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A 17-year-old Syrian held at Omorfita police station escaped police custody on Friday afternoon and disappeared, only to turn himself in a couple of hours later. The police had launched ...

Local authorities, animal welfare groups and vets have until June 26 to express interest in the 2026 islandwide stray cat sterilisation scheme, the Veterinary Services said on Friday. Interested parties must apply ...

The next days until UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin returns to Cyprus will be decisive for the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, expressing optimism that an expanded ...

Cyprus and Lithuania on Friday signed a memorandum of cooperation on the relocation of applicants for international protection from Cyprus to Lithuania, marking one of the first concrete solidarity measures ...

The bus service linking Nicosia and the Famagusta tourist area are set to increase as of Saturday to meet the summer season demand. The transport ministry said on Friday that ...

Foody and Wolt have both assured they have procedures and mechanisms in place to maintain high standards of hygiene and safety in food deliveries. On Friday, Foody clarified that there ...

Attorney-general George Savvides firmly rejected reports on Friday suggesting he intends to retire early from office, describing claims of an impending departure as being utterly unfounded. Speaking in response to ...

A 57-year-old man charged in a terrorism case alongside two other suspects was released on €1 million bail on Friday after a court rejected a request for his continued detention. “The ...

Makarios III Technical and Vocational School in Nicosia has won first prize in the nationwide student video competition “Together We Stop Bullying” with its short film I See You, the ...

Residents of the land development organisation’s (Koag) Adonis II housing complex in Pano Polemidia remained dissatisfied on Friday after the electricity authority (EAC) outlined plans for the gradual relocation ...

Court proceedings into the suicide of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou continued on Friday with the cross examination of criminal investigator Andreas Andreou, who said that when a child attempts to end ...

Bishop Neophytos of Morphou filed a complaint with the police’s cybercrime unit on Friday after the circulation of an artificial intelligence-generated video falsely portraying him giving medical advice on ...

The Republic of Cyprus on Friday signed an agreement with the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China aimed at eliminating double ...

A 41-year-old man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison by the Nicosia permanent criminal court on Friday after admitting to the exploitation of Greek Cypriot properties ...

More than 70 students and parents gathered outside the English School in Nicosia on Friday to protest the cancellation of this year’s graduation ceremony. The ceremony was cancelled following reports ...

The fire service will carry out inspections along the buffer zone to identify potential fire hazards and ensure that necessary clean-up works are carried out, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Friday set out a timeline for the next steps she intends to take on the Cyprus problem, after having met Turkish Cypriot leader ...

Oceana has urged the European Commission to take real action to protect marine ecosystems on Friday. The NGO welcomed the Commission’s recognition of the need to support Europe’s ...

Local authorities cannot be downgraded to second class services for responsibilities the central government is reluctant to take on, and this goes for the health sector as well, chairman of ...

New sunbeds and umbrellas will be available to the public at Lady’s Mile beach in Ypsonas from Friday. Kourion mayor Pantelis Georgiou said the beach had been designed to ...

The European Union’s Pact on Migration and Asylum formally entered into force on Friday, with Cyprus and the European Commission describing the move as a historic milestone aimed at ...

Some meals are planned weeks in advance. Others arrive courtesy of visiting friends. When our guests from abroad announced that they wanted “somewhere traditional”, the challenge began. Not because Cyprus ...

A wildfire that broke out near the village of Neo Chorio on Friday morning was brought fully under control within just over an hour, after burning around three hectares of ...

A probationary police officer was dismissed on Friday by police chief Themistos Arnaoutis following his arrest earlier this month over the discovery of 69 vials containing anabolic substances. The officer was ...