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Police on Friday reported a breakthrough in an investigated case of online fraud committed in 2016 in Paphos. According to police, a 38-year-old man who had been arrested in connection with ...

In today’s episode, Larnaca criminal court erupted into chants of “filthy rapist” after former Kitiou bishop Chrysostomos was handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence for three years. Elsewhere, Health ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 32-year-old Nicosia resident for possession of cannabis and cocaine. According to police, officers seized the drugs during a vehicle check followed by a search of ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 28-year-old resident of Larnaca for a case under investigation of importation and possession of illegal drugs with intent to supply. According to police , drug squad ...

A 21-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured on Thursday in a traffic accident in Paphos. According to police, the accident happened at around 9pm on Democracy Avenue when, under circumstances being ...

On Friday in the morning increased clouds are expected to bring isolated rains, while after noon the weather will turn mostly sunny, however, dust will be present in the air. ...

Cyprus’ annual inflation rate in May decreased to 3.01 per cent, continuing its downward trend for the seventh consecutive month, mainly driven by a deceleration in the prices of petroleum products. ...

The new public service post of the former prison director Anna Aristotelous will be announced next week, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Thursday. Aristotelous is transferring to “an important ...

Parliament on Thursday voted through legislation prohibiting the gathering, transport and trade in unripe carobs. The bill, tabled by Disy MP Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis, passed with 31 votes for, one against. It ...

Cypriot MPs and visiting parliamentarians from Germany on Thursday discussed the beefing up of cooperation between the two nations’ armed forces, and the replacement of the Republic’s weapons systems. ...

A 60-year-old man drowned on Thursday while scuba diving in Paralimni, the police said. The deceased was identified as Axel Schoeller, aged 60, an Austrian national and permanent resident of Paralimni. ...

Former spy boss Tasos Tzionis has been brought out of retirement to head up the Central Intelligence Service (KYP) once again, it emerged on Thursday. Tzionis, 68, had previously served as ...

Preparations are underway in Paphos on Thursday for the four-day Kataklysmos festivities. The traditional annual celebration of the Flood will take place from Friday, June 2 through June 5, in the Kato ...

Gal Luft, the Israeli professor who skipped bail in Cyprus while facing extradition to the United States where he is wanted for arms trafficking, has resurfaced, telling the New York ...

This summer, village theatres and squares around Cyprus will continue to resound with the sounds of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra as another edition of its Community Outreach Concerts takes place. ...

Volunteers collected 680 kilos of rubbish along the Dasoudi beachfront as part of the underwater and beach cleanliness campaign in Limassol. The clean-up was organised by the Coastal Studies and Research ...

A group representing the Ukrainian community in Cyprus on Thursday boldly urged the president and authorities on the island to crack-down and shutdown any pro-Russia support and rallies organised on ...

Disy MP Averof Neophytou is seeking to lower the voting age to 17 and argued that now is the right time to do so. In a statement on Thursday, Neophytou reasoned ...

Maintaining a stable and secure environment in the Eastern Mediterranean remains of the utmost strategic importance, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, participating in the proceedings of the 2nd European ...

Three gas turbines for Power Energy Cyprus (PEC), the first private conventional power plant, have arrived in Cyprus and are currently being installed, Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Thursday. ...

Cyprus’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter of the year amounted to €6.2 billion, marking a 3.4 per cent increase on an annual basis when measured in volume and adjusted ...

The European Commission on Thursday called on Cyprus to comply with the EU VAT rules for dwellings. The Commission decided to send a reasoned opinion to Cyprus for its failure ...

Featuring 15 large-scale paintings, Cypriot artist Zenon Jepras’ latest solo show Last Orders opens on Thursday. Hosted at Alpha CK Art Gallery, the exhibition will run for 10 days and explores the ...