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The social welfare services on Tuesday came in for renewed and harsh criticism over their handling of the Lakatamia office which deals with foreign nationals, as the municipality announced it ...

A 40-year-old was remanded for eight days on Monday for his alleged involvement in a €411,000 fraud case, securing goods under false premises and forgery, police said on Tuesday. The complaint ...

Police from the bases made 51 arrests since March for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the busy areas of Ladies Mile and Trachoni, the SBA announced on ...

Due to the lack of Russian tourists, whose country was severely hit by sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine, hotels in Cyprus are dropping their prices, according to data released ...

The Piale Pasha facelift, scheduled to begin in autumn, will make the area “a jewel for Larnaca” the city’s municipality has stated. In a meeting on Monday, Larnaca Mayor ...

In today’s episode, electricity bills that will be sent out, will be about 24 per cent more expensive than the last one, an EAC spokesperson has confirmed. In other news, ...

The first images from NASA’s new state-of-the-art James Webb Space Telescope will be revealed today in simultaneous broadcasts around the world in collaboration with various organisations, including the Cyprus ...

AfroBanana is encouraging deeper critical thinking on sustainability and environment By Bank of Cyprus and AfroBanana Festival, partners in sustainability In 1983, the United Nations established the World Commission on Environment ...

Police confiscated ten large capacity motorcycles in Limassol on Monday in an ongoing stepped-up operation aimed at reducing fatal and serious road collisions, as well as noise nuisance. As part ...

One person has been fined for not wearing a protective mask in the last 24 hours, after the reinstatement of mask mandate in indoor and closed spaces for those over the ...

All public hospitals’ working hours will be extended to cover afternoons from September 1st, the state health services organisation (Okypy) announced on Monday. The public will be accommodated 7:30 am – 3:00 pm ...

The weather will initially be mostly clear on Tuesday, but after midday, increased clouds are expected, mainly in the mountains. The winds be initially variable, weak up to 3 Beaufort, gradually ...

Hellenic Bank on Monday announced that it has successfully launched and priced the issuance of €100 million Senior Preferred Notes, under its €1.5 billion Medium Term Note Programme (EMTN). According to the ...

A post-mortem – with inconclusive results – was carried out on Monday on the body of a 44-year-old man who died suddenly late last week, almost exactly a year after he was ...

The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the obstacles and limitations faced by women seeking an abortion in Cyprus, in light of the US Supreme Court’s recent changes ...

Cyprus’ real estate sector is exhibiting resilience and adjustability, Council for Registration of Real Estate Agents president Marinos Kineyirou said on Monday. However, Kineyirou warned that the market will become ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit reached €2.96 billion for the period between January and May 2022, according to provisional data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) on Monday. This represents an increase of ...

Police on Monday arrested three people in relation to the discovery of 13.5 kilograms of cannabis in packages that arrived at Larnaca airport. The suspects are three men, one 23 years old ...

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling €211,000 from his work, Limassol police said on Monday. His boss, the 54-year-old owner of a company selling electrical goods, made ...

Two men from Inia and Stroumbi were crushed to death after a combine harvester overturned, police said on Monday. The two victims are 53-year-old farmer Nicos Demosthenous, an Inia resident, ...

Electricity bills that will be sent out, will be about 24 per cent more expensive than the last one, an EAC spokesperson has confirmed. Asked about complaints voiced by the consumers ...

The supreme court upheld one of the biggest sentences handed down for transporting cannabis, as an appellant who received just over ten years imprisonment was unsuccessful in his bid to ...

Doctors’ unions and the state health services organisation Okypy on Monday morning signed an agreement about the afternoon operation of state hospitals, which is set to begin on September 1. The ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not be visiting the north of Cyprus on 20 July, the anniversary of the invasion, according to Kibris Postasi newspaper. This has dampened speculation in ...