European capital of culture in 2030 on Monday. The city’s mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said that the decision to bid for the title had ...

Seven people were arrested in what has been described as a foiled terrorist plot on Israeli targets in Limassol, while one has escaped abroad, after having entered from the north, ...

In a Cypriot crafter chosen to provide one of the island’s wedding gifts for the prince of Jordan MELISSA HEKKERS finds a woman who uses the elements of fire, ...

TUDUM 2023: Constantinos Psillides looks at what to expect from the streaming behemoth The annual Netflix showcase TUDUM, named after the sound from the start of every Netflix show or movie, ...

Counterfeit €10 banknotes accounted for the highest amounts of fake currency circulated in Cyprus, representing 40.8 per cent of the total, according to the annual report of the Central Bank for 2022. A ...

Cypriot athletes have produced impressive performances at the 3rd European Games in Poland, winning two silver medals and two bronze. Acording to Andreas Andreou, an emissary of the Union of ...

Three people were arrested on Monday afternoon after a boat carrying a total of 50 irregular migrants was spotted in the early hours of the morning by coast guards in the ...

Two children have escaped largely unharmed after a fire broke out in their home in Lakatamia on Monday. According to the fire brigade, the fire began at about 9:10am in ...

The social-democratic CTP party’s candidate Sami Ozuslu won a surprise victory in the north’s ‘parliamentary’ by-election on Sunday. Ozuslu won 44 per cent of the vote, beating conservative UBP ...

Paphos police have arrested a man they said has been illegally residing in Cyprus for the past ten years. According to police the man stayed on after his employment contract ...

The government is due to announce stricter controls at crossings to clamp down on abuses related to the purchase of fuel from the north, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on ...

In today’s episode, resistance to proposed reforms comes from the effort to protect specific interests but the government will not succumb to such pressures, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou ...

The first week of August will introduce more than 20 documentaries from around the world as the 18th Lemesos International Documentary Festival returns. From August 1 to 8, the Limassol old town, Ceronia ...

Over the past three days, the fire services said they had responded to 89 calls for help, 53 fires, 31 special services and five hoax calls. The incidents, up until 6am on Monday, ...

Two brothers aged 24 and 32, were arrested in Paphos for fighting with each other on the street, issuing threats and disturbing the peace, police said on Monday. According to police, they ...

Cyprus risks missing targets of 55 per cent for recycling municipal waste and recycling 65 per cent of packaging waste by 2025, according to an EU early warning report sent to the government. ...