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Fish for Palm Sunday But don’t forget about these recipes for the rest of the year says RODDY DAMALIS Unlike the Christmas fast which is celebratory, with fewer dietary ...

“Fairies, princes and princesses, knights, pixies, pirates and superheroes, gather round,” says CyHerbia Botanical Park & Labyrinth as it prepares to host another edition of its annual Fairy Festival. The ...

Archbishop Giorgios in his first Easter message, placed a heavy focus on the national issue, the ‘Turkification’ of the island and the influx of ‘Muslim immigrants’ channeled to the island ...

Police said on Saturday they had found around 10kg of cannabis hidden in 11 separate bags, hidden under grass at different spots in a rural part of Nicosia. The find began ...

Limassol mayor Nicos Nicolaides this week spoke on the city’s efforts to prepare for a busy tourist summer season, particularly in terms of visitors arriving on cruise ships. According ...

A 17-year-old was in intubated and is in critical condition after his motorcycle collided with a car in Xylofagou on Friday afternoon. The driver of the car, aged 72, who tested ...

Two men were injured and several arrested after an assault involving a number of people in Nicosia on Friday. Police said that they had received information about a fracas outside ...

Paphos police arrested a 22-year-old late on Friday after they found a cache of low-level explosives in his possession. According to police, the arrest came about after a search warrant ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission CySEC this week announced its decision to impose a fine of €1 million on the Cyprus Investment Firm Itrade Global (Cy) Ltd. According to an ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) reported this week that its January 2023 Bank Loan Survey had recorded stricter lending criteria for all categories of loans, resulting in reduced supply and ...

Paphos plans to strengthen its tourism industry through development and innovation, according to Kyriakos Drousiotis, chairman of the district’s regional board of tourism (Etap). Drousiotis emphasised the agency’s ...

Police, members of public struggle to deal with unruly gangs of teenagers Youth criminality in Cyprus has become a social problem being dealt with across the island, as incidents across ...

One more performance presented by the Nicosia International Festival will arrive this month bringing an adaptation of Frank McGuinness’ play Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me. The Irish dramatist’s ...

Widespread blackouts in the north are continuing, while a tense situation arose between employees of the Turkish Cypriot El-Sen union, and the private Turkish company Aksa, which the ‘government’ instructed ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ pick for board member in the public service commission (Edy) resigned only a day after being appointed to the job when his academic credentials were called into ...

The government has prepared a bill which will douse the currently out of control and controversial Easter bonfire celebrations, generally centered around the lambradjia. A bill prepared by the interior ...

Following his two-month residency at Thinker Maker Space in Nicosia, new media artist and designer Jin Lee will host a presentation and showcase this month of the innovative work he ...

Cancer vaccines will be made available in Cyprus as soon as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approves them, director of pharmaceutical services Elena Panayiotopoulou said on Friday. “It is only ...

Larnaca is quickly becoming a popular tourist destination, according to Costas Koumis, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, who pledged to continue supporting the district’s efforts in making this happen. ...

The Easter holy light will arrive in Cyprus on Saturday evening after 6pm from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem an announcement from the Bank of Cyprus said. ...

US Ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher has hailed the cooperation between the US and Cyprus in holding to account those enabling Russia’s war on Ukraine. Her statements just before ...

Nicosia’s art scene will welcome one more new art exhibition, opening this April as The Apocalypse Gallery hosts the work of three creatives. Three Dialogues is a group exhibition ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides hastily convened a meeting at the palace on Thursday evening to discuss US and UK sanctions that have led to a punishing blow ...

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 ...