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The first batch of conscripts arrived at National Guard enlistment centres on Monday, the start day of conscription, which will be completed on Friday. Conscripts will be assigned and transferred ...

Any decisions on more Covid-related restrictions would depend on what the members of the scientific advisory team tell the health minister at a meeting scheduled for Wednesday. Health Minister Michalis ...

A fire that broke out in Kritou Terra around 1.30 pm on Monday was brought under control a few hours later as the fire service continued to deal with a second ...

Ninety-eight appointments were made at on-duty clinics island-wide, during their first weekend of operation said the health ministry. On Saturday 93 calls were made to on-duty clinics island-wide, with 37 appointments for ...

The row has deepened between the Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos and the interior ministry over unsuitable and dangerous living quarters, as both sides continue to blame each other. A lack ...

A final proposal for the creation of a minimum wage is expected to be forwarded to the president in September by Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushios, the federation of independent trade ...

One in three people killed in a traffic accident is a driver or passenger of a motorbike, the latest government data showed on Monday. For the 2017-2021 period 30 per cent ...

A high number of poisoned bait traps were uncovered and removed by the game fund as it announced on Monday that by doing so it prevented the deaths of many ...

Health Minister Michalis Hatjipantela has given his go-ahead for the promotion of natural childbirth in Cyprus through joint actions that will be developed with the midwives committee, it was announced ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will head to Madrid on Monday ahead of the Med 9 minister’s meeting that will take place in the autumn. In this context, the ministers of ...

Years of unplanned building without the necessary infrastructure has led to wastewater runoff polluting underground reservoirs and the sea in Trikomo, Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeniduzen reported on Sunday. President of ...

By Saskia Otterstein The eyes of the martial arts world were on Cyprus recently with over 1100 martial arts fans on the edge of their seats in Skali Aglandjia (Nicosia) for ...

No one has forgotten the heroism of the 13 people who died in the Mari explosion eleven years ago, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday at a service at the site ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the Paphos mayor has hit back at the interior ministry as the row deepens over dangerous and overcrowded buildings. Elsewhere, the health ministry ...

Police arrested a 41-year-old man at around 9am on Sunday morning, following a check at the facilities of a former factory in Aradippou, after receiving a tip-off on suspicious persons ...

The weather on Monday will initially be mostly sunny, although increased clouds will be observed in the west. At noon and early afternoon, there will be temporarily increased clouds in ...

Two people have been fined for not wearing protective masks against Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, after the council of ministers’ reinstated the mask mandate in indoor and closed spaces ...

Members of the Larnaca police found a large number of firecrackers in the possession of a 15-year-old minor, after a check on Sunday night. The minor was spotted moving on ...

Real-estate sales in Cyprus rose 39 per cent in the first half of this year over the same period last year as people turn to property as a safe investment in ...

An easy-to-use robot allows elderly to age well in the digital world Elderly people in Cyprus and abroad found themselves more isolated than ever during the coronavirus pandemic. Studies have ...

A 31-year-old man tasked with paying a company’s bills has been arrested in Kofinou on suspicion of embezzling almost half a million euros since 2020 by making the pre-signed blank ...

Firefighters were battling a blaze in an inaccessible area in Lagia in the Larnaca district on Sunday which burned around four hectares of dry grass and other vegetation in two ...

Alix Norman speaks to a local Nascar driver who has his eyes on the biggest of prizes It’s called ‘bumper to bumper’. Imagine yourself in rush hour: you’re ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Sunday attended a religious memorial service for the 13 men killed at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari on July 11, 2011. Individual memorial services for each ...